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Hub Haps #001-bucket list

Posted on August 21, 2014 by dw

Yesterday at the Communitech Hub, out on Francis Street, Iain Klugman and John Baker, CEOs of Communitech and Desire2Learn respectively, got doused by this eager crew.  Of course the good cause was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. With all the … Continue reading →

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1shot #184-we are all visitors

Posted on August 19, 2014 by dw

Caught these humpback flukes off Victoria harbour in British Columbia three weeks ago. It made me think that on a long enough timeline, we are all visitors. It reinforced the necessity of seizing the day and humbled me. DW

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1shot #183-chess giant

Posted on August 18, 2014 by dw

Found this endgame in progress out front of Kitchener City Hall a couple of weeks back. There was such a great triangle structure in this composition that I had to shoot it. The distortion of scale with the serendipitous grid … Continue reading →

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1shot #182-everything is a mystery

Posted on August 11, 2014 by dw

I was meeting with Bre Crossman from the Kitchener BIA at the Yeti Café in DTK last week and saw interesting silhouettes appear in the Market underground. I love to find extremes of light, with a nod to artist Caravaggio … Continue reading →

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1shot #181-Four on 305

Posted on August 10, 2014 by dw

Wandering into DTK for a late lunch on Thursday, I caught these window washers on the side of 305 King. It struck me as a more pragmatic edition of my BANDALOOP shoot at CITS last year. When I squint my … Continue reading →

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1shot #180-STOP, i love you!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by dw

Word on the street. Roy Street at Queen. This is Kitchener. DW

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Big balloon build at kwartzlab

Posted on August 7, 2014 by dw

You know what makers do when they have a major life shift? That’s right: they keep on making. The same day I turned in my BlackBerry badge last week, kwartzlab artist in residence Drew Ripley was running a group build … Continue reading →

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Parting really is sweet sorrow

Posted on August 4, 2014 by dw

Shakespeare had it right, though I’m no Juliet. Last week, after twelve years of interesting projects, roles, and adventures, BlackBerry and I amicably parted ways. I started in 2002 in the midst of a hiring freeze and was tasked to … Continue reading →

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Maker Club–extending innate makerliness

Posted on July 14, 2014 by dw

This is Charlie. He is 6 years old. With a little help from his Aunt Dinah combined with gear/know-how/meetup from Maker Club, Charlie is learning how to solder. It is the most fundamental skill required to jump off into the … Continue reading →

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1shot #179-u mad bro?

Posted on July 12, 2014 by dw

I was biking down to DTK last week and caught this angry tag on Linden Avenue in the Innovation District. Having spent a few days in May out in San Francisco, I’ve seen much louder and more graphic displeasure than … Continue reading →

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