January, 2009 archives

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Part 3 – Touchdown in Madrid – We Have Arrived

[Previous Chapter Here] Well the air is hot and I am definitely as stale as the Kelsey’s meal they tried to fool me into eating on the flight over but I could care less because this trip is now on. We made it and our feet were on the ground in Madrid Spain. We collect our things for under [...]

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The Apple logo on iPhone is actually a self portrait mirror

For all of those folks that are used to Blackberry and Nokia providing the convex mirrors on their handsets for self portraits. I know that you are wondering why Apple did not include one. Well they did. Just line yourself up in the shiny Apple logo and you are good as gold, or silver in [...]

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New iPhone Camera App – QuadCamera – No Lomo Required

For those of you that know me you know I am a bit of an iPhone nut. I have been using the crap iPhone 2.0 megapixel since August of 08. I have managed to find ways around the out of the box limitations that most people suffer through. [See iPhone Camera tips post] The latest weapon in [...]

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Travel Tip – Driving in Europe – Use a Tom Tom GPS and don’t forget to breath.

Driving in Spain from JP Holecka on Vimeo. Well driving in Europe can be tricky. Round-a-bouts, lack of signage, crazy streets, foreign languages and foreign drivers for that matter. It can all be a bit much at times.  I am a good driver and pride myself on it but I have to admit I was a little nervous [...]

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Part 2 – The Flight to Spain – Prepare for take off!

[Previous Chapter Here] So now I have left the agency, performed best man and dj duties at Jon and Diane’s wedding and am now set to spend the entire summer in Spain with Denise and Noah. It really does not get much better than this. We are packed, the arrangement with my brother to water the [...]

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My top 5 List of Famous People with Dyslexia

I do mention in a few places in the Jaypiddy blog, the tagline specifically, that I am dyslexic. Well I am now beginning to explore what that all really means. The fact cannot be ignored any longer now that I am in business for myself. In business I have safe guards and systems that I use to [...]

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Part 1 – Quit your job and take a long vacation.

Catchy headline and exactly what I did. I left my job at an up and coming web agency in Vancouver where I was in negotiations for partnership, ya that’s right. So let’s back up here for a moment and get some context.  I had been working a large telco [TELUS] as an creative director for [...]

Wow a wee Wii for Noah’s Birthday!

Noah gets a Wee Wii from JP Holecka on Vimeo. This was my son’s reaction to receiving the Nintendo Wii for his birthday last year. Not much more I can add to this!

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Photo of the day – Salamanca Spain – Circa 1991

This is from my very first trip to Europe in 1991. I left just before Nirvana broke and when Michael Jackson was still believed to be just a bit odd and not the crazy child hanging out of the window [alleged] pedophile that he became. Yes I was off to hostel hop via Eurorail pass and an erasable pen [...]

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Photo of the day – The Dali Theatre Museum – Figueres

This is not the museum that we thought we had tickets for but it was amazing none the less. This is a shot of The Dali Theatre Museum in Figueres. Not the Casa-Museu Salvador Dalí de Portlligat as we had thought when we bought the tickets online many months earlier! There are about an hour apart from [...]

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I am a Creative Director and Strategist with nearly 20 years of experience in TV & Film production, Graphic Design and Interactive Media. I have a passion for travel, design, photography and my family. I am dyslexic and this is my playground for words.