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…
Most people ask me, upon returning, what was the one ‘big’ thing you saw this year. The last few years have been full of big applications that blew up due to the influx of savvy tech folks in Austin to get exposed to them. This year felt different though…definitely there was no shortage of street teams shoving t-shirts and branded swag in my face for various online services but the obvious vibe I noticed was that it was the “Year of Hardware”.
Just got back from spending a few amazing days in Tofino to celebrate my girlfriend’s birthday. We also brought our friend’s dog who loves to run around the beaches. We had a few stormy days followed by some sunshine the day we left. We visited Middle, Chesterman, Mackenzie and Long Beaches. Shot with my Nikon…
Recently I was offered a stay at a hotel in Victoria. I’ve stayed at many different hotels downtown, but never the Harbour Towers. The timing was perfect as it was an anniversary weekend for my girlfriend and I. It seemed like a great way to spend some quality time in Victoria that wasn’t about work…
September was a busy month for me. I had a couple of road trips planned to attend Maker Faire in Calgary and the XOXO Festival in Portland. Honda Canada was generous enough to loan me a couple of their vehicles to put them through their paces on these trips. I chose two very different vehicles…
This past weekend I spent about five days in Portland to attend the XOXO Festival. This was conference/festival that was funded using a Kickstarter campaign a few months ago. With only 400 tickets available, I hopped on board and bought my ticket inside the 48 hour window before they completely sold out without even knowing…
Last week I was invited on a boat cruise, literally in my own neighbourhood from the nice folks at Pitt Lake Cruises. Living in Port Coquitlam, just minutes from the Pitt River, I’ve spent a fair bit of time along it’s banks with it’s kilometers of walking/biking trails but have never been on the river…
This past weekend, I visited a part of BC I’d never been to before…Coalmont which is just west of Princeton. We were attending my girlfriend’s father’s 65th birthday party. While they were camping down by the river, we stayed in the awesome Mozey-On-Inn Motel in town (5 minutes away), a great little 3 room motel:…
This was my 8th year attending the annual South by Southwest Interactive (aka SXSW or SXSWi) festival and I have to say, it may be my last. It’s not because I didn’t enjoy myself, meet tons of great people and learn new things – all of which I did as I do every year. It…
With the great afternoon weather we’ve been having lately, it seemed like the perfect time to finally head out to Boundary Bay in Delta to check out the snowy owls. To add to the effect, it had recently snowed too. I was surprised how close the owls were to the trail (and tons of people)…