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D.O.G spends some quality time with his famous sister Jessica Stockholder

It is a little known fact that Robot Salmon author D.O.G. ’s sister is big deal in the art world. Aside from heading up her own sculpture department at Yale University, Jessica Stockholder, ex-Vancouverite and U-Vic grad,  has shown her work  in countless European and North American countries over her three decade long art career. [...]

Interactive Design – Takes the Spotlight at the 2010 Winter Olympics part 1

I will be the first to admit that I was not a huge fan of the Olympics taking over our city, in fact I was one of the locals that seriously considered heading out on vacation to avoid the “Olympic madness” that everyone anticipated taking over Vancouver.

But as a Vancouver Web Design student with a passion for new media and interactive design, my mind is being blown every time I turn around. The ground breaking installations and interactive art that are being featured all around the city should put Vancouver on the map when it comes to interactive design innovation.

D.O.G. sits down with Social Media Expert Kris Krug

Kris Krug is a man who wears many hats; the quintessential jack of all trades. He is equally well known for his work as a fashion and street photographer as he is for his work with Social Media. He is an innovator, a maverick, a TED talker, a shameless self promoter, and one of the [...]

Sunday cartoons – through the eyes of a web designer

Everyone should be able to have a good laugh at themselves. As web designers and Internet geeks we should not be spared… here is a little collection of Computer Geek humor

Cars of the Future

As self proclaimed techies and gadget nerds we definitely dream of the future often and can’t wait for the latest and greatest life altering technologies to emerge (anyone want to talk about the long anticipated wait for the Apple “tablet”)
Speaking of the future, have we arrived yet? Is the future now?
When dreaming of the future [...]

IE6 vs Google: let the browser wars begin.

That’s right, you read the title correctly!!!
Google says they will cease to support Internet Explorer 6 for all of their online applications starting March 1st.
Web Professionals are collectively shedding a single tear of joy.  IE 6 is generally excepted as the worst browser in current use.  It is the only browser to ever to have [...]

Top Five Twitter Applications for iPhone

We here in the Interactive Design Program at Capilano U like to stay in the forefront of all things new and trendy. Hence our fervent worship of Twitter.
Twitter is a great web application that allows us to keep up with our friends and followers as well as all recent trending topics. I like to keep [...]

Firebug On All Browsers? Who Knew?

I am a Mac user and Safari is significantly faster on my machine. PC Adviser claims that Safari is 38 percent faster than Firefox. Safari also renders websites at a much higher resolution. So, understandably, I was thrilled when I found out I could have my cake and eat it too. Firebug Lite allows users to use the Firebug plugin with any available browser.

News Flash!!! ……Adobe Flash that is.

Accidentally leaked footage of the iPad proves that Apple has already developed technology that would allow users to view flash video on the iPhone and iPad. Technology Blog,  9to5 Mac, released an article this past week that featured embeded video and images that compared apple promotional footage with footage from the Cupertino Keynote where the iPad [...]