Author archive

Camps and copyright    (2007.05.15)

Toronto Transit Camp attempted to extort participants’ copyrights. Let’s not try that again

Antipoynorism    (2007.05.14)

Why are we letting Rick Poynor set the terms of the debate? Why are we even having a debate about Poynor-style unreadable, unillustrated, turgid, overintellectualized design writing on the one hand and design blogs on the other?

OCAD grad show 2007    (2007.05.13)

Notes from the exhibit of graduates’ work at the Ontario College of Art & Design

Marquee    (2007.05.11)

Located on one of Toronto’s quantum-state strips – between the two Gerrards and Coxwell.

The faux-neon is a nice touch, as is the ancient Letraset typeface, Quicksilver. The whole motif must have gone over well when the leather queens held their formal there.

Scissor lifts    (2007.05.08)

Goslings!    (2007.05.07)

Not quite an only-in-Toronto sighting, but the chance viewing of a family of geese hanging out next to the sidewalk is at least more likely here.

Sorry it isn’t LOLGEESE.

‘Dispatches from the New Frontier: Writing for the Internet’    (2007.05.05)

By, of all people, Camille Paglia. Is Web writing really ‘evanescent’?

Part-time gingers    (2007.05.04)

Simon Pegg, or…?

A balls-out takedown of Dougie Coupland    (2007.05.03)

Exactly what it says. Souvenir of Canada my arse