A visual glossary of Drupal field types

This post originally appeared on simcentre.ca. We are currently working with Affinity Bridge on a collaborative research project that has us deeply involved in the process of developing a website on the Drupal content management system (CMS) — the same CMS that...

The post-reading generation talks about the future of books

This post originally appeared on SIMCentre.ca. Today I got to be a (tweeting) fly on the wall in Jonathan Aitken’s ebook design class. Somewhat to my amusement, Jonathan began by explaining how old people like us used to read in linear way, where you flip...

An open design process for SIMCentre.ca

This post appears today on the site of the Social + Interactive Media Centre at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Shh…don’t tell anyone, but we’re redesigning our website. That’s the standard attitude towards website redesign, at least...

Crowdsourcing my identity: an art experiment

The phenomenon of Pecha Kucha — presentations in which a speaker addresses 20 slides for 20 seconds each — has overtaken unconferences and WhateverCamps as the hottest format for professional gatherings. So I was interested to see a Pecha Kucha veteran...