Chris Mewhort

Natalie Bookchin’s Testament: How to get Laid Off

2011-08-02T18:01:20Z

I saw this video by Natalie Bookchin, from her art project Testament. She explains it best here: Testament is an ongoing series of video installations made from fragments from online video diaries, or “vlogs” that explores contemporary expressions of self and the stories we currently tell online about our lives and our circumstances. Clips are [...]

The Smart Way to Share a Dinner

2011-07-15T23:59:14Z

I believe technology is the answer to the problems we’re looking at as North American’s (and beyond). I’m not talking about global warming, I’m talking about a society which can be infinitely more efficient in our energy usage, water usage, fuel usage, coal, oil, petroleum products. I don’t need to believe the World’s on the [...]

BitCoin: Changing our Financial Systems

2011-05-18T22:54:12Z

Everyone wants to do something big, BitCoin’s actually stepping up and doing something big. Introducing (the beginnings of, if nothing else) an alternative to modern money: BitCoin. I’ll admit the statement may be a tad large, but the idea is a great start and stands in defiance of our current system. We have the combined [...]

Fuck You. Pay Me.

2011-04-09T23:05:18Z

I love a good swear. Those that know me personally know this best of all. But today I have good reason to swear. I’m actually borrowing the F-word from another, more intelligent, more successful designer, @mike_FTW, who recently did a talk on having contracts in place as designers/developers. As a freelancer I fit the bill. [...]

2 Essential rules to a successful blog

2011-03-29T05:05:02Z

Often people approach me wanting to redesign their website to begin attracting viewers to their blog or website — well it doesn’t exactly work like that. Search Engine optimization campaigns aren’t the flick of a switch. A good SEO campaign should span no shorter than 6 months, and honestly, preferably a year. It involves a [...]

When Beautiful Voice meets Beautiful Person

2011-03-22T19:19:45Z

In late 2007 I was called by a good friend to come out and support an Open Mic night which was starting at the pizza place she worked. It was the first night, and friends were asked to come out and support. I did so, happily — I’m always there to help friends in need. [...]

Bears, Where I’m from, and Oil Tankers

2011-03-27T06:05:48Z

I’ve lived in a few places now, and one thing that continues to surprise me about the World is their lack of knowledge about Canada. I’m not talking about people not knowing who our Prime Minister is, or people not knowing the intricacies of Ice Hockey… I’m talking people that ask me what State Canada [...]

Art’s vicious circle

2011-03-22T18:19:32Z

I love that I make money creating art and spend money creating art. That’s a good life. @jpgninja

Facebook’s eventual takeover of social interaction

2011-02-21T18:31:28Z

I know y’all geek haters gonna hate on this one… I can’t believe how effective Facebook is at documenting my past, and then dynamically connecting it socially with other people who might be interested in me. Traveling you meet a ton of people… A lot of people don’t have phones but you can’t find a [...]

Blogging’s like graffiti

2011-02-04T20:26:56Z

The penny dropped. Writing a blog is like tagging graffiti, which I guess makes this blog the cleanest city in the World. Yep, chrismewhort.com is like Dubai. The correlation’s actually an easy one as the parallels are quite literal, but first I’ll step back for a second and tell you where this all stems from… [...]