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iPhone Mania in Vancouver: Tanya and John on the Bill Good Show

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Waiting in line ups since 4:30am, watching the Rogers system fail and confronted by those who simply don’t get the hype, Tanya Davis and John Biehler were real troopers this morning (and continue to be) while attempting to secure their shiny new iPhone 3Gs. Based on the Twitter FailWhale – Photo credit: SeanOsteen on Flickr […]

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A Vancouver Girl's Guide to the iPhone Part 5

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I figured I would let everyone else do the blogging about the iPhone 3G coming to Canada and all the Rogers hate going around so I’ll pick up my iPhone chatter while continuing my girlie series. I’ve been getting a lot of funny looks with my bedazzled iPhone, wrapped in a case I bought for […]

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Firefox 3 Themes

Comments 7 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I’ve been using Firefox for about four years and they recently unleashed Firefox 3 which touts: Increased security, wicked-fast loading times, heightened security, and new UI improvements, including default themes for different operating systems and new download manager [wiki] not to mention basics like tabbed browsing and spell-checker. I’m a fan of “add-ons” like the […]

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Breakfast with Jeff Pulver in Vancouver

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

When you’re someone who co-hosts a weekly group podcast over the magic of Skype you better show up when a mastermind of VOIP comes to your town for breakfast. Jeff Pulver currently travels around the world, hosting breakfasts with geeky-fun elements like “Real-Time Social Tagging” to spark networking and conversations. Prior to the breakfast at […]

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The Missing Link

Comments 15 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I’ve noticed an overall trend in the blogosphere which involves a conspicuous decrease in link love. Blogrolls are disappearing and going the way of the hat tip. Photo © Waxy on Flickr – All Rights Reserved – WaxyPhotography.com Blogrolls are link lists often found on sidebars of blogs or websites that list other blogs. People […]

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Statistics Tracking Tools Reviewed

Comments 11 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Being the liveblogger for my friend Dave‘s “Fuck Stats, Make Art” session that I attended at Northern Voice, I know full well that none of my content revolves (or should revolve) around statistics. However, for many reasons stats tracking is important to me, here are a few: I do have ads on my site for […]

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Liveblogging Tools Reviewed

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

It’s been almost a year since I wrote How to Live Blog, and in that time I’ve completed over 15 live blogs at a dozen events (brining my live blog total close to 30). Everyday tools are being devised to help make this process a little smoother, fancier, and attract more viewers however I still […]

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Weezer Pork and Beans Meme

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

You know when you hear a song and don’t know the words so you make up some lyrics in your head to sing along to? Well it turns out the lyrics of Weezer’s new song Pork and Beans are just that, “I eat my candy with my pork and beans.” So yeah, I’m not crazy. […]

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Giving Back to the WordPress Community

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

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 […]

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DrupalCamp Vancouver Wrap Up

Comments 7 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Due to family business this morning (which always comes before the blogging world) I had to miss about 85% of DrupalCamp Vancouver. The good news is that John was here all day and the first words out of his mouth when he saw me were, “whoa! there’s some really cool theming going on.” This leads […]

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