The BC Media Centre that I’m currently using as basecamp during the Olympic Games hosts a LOT of press conferences and Premier Gordon Campbell attends many of them:
and when he’s not at the Media Centre, he’s out and about:
I’m pretty sure by the end of this, I’ll be on a first name basis with him.
Now that SXSW is over and I’m back home, I’ve had a chance to ‘digest’ the conference and thought I’d post some of my thoughts. This was my second SXSW and I learned a few things from last year: book your hotel early: last year I was a 1/2 hour cab ride away. This year,…
One of the things I love about SXSW is all the people you get to meet. With attendance at over 30,000 this year, there was no shortage of great people to talk to. This year was no different. I make a point of not worrying about a schedule because serendipity always comes into play. For…
Back in March while I was at SXSW, I found out about Lucky Oliver which is a stock photography company that allows photographers to sell their wares via the site. I was also interested in them because the quality of the photos is excellent and my day job sometimes requires stock images and in the…
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…
During our recent roadtrip to Austin, Texas, I was able to try out the new Extreme Pro SDHC UHS memory cards from Sandisk. As far as I know, these are the fastest SHDC cards out there (technically they aren’t out in Canada until mid-April) with a whopping 45 MB/s read/write speed (300x) with the new…
