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Creative Technology at Vancouver's W Building - Raincity Radio
Pod- Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR) - 12:20 minutes (11.33 MB)
Raincity Studios' Ambassador Kris Krug discusses the W2 Community Media Arts centre, part of the socially-minded Woodwards project in downtown eastside Vancouver. Built on the spot of a former department store, the new building includes a mix of social housing, market housing, an university campus, and the community media arts space.
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W2 Community Media Arts
- Gallery Gachet
- City of Vancouver Woodward's info
- Fearless City
- Wikipedia about Woodwards Building
- Woodwards Implosion video by Nadia Aly
- Change Creative, Jeremy Crowle
- W Building 360 photoset by DaveO
- Woodwards tag by Roland on Flickr
- "W sign" Photo by Kris Krug
- Others Woodwards Building photos by Dave Olson
Note: See the old Woodwards spire in the background
Surviving disaster and community building
BlogYesterday evening over a bowl of absolutely delicious Itik Tim and noodles, Peter and I discussed human psychology with a friend, and what would happen to society in the case of catastrophic disaster.
I have started to stock up a grab bag of survival essentials obtained from nearby Army and Navy's camping section, including iodine tablets, and a sealed tin of 37 various items, including string, matches, compass, etc.
Open Source Culture from Romania to Vancouver - Raincity Radio
Pod- Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR) - 20:14 minutes (18.64 MB)
With the eLiberatica conference in Bucharest, Romania {see also: eLiberatica 2008 in Romania - The benefits of Open and Free Technologies} approaching, Raincity Radio host DaveO, along with Boris Mann, sit down with two noteworthy presenters, Zak Greant and David Ascher, to discuss the importance of open source in emerging economies, various Mozilla Foundation projects (including MoFo, MoCo, MoMo), plus a casual conversation about OS community building and management, Romanian cuisine, prawn fishing, and developer culture in Europe and Vancouver.
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Drupal Wins CNET's 2008 Webware 100 Awards in the Publishing & Photography category
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Breaking news:
At Noon Pacific, April 21st, online publisher CNET announced the winners in the 2008 Webware awards and open source content management system Drupal wins the Webware 2008 award in the publishing and photography category.
While we don't get too hung up on awards, for Raincity Studios (and our colleagues formerly known as Bryght) and the Drupal community at large, this is a pleasant validation for the hard work and enthusiasm we dedicate to building this open source content management system.
And this is no light weight trophy! Here's what the organizers say about the process:
Ravishing Rogues and Sultry Sirens Deploy Community for Harlequin Romance
BlogDespite the breathy post title, Raincity staffers DID NOT pose for the cover of the newest tome from romance-centric publisher Harlequin, however the RCS team DID build the new eHarlequin Community.
Less than a week since launch, the fresh participatory marketing endeavor is already bustling with activity and humming along to enthusiastic reviews.
The details of the myriad new features and the tricky customizations crafted within a compressed time-line (along with the big strategic vision of the project) are summed up in the eHarlequin Portfolio entry.
However, what was most interesting from my vantage point was how quickly the participation started on the live site.
