I spent pretty much all day on the internet (save of course the few hours a day I’m sleeping) and one of the thing that never ceases to amaze me is the proliferation of access to information. The rise of popularity of Ted Talks onlin [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
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Friend of the studio and occasional collaborator Jer Thorp is putting on some Processing Workshops in Vancouver. I’ve had an intro into Processing from Jer while I was in school and enjoyed it, though sadly haven’t spent much t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 6th, 2009
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You’ve gone to school and learned about proper design theory. You can identify fonts from a mile away, know your analogous from your complimentary colours and even your dreams line up to a grid. Now you’ve turned to the web but [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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Personal Branding is not a new concept (see Tom Peters’ great primer called The Brand Called You). As personal identities move online, managing them becomes increasingly important. As online personal identities evolve they leave a tr [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, March 2nd, 2009
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Backing up information seems like such a simple thing to do, but stop and consider if your information is actually safely backed up? With the demise of Ma.gnolia last week many are left wondering about the state of their backups particular [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, February 16th, 2009
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If you’ve been to any conference you’ve seen the good and the bad of speakers. Some of the best known designers have left me cold and uninspired due in part to poor presentation skills. Veteran speaker speaker, Cameron Moll, of [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, February 16th, 2009
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Ever used the WhatTheFont website to determine what a font is? You see a picture and just NEED to know what that obscure font is. Well what happens if you’re out and about and see one on a restaurant menu, or an ad on the bus? Well g [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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I guess all new story ideas have been used up in literary circles, and writers have to turn to rewrite the classics. And that’s right, Seth Grahame-Smith went there. Read about it here, and order it on amazon.
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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Mark dropped something on my desk and asked me to answer five questions about my job for a friend of his who was doing a grant application. I find I rarely stop to articulate why I like what I do, and questions like this make me slow down, [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
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In case you hadn’t heard, a few things changed south of the boarder today (something about a new president I think, not really sure…), and along the way the White House website relaunched (even if it does opt to use ASP in favo [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
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Great to see @ElysianCoffee (Broadway) listed on Living Social's website as the best neighbourhood coffeehouse. (Link)
Did you know that the moment you add a FireWire 400 HD to a daisy-chained stack of FW800 drives, you render the whole bunch FW400? #nerdfact
You coming to Likemind Vancouver tomorrow am? (Link)
RT @MarkBusse: Just enjoyed coffee at @ElysianCoffee with our IT partner @AndrewBall. Both give me a mild buzz & I'm grateful to know each.
@Memo_F Nothing compared to a catastrophic failure and loss of 13 years of client and resource files! #backup
Join creative professionals for coffee/conversation at Likemind Vancouver @ Starbucks (Mainland & Nelson) this Fri@ 8am. (Link)
@Drobo Just formatted & configured our spankin' new DroboPro 16TB storage array with BeyondRAID technology. Feeling backed up & secure!
July's Likemind event is being hosted by Starbucks at 977 Mainland St (at Nelson), this Friday, July 16th, at 8am. See you there.
July's Likemind event is being hosted by Starbucks at 977 Mainland St (at Nelson), this Friday, July 16th, at 8am. (Link)
So nice to welcome Mathilde back to the IB design team from our European Headquarters (Mathilde's house!) in Lyon, France!
RT @MarkBusse: End of day thought: Websites are more than tools. Want good rankings? Then care for your site, otherwise instead of growi ...
Pls join creative professionals for coffee & conversation for Likemind at Bean Around the World (175 West Hastings St) tomorrow at 8am.
Our hard work, tossed aside like yesterday's trash. (Link)
@tylerwilman @SteveMynett @danabirdie It's drinking time now. Where are we going?
Congrats to VFS grad @themichellelam on her 2010 Applied Arts Student Awards win for her Graphos Playing Cards! Way to go. /bg
