life in transit
Category Archives: photography
regrowth
you can’t always do everything all at once.
victoria sunrise
This is a view of this morning’s sunrise over Craigdarroch Castle. Shot from my living room at 7:53 AM. Matt pointed me to a radio station he has been listening to – Monkey Radio. The website might not look like much, but that’s fine, because the music programming is the best downtempo / chill I […]
the ultimate treehouse
This fall past, I was taken up-island for a surprise. We drove into the area of Qualicum Beach and entered a mysterious grove with a log cabin and a forest behind it. I guessed that we were zip-lining or something to that effect, but I was totally wrong! (I do like to guess though.) We […]
defining the value of design
The entrepreneur who picks a logo off the shelf to use, solely because it appeals to himself or herself, is more likely to fail in business than the entrepreneur that engages in a full design process. This isn’t just because self-reflection can sometimes be a smokey mirror. A full design process can be defined many […]
be leaf in transformation
Short little story. Several years ago I made some non-refundable travel plans, picked up some photo equipment, and found myself laid off twice in a row by two different companies. Bad luck followed by more bad luck. Debt that was going to be paid off was .. not so quickly paid off. Instead it was […]
Is this effective message placement?
First, imagine that you came across the following piece of marketing on the street. Ignore, for a moment, that you’re seeing it here. Secondly, you are only seeing it here because I am curious about your opinion. For me, in a vacuum, it did not have enough interesting content to warrant passing on in and […]
caution: not recyclable
I’ve been using shaving cream for the better part of my adult life. One might even debate that I was using it before I was an adult, and one might even win such a debate. That is not why my empty, old, and rusty can of shaving cream appears here. It’s to do with the […]
the technology pendulum
Is design technology doing what we need it to do? New products are everywhere, but is technology helping with quality products or obfuscating design’s purpose with quantity of products? Are those responsible for rendering our designs doing so in a timely way? Finally, is infrastructure for cloud computing ready for what designers will need it […]
Victoria Electronic Music Festival 2009
This weekend past was the Victoria Electronic Music Festival for 2009. My involvement this year was further to my goal of being an artist and advancing my own level of performance as an artist. Part of this goal setting has seen some new synergies develop between myself and other musicians, and it was pretty exciting […]