It’s been a few weeks since I got back from Texas and I’ve finally had a chance to put into words my experiences at this year’s annual ‘geek summer camp’. This time around, unlike previous years that I’ve attended SXSWi, I had no plans beyond my own panel which fortunately was on the first day…
I got back from Austin on Wednesday and then Thursday morning, I picked up my media badge for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic games and dove right back in. Except this time around, my camera is still in the shop. So I’ve been using my wife’s DSLR which is a nice camera, it’s just not…
Just before the Olympics started, I was given a new GPS gadget to play with, called the i-gotU GT-600 USB GPS Travel & Sports Logger. Since I was planning on doing a lot of travelling around during the games, this seemed like a perfect way to test it out. So what is it? It’s basically…
I was given the chance to play around with Motorola’s latest Google powered Android phone, the Milestone (aka the Droid in the US). I’ve only had it for a few days so it’s too early for a review but thought I’d post a couple of thoughts about my initial impressions and also see what you…
This weekend I had the chance to check out the Flying Canucks…they aren’t hockey players, but they are amazing athletes who use trampolines to entertain people. The team is comprised of former Olympic athletes and Cirque De Soleil performers, it is a high energy show that even has a DJ. As you’ll see in the…
After three weeks, over 17,000 photos and hours of video, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are done. It feels strange to see the city slowly transform itself back to the pre-Olympic state (with some Paralympic exceptions). I wasn’t as quick to update my Olympic subsite as I was my Flickr, YouTube and Twitter accounts but…
One of the cool things about creating so much content during the Olympic Games is that you can make stuff with it… Make sure you view the full size image. I built this using the 1200 photos I’ve uploaded to Flickr (so far) and a fun little program called Photo Collage that I’ve written about…
I managed to shoot over 17,000 photos and hours of video during the three weeks I was covering the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Whistler, Cypress and even Whitehorse, Yukon for a day. Here is the 8 minute version of those 3 weeks: Music: Above & Beyond – World on Fire (12″ Remix) I managed…
Easily one of the busiest pavilions, the Royal Canadian Mint had fantastic crowds of people for one simple reason: they let you touch the medals! A coworker waited 9 hours in line to get his photo with the Gold medal! The Million Dollar coin (now actually worth about $3.5Million) Of course, I had to hold…
Science World was transformed into Sochi World to present Russia’s host city for the next Winter Olympics after Vancouver in 2014. I have to say, it was a pretty wild pavilion…I felt like I was inside a Russian airport from the future…or a wicked set from a James Bond movie. So much going on, so…