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A new creative collective
Who put the “George Briggs” in George Briggs Media? Alex George Briggs Marshall did. Here he is (at right) in a new space with a new mission to create a collective of kickass creative people. The GB Collective. Think “co-working … Continue reading
Hamilton arts SuperCrawl absolutely killed it!
More than one hundred thousand people were expected to flood the James Street North area of Hamilton last weekend for the sixth annual arts SuperCrawl, celebrating art/music/dance/culture in the core of the city. Attendance has been rising on a hockey … Continue reading
What The Fluxible?
User experience titans descended on The Tannery over the weekend, coming from various points of the globe to speak and inspire us at Fluxible. This most awesome home-grown conference, now in its third year, teaches/talks/tackles a better UX (user experience) … Continue reading
I like to bike… especially on Bike Day
A funny-great thing happened on my bike ride this morning. I was…
Hot lunch!–papusas at America Latina
I don’t often blog about food, but ever since Kayleigh Platz wrote about America Latina Variety & Deli in her Tech About Town column, I’ve had gustatory hankering to hit this place for lunch. Yesterday, I took the short walk … Continue reading
Garden of Egan
Last week, Tony Reinhart and I took a short walk from The Tannery to Bob’s Guitar Service to sit down and talk music/culture/arts/GSD with proprietor Bob Egan. Some of you may know Bob as a player with Blue Rodeo. Regular … Continue reading
Who is Jon Johnson?
I first met Jon Johnson three years ago in a dark garage. Our mutual friend Matthew Reynolds threw this great party where you could try out a bunch of his awesome letterpress gear in his garage/print shop while the gigantic … Continue reading
Repost: Screen Printing–Part 0–Idea
Bringing back some old stuff from the deep web after talking with designer/screen printer extraordinaire Jon Johnson last week. This post was pre-kwartzlab, back when we were nomadic makers, building the community, under the temporary MakeKW banner. So cool to … Continue reading
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Repost: Screen Printing–Part 1–Materials
Bringing back some old stuff from the deep web after talking with designer/screen printer extraordinaire Jon Johnson last week. This post was pre-kwartzlab, back when we were nomadic makers, building the community, under the temporary MakeKW banner. So cool to … Continue reading
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Repost: Screen Printing–Part 2–Screens
Bringing back some old stuff from the deep web after talking with designer/screen printer extraordinaire Jon Johnson last week. This post was pre-kwartzlab, back when we were nomadic makers, building the community, under the temporary MakeKW banner. So cool to … Continue reading
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