Web

My new Skillcrush

(Mar 25, 2013) I just finished a pretty kick butt online course in web design through my new favorite web start-up, Skillcrush. Skillcrush wa...

Open Culture

(Dec 07, 2012) The internet is getting a little boring, right? I might be alone here, but sites from news sources to Facebook are bent on showin...

Blog Roll

(Feb 06, 2012) I read (or at least scroll through) a ton of blogs, and I realized it’s time to give some cred to the best of these, for withou...

Where Have All My Friends Gone?

(Jun 23, 2011) Is it just me or is everybody on Facebook hiatus?  My online friends have been dropping like flies.  I get the sense that as Fa...

The Divine Nature Of Vancouver’s Web TV

(Jun 08, 2011) Vancouver has this tendency towards the development of web series that do pretty darn well. Sanctuary is now four seasons in on S...

For the Grown Up Sassy Reader

(May 26, 2011) As a young tweeny-bopper I waited on pins and needles for each month’s Sassy magazine to arrive in the mail.  It brought t...

Art Online

(Apr 18, 2011) The big tadoo over the release of the Google Art Project faded fast.  The web project that operated like Google Maps, allowing u...

On Revolutions and the Web

(Feb 22, 2011) What happened in Egypt and is continuing to spread across the Middle East is nothing short of mind blowing. What I saw on televis...

Flaming Lips YouTube Symphony for the Unwaveringly Devoted

(Feb 18, 2011) I am infinitely interested in artists using the web in new and exciting ways — that’s about the only internet-related news I ...

The Stickiness of Internet Memes

(Jan 04, 2011) “Bitches Love (insert a random desirable thing)” is an internet meme which originated as a quote from the Adult Swim cartoon ...

Trivia That’s Hip

(Dec 24, 2010) Disclaimer: I didn’t play online games — not on Facebook, nor on any other internet platform.  That changed last week. A...

Johnny Cash Frame by Frame

(Nov 30, 2010) Still from The Johnny Cash Project by Chris Milk Chris Milk, creator of The Wilderness Downtown for the Arcade Fire’s lates...

The Importance of Readability

(Aug 20, 2010) I spend all day on the Internet, mostly reading. I’ve had to get glasses. Those flashing and pop-up ads give me a headache...

Let Pictory Repeat Itself

(Jul 27, 2010) Pictory homepage Pictory is the perfect passion project. The site’s creator Laura Brunow Miner picks a theme, has people sub...

A Portrait of the Artist

(Jul 02, 2010) Fecal Face Jeremy Fish studio visit. Photo by Trippe. I’ve been addicted to Fecal Face‘s Studio Visit feature for a lo...