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Yes Fly Zone

Bad-ass deck from my homeboy Nick aka ovrbored. Get yours.

Kanye West’s Vuitton Kicks

Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers. Only one design, above, was featured in the show — a monochromatic midtop with no frills, save for a quilted flap in the back, all the easier to tuck pants into. “The inspiration came from a [...]

Happy New Year

I just returned from a quick getaway to Ottawa with the lady (via Porter Air, which despite some delays returning, I highly recommend).
Great news upon my return too including the Raptors handedly defeating the (healthy) Houston Rockets, ImageSpark getting warmed-up for it’s launch and my Theory shades arriving; a sweet Christmas gift courtesy of Liz. [...]

Kickin’ It

Kickflip, originally uploaded by twentythreeseven.

My afternoons have become a bit of a skate boot camp since I got my first skateboard 3 months ago. I’ve been using my lunch to learn to skate and I have to say, it can be frustrating and downright painful learning to ollie when you’re 28.
Though I haven’t mastered [...]

NYC Recap

I recently went down New York City for the Labour Day long weekend. I had no reason to go other than to visit a friend who lives there and some visiting from California. I hadn’t been to New York for a vacation for a while so this was a good chance for me to get reacquainted with [...]

Quasi-Massive Link-Up

Here’s 10 things that have caught my eye in the last month and a half (in no particular order)

The Olympics – NYTimes.com created this great tool to track all your favorite events here
Bell Canada rebrands and relaunches
Pantry, a local gourmet-to-go kitchen, grocery and coffee shop owned and operated by my friend Greg Bolton gets some love [...]

Raps’ Season Opener

The Raptors’ season kicks off tonight and I’ll be in attendance for the 3rd consecutive season (Thanks, Rishan).This time, I didn’t forget the camera so I’ll have some nice pics to post tomorrow.
Until then, entertain yourself with the most underrated topic of fan discussion every year: Team logo, jersey and court redesigns.

New Gig

I’m proud to announce that I’m joining the excellent team at Teehan+Lax as an Interaction Designer.These guys are really at the forefront of defining customer experience in this rapidly evolving landscape.
While I’ll miss my good friends at Blast Radius, I’m looking forward to the exciting work that awaits me at this new opportunity.
Stay up [...]

Picture the Cure:Brendan Lynch

My buddy Brendan Lynch, an amazing photographer and camera aficionado, will have two of his captures on display at the Steam Whistle Brewery Gallery until July 30th.
Funds raised are in support of the fight against Cancer in Canada. Please come out and check out Brendan’s work as well as prints from some of Canada’s most [...]

NYC, Clear Your Couch

Thanks to Porter getting access to fly into Newark, I’m gonna be visiting a whole lot more.