So I'm in this competition and I'd love your help! Apr 30, 09, 6:50 p.m.

Hey, so I'm studying to be an advertising art director at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, and I'm trying to spread word of a competition that I am participating in, that will be decided by an online public vote.

First I want to mention I am not asking you to vote for my submission in particular, I just think it would be great to have this communities input, especially those from Toronto, to help decide which entry should be the winner.

OCAD and Astral Media Outdoor run an annual competition where they challenge third year advertising students to create original outdoor artwork that responds to the statement “My Toronto is” with a creative expression of cultural optimism.

So I would love your feedback on what you think of the four entries and I would encourage you to vote... I have confidence that my partner and I have created something which has a chance to win this thing, and if we do,
we get to split a cash prize and gain a little fame which could be a stepping stone to an internship and maybe the beginning of a career.

So please visit http://www.mytorontois.com and vote for your favourite entry. You can vote once a day until the end of May, and who knows perhaps your vote will help out a fellow QBN member!

Be sure to tell your friends the more people who vote the better chances I win!

Thanks!

Lunch Time... What are you eating? Jun 11, 08, 9 a.m.

http://craftburger.com/
with onion rings.

Is graphic design art? Jan 25, 09, 12:18 p.m.

http://isgraphicdesignart.com/

Last day: What should I do? Jun 18, 08, 11:19 a.m.

It's my last day at the agency I work @ in Toronto... Drinking at 5 near King & Spadina but I would like some ideas for some hijinks before I jet.

Any ideas?

yayhooray vs ffffound Jan 18, 09, 4:48 p.m.

Ok, so I've partially given up on getting a fffound invite but I would really appreciate if someone had an invite to yayhooray....

anybody got a spare?

How do you name your project? Mar 28, 10, 3:40 p.m.

So I'm wondering how you go about naming your projects, I'm more interested in others approaches to graphic design or interactive design projects, but anything goes!

I tried searching the threads for a similar subject but couldn't find anything.

Frisbee Golf Jun 10, 08, 12:18 p.m.

Best sport ever or a hack?

.Mac + mobileMe = Still a Rip off Jun 9, 08, 1:39 p.m.

Who are they trying to fool with this rebranding effort of .Mac, the major reason I started to distrust Apple was when I worked as a sales yokel there and would just flat out refuse to sell that crappy product. $120 Canadian per year my ass...

I use dreamhost and I get all that lovely functionality including video chat through iChat using Jabber... Or if you want some of it for free use gMail.

I wish .Mac, err, mobileMe would just die.

Advice on buying a bike Jun 9, 08, 12:37 p.m.

So I'm getting this feeling that I should buy a bike.
I've been looking around some shops in Toronto and this one caught my eye, but at $700 its a little pricey.

Anyone an avid bicyclist out there that could give me some pointers on what I should be looking for or out for?

This is the bike I am interested in:
http://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en/b…

By the way Trek's got a really nice site!

I need to rent a good movie... Any suggestions? Dec 23, 08, 8 a.m.

Something slightly comedic would be great, perhaps along the lines of the Big Lebowski? I think I'm going to take this day for myself and have a few bowls and some popcorn.

ps. If your curious I have a slightly outdated delicious library up online - http://hiimerik.com/library/movi…

Your favourite analytics tracker... Jan 26, 09, 2:55 p.m.

So I am contemplating purchasing a license for mint (haveamint.org) but I was wondering if anyone here has some experience with it or alternative recommendations. I was also thinking about using Stuffed Tracker but it's almost twice as expensive.

I'm trying to avoid hosting analytics with goooooogle or any other third party, the idea of hosting it on my own server is nicer to me.

How long could you survive in space? Jun 12, 08, 8:54 a.m.

<a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/v/space_vacuum">

ffffound invite please. Jan 17, 09, 12:48 p.m.

+1 for you
I have demonoid accounts if anyone else wants one.

I'm sick of Dreamhost, any old DH customers switch to a greener knoll? Mar 14, 11, 12:30 p.m.

Another day of network outages, another round of thought suggesting I should just bite the bullet and pay mediatemple premium for quality customer service...

Not that I'm trying to rip on Dreamhost, but I'm tired of having major outages like this.

Can anyone recommend a good switch that doesn't take a freaking week or two to transfer over existing VPS systems?

Moo.com Printing Alternatives... Aug 12, 09, 7:59 a.m.

Looking to find another printer for my business cards... Has anyone had luck with Moo.com?

http://us.moo.com/en/

I'm producing small runs with different coloured backings... Canadian shops would be ideal! : )

Perfect Bound Page count Mar 31, 10, 10:35 a.m.

Hi,

Please help me figure this out, a production manager at a local agency is insisting that a 16 page (double sided) document is to be perfect bound.

Is this even going to work? I thought perfect bound had to have a few more pages than 16 pages + cover

How to respond to silly questions Nov 19, 08, 6:35 a.m.

This is quite nifty....

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com…

I would suggest QBNer's use this for questions such as http://www.qbn.com/topics/572913…

so in this case I would just reply...
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com…

Google Map Location Locator? Jan 18, 10, 1:28 p.m.

So I'm creating an online store locator and I think one of the best ones I've seen is this one by Muji.

Anyone know any good tutorials or companies doing this?

http://www.muji.com/storelocator….

Simple, classy, handwritten fonts... Dec 4, 08, 8:04 a.m.

I'm looking for a casual handwritten font; particularly looking for something smooth as though the author took their time putting down their thoughts on paper... with a ball point pen.

I'm designing a poster where upon a hemp plant writes to humans and aside from the obvious stoner jokes I need this to come across as somewhat classy.

mysql -> xml -> flash Jan 19, 09, 10:40 p.m.

Does anyone have any experience passing information from a database to a flash site using xml? I'm looking for some articles or any help someone might have.

Thanks!