Last night I met with Kris Krüg at The Irish Heather Pub, where, over a few beers and burgers dressed with Guinness cheese, I picked his brain. Kris is a well-known Vancouver-based fashion photographer, author and technologist. In 2004 he co-founded Bryght, a company that specializes in online community building and uses Drupal, a [...]

With over 5,000 new blogs that are introduced each hour adding to the over 70 million existing blogs, information has never been more accessible. The problem with this abundance of blogs is not that the Internet will ever run out of space, but rather, the rampancy of poor quality content produced every second. With the [...]

As web based applications become more and more integrated into our lives, it has never been easier to monitor our tastes, preferences and fascinations. Whether it’s a social networking platform like Facebook or Myspace, or search providers like Google and Yahoo, a common trend is emerging - everyone is keeping track of our data.
For example, [...]

Our good friend Mike from Bneeth Communications recently posted an article about Blackle - an energy saving search engine from Google. The concept is simple; Blackle conserves energy by using a black instead of white screen. Recently mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, “If Google went all-black, it could save 750 megawatt-hours of energy a [...]

Social networking is arguably becoming one of the most important and popular marketing tools. Beneficial to both businesses and individuals alike - it has never been easier or cheaper to network or promote yourself, your business, or your product.
With millions of people hopping on the social networking bandwagon, interesting socioeconomic trends are beginning to emerge. [...]

Ever wonder what the Internet looks like? A lot like the diagram above, according to physicists at Tel-Aviv University in Israel. The red in the center is a cluster of 100 networks operated by massive corporations like AT&T and Google, while the purple periphery is ISP providers from around the globe.
The problem with being located [...]