Doing my bit for CrisisCamp

I’m participating in CrisisCamp today. It’s a worldwide collaboration bringing designers, programmers, photographers, writers, translators, etc. coming together to build tools for NGOs helping in a crisis siutation. Today is for Haiti. I’m...

Networking tips for conferences

I’m on the organizing committee for PodCamp Toronto 2010 and just published my first post for the blog. I share my networking tips n’ tricks for conferences. It doesn’t have to be intimidating to strike up conversation to perfect strangers!

Social Media and the Self Help Movement

I’ve written an ebook version of my presentation at PodCamp London 2009, Podcasters Across Borders 2009 and PodCamp Montréal 2009 (update: and PodCamp Toronto 2011) about the benefits of using social media for self help and helping others. I gave it a long name;...

ChangeMedium Toronto

Today I’m at ChangeMedium Toronto in the beautiful MaRS Centre. It’s a full day of collaborating on web projects that can really make a difference. First we hear from researchers who will tell us what they are looking for then we, designers, developers,...

I’ll be speaking at PodCamp Montréal

PodCamp Montréal will be taking place this weekend and I’ll be giving a session on connecting with your podcast audience beyond blog comments and listener submitted audio. New social media tools have come into existence and ubiquity since podcasting first began...

I’ve gone and made a yellow website

Using courier font. Curiosity got the best of me after reading a few posts on design blogs about Times New Roman actually being a nice font to use. I agreed. And then thought if the same could be true to Courier. Yes, I know. I know. But hear me out. There’s an...