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I remember hearing this song for the first time in around grade 7 in Saltspring Island and thinking it’s a good thing I’m not 23. Well, this song is strangely appropriate now.
Hey – I’m in this show. It’s put on by Vancouver is Awesome, is starting next week and is taking place at Shine nightclub. Should be pretty cool. Check out the full flyer here for all the details, and big thanks to Randy Laybourne for asking me to take part.
I just got these awesome bowls in the mail called Ooma Bowls from a fellow named Thomas Both. Thomas is a friend of a friend and needed a typeface for his company, Cube and Corner. Eventually Neighbourhood was chosen as the typeface and Thomas got in touch with me about making a trade – use of Neighbourhood in exchange for some bowls. I agreed, and finally got my bowl in the mail today. This thing is pretty neat. The whole idea is that it’s made for “tableless” dining, as more often than not we are eating food on the go. Check out the Cube and Corner website to read more about the bowl, and apparently you can now pick them up at the SFMOMA as well.
I am not an iPad fan. I tried to start iPad fights with David Lang and Harrison on msn tonight but neither of them wanted to hear it, so I thought I would write something here. Anyway there are a number of reasons the iPad sucks, but there is one reason in particular that is bothering me.
The iPad is a device that turns it’s users solely into consumers instead of creators. Computers up until this point have encouraged creativity by giving users the choice of software and tools to create whatever they want. If people who are new to technology start using the iPad they will never progress past a consumer level. The iPad is designed to make it easy for you to buy music, movies, books and apple approved applications. However you would never use it to develop a web page, create a piece of design or make music. The iPad, more or less, only allows users to be a spectator and consumer of media. The iPad is aimed at people who aren’t tech savvy, and if they start using this they will remain non tech savvy and ignorant to the real value of computing. If the iPad catches on it’s just going to be the same as putting a TV in front of that user, which would really be taking 2 steps backwards.
I have no problem with the iPad for people who are already using computers daily and want something light and portable to use once in awhile, but what worries me is that this product is being marketed to a “new to computing” crowd.
The iPad is not a magical device, it’s simply going to make people less inquisitive. It’s so unfortunate that the iPad completely underestimates its audience. What’s much more amazing, and something that has been happening for a long time, is using a computer to make new and exciting ideas a reality.
So for the past 3 days I’ve been in Mountain View at the Mozilla offices for work. It has been a really good 3 days full of lots of free food, and especially free beer. I don’t have a cable for my camera but here are some pictures from my webcam and that I stole from Roland’s flickr.
Here’s a picture I took of myself with all this Firefox swag. Firefox swag is awesome, I got a bunch of stickers and buttons and a livestrong style bracelet. I put a bunch of stickers on my mouse.
I just finished putting together my good friend David Lang’s new website. You should check it out at www.davidlang.me. David Lang pretty much rules because he has a job where he gets to do the most mind blowingly awesome stuff, is half asian, and falls asleep when he drinks.
I think me and David are going to work on his book next and it’s probably going to rule a lot.
Oh also I’m going to the Bay Area tomorrow for work and then for hanging out with family. Maybe I will update about that but most likely I will just tweet about being at In N’ Out burger.
Here are some things that Raindrop does.
Back in July I had a very brief stint as an intern at Rethink Communications. While there I shared a cubicle with Rory O’Sullivan. Some things I know about Rory are that he doesn’t own a cell phone so you can’t call him, he plays in a band, and at some point during my stay at Rethink he acquired a wife. Anyway Rory sent me an email the other day of this awesome video he made for the Rethink Scholarship. It seems like if you’re a student you should probably apply for this, because $18,000 is a lot of money.
Just wanted to reiterate something that I mentioned the other day.
re: HTML editors – After I type in a -moz value and hit return why am I not automatically given the -webkit value?
I bet this already exists in some editor, or there is an add-on. If so someone please enlighten me.
After 3 months I’ve finally finished building my bike. It was fun to take on building a bike as a design project, and was a nice break from working on the computer. There are still things I would like to switch up, but for now I am really quite happy with it. It rides amazingly and the coaster brake is even more fun than I had anticipated. Here are some pictures I took today, specs after the jump. Click the images to see them bigger, or click here to comment on my flickr set.
I was just sent a link to a theatre company in Switzerland called Theatre du Grutli who has been using Neighbourhood for their signage, promotional pieces and website. It’s so cool to see Neighbourhood being used in other parts of the world. I added some of their images on the Neighbourhood usage page.
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UGK feat Outkast – International Players Anthem
Hoping for good things to come.
Got some Redwing 875’s as a gift over the holidays (!!!).
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Some video of things I did over the past couple months. See ya later 2009.
Spotted in Gastown
Here are some things that are on my desk right now.
1) A lovely christmas card illustrated by Jane Koo. (I think this is the greatest illustration ever, needs a frame).
2) A little notebook sent to me from Mark Caneso from pprwrkstudio. Mark also runs PSType.
3) The handbill for the Group Hug New Years Eve show that Byron Kopman brought by for me.
Just looking through my camera and found some pictures of things I have eaten. Hit the jump to look at them.
Just put together this poster for the Group Hug new years eve show. I basically got a brief of “do something space themed and mystical, it’s called the future”. Pretty fun little project. Check out the facebook page for more info on the event.
My friend Bryce’s band WZRDZ played the Astoria last friday night. Here’s a quick picture I took. It was pretty awesome, it’s nice to see a band in Vancouver who don’t take themselves super seriously and aren’t trying to be the next Joy Division.
My buddy Mark at Rain City Bikes just built up my rear wheel for me. I picked it up tonight and am super stoked on how it turned out. I threw on a tire when I got home and took some pictures. Hit the jump for a couple more pictures.
I’m writing this after getting back from an epic game of doubles ping pong with David Lang, Tom Chung, and Harrison Boyce. I don’t want to blow the spot, but the Gage residency in UBC has awesome ping pong tables for students to use, and it’s super easy to just walk in and use them. Anyway, Harrison was nice enough to hook up one of the shirts he made for Defgrip (the website Harrison runs for those unfamiliar). If you aren’t familiar with Defgrip I suggest you check it out. Hit the jump to check out the custom stamp tag.
Some of the stuff I ordered through my friend Mark at Rain City Bikes has started to come through and it’s looking really good. The wheels are coming together and I’m getting pretty excited about the build. Pictured above are Mavic Open Pro rims, 36 hole for the rear and 32 hole for the front – silver.
