Early this year I interviewed Ray Larabie, a Canadian font designer (from Ottawa), who lives and works in Nagoya, Japan. Ray studied animation at Sheridan college and worked initially in the video game industry. He runs a successful company called Typodermic. I knew about Ray back in my early days of design (mid 90s) because [...]
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Mike has been an earnest student of film since he studied the “History of Cinema” and “Italian Cinema” at university. Mike is an aspiring filmmaker with a few short videos under his belt. Currently he is working on “City Symphony” – a hybrid documentary / music video that includes music by his alter-ego “Mikooshka.” Here [...] Mike and "Driver 8" magazine – Hot off the Press! Photo by Ian Robertson I’ve been involved with publishing and DIY enterprise for a long time— almost two decades! A colleague recently scanned some negatives and I thought I’d share a cool photo with you. This was my first apartment in Toronto, circa 1990, and [...] Once upon a time, in the days of university when I was going to school, and playing in a rock band, and booking shows, and doing some fanzines and graphics work, I bumped into a friend of a friend. We exchanged laughs and email addresses. His email address was unforgettable. It was “ican@ucant.com”. I had [...] Click to open larger version This is a design based on stills I’m working with from a “city – streets” themed video I’m making called “Step Forward.” The dancer in this scene is Andy Wye. I want to composite him at various sizes dancing across a primitive cave background with prehistoric art. [...] Irina at the edge of the woods in High Park, Toronto – New artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (Click for bigger image) Recently I’ve been training a pretty tough audience – teachers. Since I’ve been teaching for about seven years I know what it’s like to lead a group, and the demands and expectations that educators have, because they are doing this stuff nearly every day, are higher than most. It’s a challenging audience and [...] Recently some clients and students have expressed interest in creating their own blogs. They’ve asked me how they should go about it. It seems I often start with a recommendation to consider using WordPress. It’s the most common blog software and it can also be used to host a static traditional website. I’ll run through [...] I am playing a show on March 5th at Labspace Studio in Leslieville, Toronto. The venue is a large warehouse and the gig will feature an eclectic group of performances ranging from me (DJing and performing alternate cuts of my tunes) to some dancers, projectionists, bands, and experimental musicians. Should be a fun night. Doors [...] Mike atop the Barron Canyon (Algonquin) I was born in August and my birthday fast approaches – it’s the 22nd! It’s been an interesting summer so far. Different work has come my way and all of it has been rewarding. My life has teemed with joy and appreciation and family/friend connections have blossomed and [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on new graphic design, developing websites and multimedia, and leading training workshops on weekends. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Check out Mike's Edu-Tech Workshop site. Please contact him at this address: mike | strongandfree.ca 
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