Today is our last full day at the Banff Cross Platform Mentorship Lab. Our presentation went over really well earlier- last night, we decided to scrap the way we were selling the idea, starting over entirely about 12 hours before needing to present it. This change and the presentation was really well received, and we are starting to see a lot of potential for HAL.

There were a lot of other projects here, all doing great work that deserve mention. Here are a few of the ones I’ve already found on the web:

FierceLight, Go Ball Glow, NanoBodz, Jig-Sound, Stranger Says, Inanimate Alice, Jargonition.

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Currently in-flight, heading straight to Banff from Montréal. The next four days will be spent at the Interactive Project Lab representing HAL, and talking with other participants from all around the country about new media projects they are involved in. Exciting possibilities.

Although I don’t know a hell of a lot about this place, the centre is apparently the size of an entire campus. No idea who inhabits it though- it isn’t a school, but more of a general place-of-learning. People do gather there every year for a variety of art and media stuff, however- and hopefully leave with a better understanding of how to apply it all to the real world.

Despite this, neither Pascal nor myself have any clue whether this place will have wifi, never mind any of the other high tech stuff we are used to working with on a daily basis. The location is apparently remote, far removed from the usual hustle and bustle of large Canadian cities. At the least, it should be a cool change of pace.

Whatever the case, there’s a lot of excitement and mystery in the air for us. I hope I’ll find a place where my usual jolt of RSS can keep me at arm’s reach from the world at large. The launch of CC’snew company is happening today (right around now actually), so there’ll be a lot of cool stuff to watch out for in the next few.

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Je travaille depuis quelque temps sur HAL (Hub d’Artistes Locaux), un projet où nous rassemblons la communauté d’artistes locaux avec les usagers d’internet sans-fil Montréalais. Le vidéo ci-dessous est une introduction au projet, monté par Véro B, une vidéobloggeure locale très talentueuse.

Si vous êtes nouveau visiteur, bienvenue à mon blogue! Vous y retrouverez régulièrement des nouveaux podcasts ainsi que des liens à pleins de projets intéressants! Restez-y un peu! :)

((I’ve been working for on this HAL project for a little while - a great community thing where we bring together local artists with Montreal’s wifi community. The above video is a little introduction I did with Véro B, a local videoblogger who is going to be huge I tell you.

If you’re a new visitor, welcome to my blog! You’ll regularly find new podcasts and links to other cool stuff I find. Stick around!))

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So the HAL project I spoke about a few entries ago has been selected to attend the Banff Centre’s Cross Platform Mentorship Lab. 10 projects (2 people per project) are being flown down to be coached by a group of media and technology experts from October 26-30. Pascal and I will be attending it, which is pretty damn cool. I’m pretty excited about it. Thanks to Michael and the Ile sans fil group for the opportunity. (I’ll be blogging all the while, of course.)

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