I’m going to call this a day blog as I won’t be live blogging per se, moreso collecting thoughts, sharing links, and posting information throughout the day. Right now on the Convergence 2008 main stage Grant McCracken is talking about Digital Cultures: McCracken looks at the places where culture and commerce, anthropology and economics meet […]

Sometimes I think I lead a busy life in social media because I have three to four events a week. Well I must be reaching some kind of new face-melting plateau because tonight I have somehow booked myself into three events… just tonight. Here’s the scoop: Ever wonder where you can find job listings in […]

Welcome to Third Tuesday at Century Restaurant in Vancouver! The wifi is spotty at best so the majority of this post may not be live. Tonight’s speaker is Darren Barefoot who will be talking about “Getting the Attention of the Web’s Influencers”. Update: Darren introduces his company, Capulet Communications and one of its facets which […]

One of the best things about Web 2.0 in my opinion is open source development. Partnered with Creative Commons Licensing, you are often free to build, re-work and share your contributions to an original work through public collaboration. WordPress is a shining example of an open source project, meaning folks are free to build their […]

It has been over a year since John and I received a preview copy of the 1907 trolley car footage of Vancouver on DVD. The film is the earliest footage of Vancouver and was shot with a hand-crank camera mounted on the front of a B.C. Electric Railway streetcar by William Harbeck of Seattle. Included […]