Raincity Studios is proud to be an annual participant at Gnomedex - the indescribable geek-fest/inter-disciplinary/think-tank hosted by the effervescent Ponzi and Chris Pirillo where the attendees are part of the show.

At the 2008 edition of Gnomedex, Raincity Studios' Kris Krug kicked off the on-stage performances with a multi-purpose primer of photo tips - extolling objective info and subjective tips to the audience to help them elevate their photos to a higher level - starting a stern recommendation to adjust your white balance.

The videos of all the (awesome) presentations are appearing on Chris Pirillo's web empire including: Kris Krug - Photography Tips. Keep an eye on the remarkable content rolling down this channel and drop a comment if you learned something handy in Kris' Taking Making Better Photographs presentation.

It's Geeky Fun

Checking in from legendary geek-fest Gnomedex. The Raincity Studios squad of Francis Pilon, Kris Krug and I arrived yesterday in time for the kick off party (naturally) and seeing old friends and making new ones.

So many people here doing remarkable projects across many disciplines. But rather than name checking everyone (i'll get to that eventually), this dispatch is to say that RCS' KK kicked off the event with a great preso about making better photos.

The tips were augmented by charming examples from his massive portfolio and he'll likely be busy the rest of the con-fab with his offer of a photoshoot in exchange for tasty links to his Vancouver photography studio.  

His presentation will be posted somewhere sometime soon with a CC license for your sharing goodtimes. Stay aware and i'll be sure to link it up.

UPDATE: Kris Krug "making better photos" presentation

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Cross-posted from: BBC Sport | Olympics | Beijing Diaries

Background: Raincity Studios CEO/Founder Robert Scales and Pres/Ambassador Kris Krug are on the ground in Beijing to document and study the 2008 edition of the Olympic Games. They are publishing dispatches to a variety of news outlets including the venerable BBC. Here's Scales' first installment of his Olympic diary.

ROBERT SCALES, MONTREAL, CANADA

Robert runs a web development company based in Canada

For the second year in a row, Kris Krug is speaking to Federation of Post Secondary Educators at their Annual General Meeting in the resort town of Whistler.

Krug's slot is May 14 at 3:15 and he'll be addressing these educator's interest in how to integrate Web 2.0 into their classrooms and/or into their research. Perhaps he'll post his notes or some snaps from the gig here but in the meantime, it's hard to take a bad photo of Whister.

Here's the blurb from their site: