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Flipboard for iPad

A new iPad application, called Flipboard, was released last night amid much fanfare from a number of prominent folks on Twitter (Robert Scoble is who introduced it to me). After finally getting it downloaded and setup, which took awhile due to heavy demand right out of the gate, I have to say, it lives up…

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SXSWi 2010 Recap

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…

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It’s Over

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…

Northern Voice 2009 Wrapup

What an epic weekend! So much going on surrounding the best little conference ever, Northern Voice. As usual, I’ll try to detail my experiences with photos and video I shot: Things kicked off Thursday at Federico’s Supper Club with the somewhat controversial (due to political sponsorship) opening dinner which was a lot of fun. It…

Vancouver Twestival 2009

Last night was the first Twestival in Vancouver, part of a global fundraising project bringing together people on Twitter in support of charity:water. Met a ton of people in real life I follow on Twitter as well as a whole bunch of new people that I’m now following. I shot a pile of photos and…