Inspired by one of Sagmeister’s quotes about how starting a charity is surprisingly easy, so is starting a blog.
Here’s one of my latest projects, Ordinary People.
June 13th, 2009
Moments Like Today
What is ‘Moments Like Today’?
A collaborate project that I’ve been planning and working on for the past little while. The idea is to get people to capture moments of their lives in three parts of the day: morning, afternoon, evening. By capturing a moment and then piecing those moments together, one can gain a better understanding of that person’s life.
The inspiration came about from wondering about what a single young person’s day is like compared to a mother of two children. Another interesting layer forms when you think about how a single young person’s life in Canada is different than say a person in Russia.
That’s the general idea behind it. The logistics is a bit harder to formulate.
How do I actually make this project collaborative and which tools will I use?
This project will be possible in two forms: photos and videos.
Videos:
I’ve created a Vimeo group where people can post their videos to:
http://vimeo.com/groups/momentsliketoday
(It was between YouTube or Vimeo, but I decided to go with Vimeo in the end. Even though YouTube is a lot more wide-spread, I appreciate the ‘human-ness’ of Vimeo and the culture that they are trying to build. I think this project will fit well in there.)
After they post their videos on the group, the moderators of the group can distribute it to the three channels:
http://vimeo.com/channels/morning
http://vimeo.com/channels/afternoon
http://vimeo.com/channels/evening
Essentially the structure is like so:
Moments Like Today - Vimeo chart
I’ve also created a Facebook group for Moments Like Today:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90101132786
Website -> Photos:
With Darryl C’s help, there will be a place where users can upload photos like they upload videos to Vimeo. The website will also act as a place where videos posted on Vimeo can be fed through. There’s no site yet, but it’s going to be here! http://www.momentsliketoday.com 
Next steps:
- I plan to make videos and take photos to capture my “moments”. People like examples, I will provide them with some . Hopefully, that’ll get them thinking about capturing their own. Feel free to join the groups though!
- Finishing the design layout for the Website portion.
- Skinning the Vimeo group/channels
June 5th, 2009
exercise #4: colour, song, observe.
Location: Queen West and University (on the south side facing east)
When: 05/30/09 3:17pm
Weather: Mostly cloudy
R: 14 G: 25 B: 3
The mingling of people inside the Four Seasons Centre of the Performing Arts. Crowds of them leaning against the rails along the window. Some in pairs, sitting on the stairs on several floors. Conversations. Slowly, they fade…going back to their seats after an intermission.
June 5th, 2009
the beginning of Ordinary People
I’ve decided to a start a project called “Ordinary People”, documenting things out there that are inherently static but because of the way they are shaped or positioned in their environment, they evoke emotion or human character.
A sub-series of “Ordinary People” will be Chairs, focusing on chairs on the streets (whether abandoned or just sitting out). I LOVE ABANDONED CHAIRS 
. Predecessor: Benoît video.
Finding human emotion in ordinary things have been an interest of mine for a while now, so I’m excited that I have finally decided to label it. I haven’t decided how to pool all my findings together yet, but for now they will appear on the usual Facebook albums, but definitely not limited to living there. Any distribution suggestions will be appreciated!
May 22nd, 2009
Letter to Queenie (in 2006)
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This was a letter written in 2006 to a good friend of mine before she moved to the UK for school. I found it hidden in one of my folders on my computer. I thought I’d share it with the rest of you .
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Queen Bitch!
Fifty years down the road I wonder if I’m still going to call you by that name. lol, maybe I’ll call you ‘Grandma Bitch’ or something. Dang, you get to go away to this far piece of land and get a piece of paper that says Master of _______ on it. Awesome. Hm, perhaps I should start writing in a more mature way, like an ESL teacher would, lol. To err is human, to forgive is divine. There you go, my sentence of wisdom.
I’m going to miss you so much when you are away. Perhaps I have already told you this many times, but no one tells stories like you do. You’re like one of a kind. I’m going to miss your white Subaru and all your little decorations in it that I used to S-Cube with all the time.
We have all grown up together. From being nerdy, ugly, unfashionable kids in elementary school to ‘have it your own way bitch’ in university. I know you want the rest of us to keep in good touch after you leave, and I promise I will try.
I’ll end with a quote by G. Randolf, “Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”
-31km
May 12th, 2009
never assume your candy's stolen
Here’s something I wrote in 2004:
“I blamed my sis for stealing my Keg chocolate mints on my desk. I thought she was afraid to admit to it. Today I realized those mints were actually in my pocket. Oops.”
On an unrelated note,
I have a bad habit of not capitalizing the “i” in I.
