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Welcome to Huge Awesome, a collection of adventures, photos and thoughts from Joe Barnett.

05 Apr Posted by in Web Features | Comments

1 Year Later – Adventures and Changes

1 Year Later – Adventures and Changes

So it was one year ago today that I left on a fantastic roadtrip around Western North America with my good friend Garth. Garth and I had recently finished working for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games and were in serious need of a good vacation. We had spent a bunch of time in the previous ...

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14 Mar Posted by in New York, Web Features | 1 comment

Manhattan Photos

Manhattan Photos

I flew down to New York for the day this past Monday (March 7th, 2011) for the day for an all day meeting. The day started at 3am as I dragged myself out of bed, headed over to the bus stop and realized on the way there that the temperature was around -10 Celsius. It ...

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02 Feb Posted by in Web Features | 2 comments

Usage Based Billing (UBB) and why you should care

Usage Based Billing (UBB) and why you should care

Ok, there’s a lot of hubbub around this “Usage Based Billing” thing that’s just starting to come into effect up here in Canada. I’m going to explain what it is and why it is a big deal for some of us. Here in Canada we have three big Internet Service Providers (ISP’s), Bell Canada, Rogers Communications ...

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25 Jan Posted by in Toronto, Web Features | Comments

Toronto

Toronto

Ok, so this blog post is a little late. Ok, so this blog post is a *lot* late. I’ve now been in Toronto for a whole month (wow typing that really made me think about it, and that’s gone really fast) and I’m starting to get into the groove of things. But first, we need ...

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31 Dec Posted by in Vancouver to Toronto | Comments

Days 5 and 6 – The Big Drive

Days 5 and 6 – The Big Drive

Got up early on day 5 and packed up from the hotel, grabbing a quick breakfast and coffee from the hotel “breakfast” room. Hit the road while it was still dark and got ready for a day of driving across the prairies. Now I never thought that people lied when they said the prairies are ...

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Revelstoke to Medicine Hat – Day 4

Revelstoke to Medicine Hat – Day 4

Ok! Day 4 started off early, I woke up at 6am as the owner of the futon I was staying on was heading off to work, I didn’t have to get up as there were other people there (Hi Lauz!) but it had recently started snowing and I figured an early start was needed. After ...

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26 Dec Posted by in Vancouver to Toronto | Comments

Vancouver to Revelstoke – Days 1-3

Vancouver to Revelstoke – Days 1-3

Leaving Vancouver was tough, but it was made a little easier by the rain and general greyness of the area. I headed out over the Golden Ears Bridge and took the Hope – Princeton highway up to my Aunt and Uncle’s ranch. It was snowy and a little chilly, the coldest I saw was -5 ...

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