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Etching aluminum
Andrew Mackie, kwartzlabber extraordinaire, etched the kwartzlab logo into this aluminum plate…
West Coastin’
Out in beautiful Vancouver, BC a couple of weeks ago, to talk to the nice people…
TEDxWaterloo 2011–in a word: fantastic!
This was a great event. Met a ton of people and reconnected with lots of friends too. I didn’t know if it was possible to top last year, but the team took it up 120%. Venue was perfect, production quality … Continue reading
Change of focus…
Hey kwartzlab makers! I’ve decided to redirect my kwartzlab energy toward my new venture: makebright.com Been working on this for about 4 months now, contributing to the make-o-sphere under this new banner and starting to get some traction, which … Continue reading
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Ron Daniels rocked Monetizing the Making–massive thanks!
Massive thanks to Ron Daniels for his talk “The Organic Entrepreneur” at kwartzlab tonight in the Monetizing the Making series (‘cause it went well, so let’s call it a series). You really went above and beyond for us Ron with … Continue reading
Monetizing the Making–Mar 1–here’s your speaker, Ron Daniels
(photo: sourced from www.hawkertempest.se) Only 2 days until a very interesting talk at kwartzlab. Join us on Tuesday, March 1 for “Monetizing the Making”, a talk by Ron Daniels. Doors open at 7pm, talk begins at 7:30pm. To pique your … Continue reading
James Nye at The Accelerator Centre
Art Allies teamed up with The Accelerator Centre and The Communitech Hub to rotate work from local artists through those venues on a regular basis and this afternoon kicked that off with the fabulous work of my good friend James … Continue reading
Monetizing the Making–upcoming kwartzlab talk–March 1
(source photo at right: Ron Daniels, photo mashup & manipulation: DW) Ron Daniels, R/C aircraft designer, MBA, and chemist, gives a talk on his experience with continuous design improvement, outsourcing manufacturing, licensing designs, customer relations, and dealing with the competition. … Continue reading
Late Nights and Blue Collar Mornings–David Hoover’s amazing 1-night show
With my laundry barely dry after a week in San Fran, I headed out to see David Hoover’s one-man-one-night show Saturday night at The Sign Depot in Kitchener. I’m sure glad I did. Dave’s got this awesomely fresh creativity, channelling … Continue reading
shift – Mark Walton’s show at The Button Factory
Mark Walton’s great collection of photographs opened at The Button Factory tonight in Waterloo. I met Mark at Jacqui Murphy’s Art Allies gig at The Communitech Hub a couple of weeks ago. I really like what he’s doing around disappearing … Continue reading