Saskatoon: your guided tour
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Let’s face it, Saskatoon probably isn’t the #1 city of choice for top designers looking to relocate. The draw of bigger centres tend to align with typical designer personalities and lifestyles. Not leaving it up to the local tourism agencies to make the case, we thought we’d try to play the role of urban ambassador and introduce you to what we’ve come to call Canada’s Greatest City.
Ryan Talk: CSSS Grad Banquet
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Last Friday I had the honour of giving the keynote address to the College of Computer Science grad class at the University of Saskatchewan. Preparing this talk was actually a little bit stressful. I wanted to inspire and motivate the graduating class to move forward in life while remembering some of their lasting memories from their four years at school.
A Q&A with White Ninja Web Comics
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Don’t ask how much this cost, but I was able to coax the creators of White Ninja into an interview. For those of you who don’t enjoy humour, White Ninja Comics is the single most important piece of Canadian literature that you’ve likely never read. Local boys Scott Bevan and Kent Earl have been drawing our favorite phallic-shaped hero for over a decade, and have a produced a cult following all over the world. Here’s what I needed to know.
Growing a business, helping a community
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zu is a leading interactive agency that strives to maintain its working class roots. Last week, Saskatoon City Council and the Saskatoon Heritage Society awarded zu with the 2009-2010 Adaptive Re-use certificate for the development that was done in the new office location. CEO Ryan Lejbak received the award on behalf of zu and believes the investment into the building and surrounding community was worth it.
Serious hobnobbing: tea party photos
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It was a very merry unbirthday to us. When we invited a few friends to stop by for a spot of tea recently they arrived asking, “is this really a tea party?” It sure was. And a good one at that.
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