Archive for the ‘facebook’ Category

Facebook Awards: Developer and Design Garage Live Blog Tonight

January 28th, 2008 by Miss604   15 Comments

The second Facebook Developer & Design Garage (and Facebook Awards) will be kicking off tonight at 6:00pm sharp over at the Vancouver Film School on Homer. Doors open at 5:30pm and space is limited to 100, so be sure to come on time. Here’s a sampling of what we’ll see tonight (and for more background, [...]

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Facebook Awards: Updates and Speakers

January 17th, 2008 by Miss604   3 Comments

It’s been several months in the making and now we’re less than two weeks away from the first ever Facebook Awards that will take place at the Vancouver Facebook Developer (and Design) Garage.
The ever-fabulous Megan Cole (who was also named as one of Vancouver’s Tech Women to Watch in 2008) will be moderating the [...]

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Facebook Awards: Best of the West Nominees

January 6th, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

This past fall, I was the official live blogger for Vancouver’s first Facebook Developer (and Design) Garage and I’ll be back again for an upcoming event later this month which will feature the Facebook Awards.
The first ever Facebook Awards: Best of the West, brought to us by some great sponsors, will feature applications that [...]

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Facebook Awards: Best of the West 2007

November 29th, 2007 by Miss604   2 Comments

By now we all know pretty much that Facebook is one HUGE a social networking tool to be reckoned with.
As of late November 2007, the website has the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites with 55 million active members (including non-collegiate members) worldwide, with membership expected to surpass 60 million users by the [...]

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Official Vancouver Facebook Garage Live Blog — Now Live

October 23rd, 2007 by Miss604   26 Comments

Welcome to the Official Vancouver Facebook Garage Live Blog! As previously announced, events will be underway at 5:30pm but here are a few shout outs before we get started:
Big thanks to the Official Live Blog sponsor, Communicate.com. Also thanks to Techvibes.com for being the media sponsor (including Flickr shots by Kris Krug that [...]

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Official Vancouver Facebook Garage Live Blog

October 15th, 2007 by Miss604   8 Comments

Update: The Official Live Blog Will Begin at 5:30pm, October 23rd, 2007 over on this post.
It’s one of the top sites in the nation and anyone who is not on it yet (who had held out this long) deserves a medal.
Facebook has exploded in popularity since opening its doors to the general public last [...]

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Quick Bus Times for Metro Vancouver

October 5th, 2007 by Miss604   11 Comments

Transit is a huge issue in Metro Vancouver. Commuting, bus times, delays, over crowding, and lack of routes really gets me down but it’s nice to sometimes find something good about being a bus rider in this region.
I made mention of the MyBus Facebook app in my DemoCamp post but I wanted to elaborate and [...]

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Miss604 Poll: The Facebook Effect

July 22nd, 2007 by Miss604   5 Comments

It’s become a part of almost every conversation I have lately because at some point someone mentions something they wrote, did or read on Facebook. Up until a little while ago if I dared talk about anything computer or internet related in a social setting I was made fun of. Now, social media has [...]

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