Armchair photographers

by | Jul 18, 2008 | Photography

A couple of things… I was researching some new articles I’m writing, and went back to one of my favorite essays, Ken Rockwell’s The Seven Levels of Photographers for inspiration. I noticed that he recently added a level 0 to this, having found a new...

Aggregated Assault

by | Jul 8, 2008 | Geeky

Here’s something new and interesting. Swurl aggregates all of your social networking Web 2.0 goodness into one place. You can add your blog(s) 8-), Flickr, Twitter, Facebook status updates, etc. into one big RSS feed so that people can keep the hell up with what...

Fresh?

by | Jul 6, 2008 | BS Detector

Maple Leaf has a brand of factory-made pre-packaged foods called “Simply Fresh.” I don’t get it.

Sell sheet

by | Jul 3, 2008 | Photography

I had a meeting yesterday with an art director who designs several local magazines. They’re pretty classy magazines, and nicely designed, so I’d love the chance to shoot for them. Anyway, I wanted to leave him with some examples of my work, so I designed...

Montreal deja vu

by | Jul 3, 2008 | Personal

I was back in Montreal for the long weekend. It was a bit weird being there as a visitor, instead of as a resident. We stayed in the Intercontinental, at the bottom of Bleury. It is right on the fringe of Old Montreal, which meant I got to see a bit more of that area,...