Graham has worked as a business and marketing leader in high technology, aviation and not-for-profit large and small organizations. He jumped out of corporate life in 2007 to ‘have more fun’ and does so helping small companies with strategy, business, and marketing as well as traveling and taking pictures. He loves working with smart groups of people to solve challenging problems. Gadgets of all sorts (especially anything to do with aviation and flight) and photography have fascinated since early childhood. He is also an accomplished photographer who exhibits regularly and a former competition aerobatic pilot. Graham is a transplanted Brit (hence the humo(u)r) who has lived and worked in CA since 1996. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

3 Magnify Systems for #Terapixel

Capturing a 1 Trillion Pixel Macro Image

What a month it has been!  The first half of August, we drove two vehicles from the bay area to Vancouver, BC, a journey of a little short of 1,000 miles each way.  We were there for SIGGRAPH conference, exhibition and an area for experimentation and leading edge technology called ‘The Studio‘ – that’s where…

SIGGRAPH 2014 Logo

SIGGRAPH Publishes GIGAmacro Video Interview

SIGGRAPH Publishes GIGAmacro Video Interview about our #terabite project in the SIGGRAPH 2014 Studio. The film crew interviewed Graham during the event – you can see a lot of the project and how it was run – and it gives a great thumbnail of the project and the team in Vancouver, BC Graham BirdGraham has…

Elizabeth I as a young woman

Imaging the Prayer Book of Queen Elizabeth I

This one is a special favorite for me, being born in the UK.  This blog post details an interesting placement for one student, Imaging Queen Elizabeth I‘s Prayer Book and some great insight into learning and using the GIGAmacro system. Historic Scotland have a custom built GIGAmacro system with a large scanning table to accommodate…

TEDx SonomaCounty

Gigamacro featured in TEDx talk

Gigamacro gets a great shout out in this fabulous TEDx talk by Tatjana Dzambazova of Autodesk. “Technology Whisperer, Tatjana Dzambazova, shares her passion for the latest developments in technology that offer new, exciting ways to archive, help protect, and experience our vulnerable cultural and natural heritage. From photo cameras and scanners, to drones, 3D printing…

Gizmodo Australia

Gizmodo Australia Coverage

Gizmodo in Australia wrote a very accurate article about GIGAmacro and how to make gigapixel images. Thanks guys! Graham BirdGraham has worked as a business and marketing leader in high technology, aviation and not-for-profit large and small organizations. He jumped out of corporate life in 2007 to ‘have more fun’ and does so helping small companies…

Tested Segment on YouTube

MakerFaire San Mateo – Phew!

We were at MakerFaire last weekend and had a ball talking to old and new friends. We had the Magnify2 front and center, and also showed of the new GIGAmacro Viewer (we moved from Flash) with a wide selection of images.  We know that insects are very popular and hence we tend to use them…