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My presentation at FUTUROOM

My presentation at FUTUROOM

Video from my speech in Prague.


Prague, Futuroom, and the new hyper-local news hybrid.

I’ve thought for quite some time that print journalism had no future. In the beginning, I thought that all a newspaper had to do to save itself was to embrace multimedia and video.  However, after being a proponent of this approach for over three years, I began to see that this was also not working. [...]


Extreme iPhone Photo Enlargements: A How-To Guide

I’ve been dying to see how iPhone photos hold up to rather extreme enlargement.

According to Microsoft, the maximum printing size for a 2-megapixel photo is 5×6.7 at 240dpi.

So what did I do? I went ahead and printed this photo at 12×18 at 240dpi!
(The MAXIMUM size you can print at Costco, and it only cost me $2.50.)

The final result?

In one word: Stunning.


Rain City Fix 2008

A short documentary on the photo shoot for Aaron Edge/Brenton Salo’s new book on fixed gear culture, shot on Capitol Hill in seattle WA. To learn more about the book go to RainCityFix.com !


Trailer: Flip the Media: A Media (r)Evolution

Click to Play This is a trailer for the upcoming full length Flip the Media documentary film, produced within the MCDM program at the University of Washington. In this film we will explore how the media landscape is changing, as the traditional media gate-keepers (print, radio and TV) are being challenged by the rise of [...]


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    Kirk is an experienced visual storyteller and social media expert. Kirk's guiding philosophy: It's not the equipment that matters--it's the story.

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