Geek of the Week

Geek of the Week: Kutano

Sep 17

Ever wonder what people are saying on Twitter about a given Web page?

Geek of the Week: Copyright Consultations

Sep 2

At some time or another, you’ve probably run afoul of Canada’s Copyright Act, by, for instance, illegally downloading or sharing music or software.

Geek of the Week: Followformation

Jul 22

Unlike Facebook, Twitter isn’t so much about who you’re friends with as who you’re interested in getting to know. Followformation aims to help newbies get started.

Geek of the Week: First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia

Jul 15

B.C. is home to 32 First Nations languages, and they’re all threatened. The First Peoples’ Language Map of British Columbia shows where they’re spoken.

The Open Library wants to become the Wikipedia for books

Apr 1

Launched in 2007 as a project of the Internet Archive, this on-line catalogue now contains records for more than 22 million fiction and nonfiction works.

Firefox add-ons Semantic Radar and Operator show you the metadata

Mar 25

Where is the Semantic Web located? It may be hiding in that Web page you’ve just browsed.

Worio tags the Web to help you discover sites of interest

Feb 18

What does a next-generation search engine look like? Worio, created by UBC computer-science students, could be a preview.

Vancouver Twestival to bring Twitterers together for charity

Jan 28

The Vancouver Twestival is one of over 100 fundraisers planned for the same day in cities around the world—all of them organized on Twitter.

SPARK FX 09 brings experts on visual effects in film to Vancouver

Jan 21

Amazed by the computer-generated effects in The Abyss, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day?

MakeFive wants your top-five lists

Jan 14

Are George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill O’Reilly, Charles Manson, and Donald Rumsfeld really the five most evil Americans alive? You can have your say on MakeFive, a Web site developed by Gastown-based smashLAB that invites users to create, vote on, and comment on top-five lists.