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Metro Vancouver Park Series: Ambleside Park

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Next up in the Metro Vancouver Park Series is a guest post written by Terry from West Van who covers the beautiful and multi-functional Ambleside Park. Ambleside Park is the best know attraction in West Vancouver that is not a shopping mall or a ferry terminal. West Vancouver’s citizens gather at Ambleside to socialize, engage […]

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Happy Birthday Ethan

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Sometimes Auntie Becky can get wrapped up in work, blogging, and social media events that no matter how fun they are, they still run her down and make her forget really important things. She’s feeling really, really bad today that she missed your birthday yesterday Ethan because you’re such a great little guy and she […]

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WordCamp Vancouver 2008 Live Blog

Comments 35 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Tonight’s WordCamp Vancouver has received the stamp of approval by the WordPress overlords and has been listed on WordCamp Central, the official WordCamp site. WordPress is build on PHP and a backend MySQL database. In plain English it’s what millions of people (including Miss604.com) use as a blogging and content management system. Here’s the official […]

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Stanley Park Domain Name Battle

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

We’ve all heard of people registering potentially popular domain names in the early ages of the internet, one in particular that comes to mind is Rogers Video, whose “dot com” was a place where you could see videos alright, but they were completely unrelated to the actual video rental chain… and not suitable for children. […]

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Vancouver Social Media Scene: WordCamp, DrupalCamp, NetSquared, Launch Party 4

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Hustling and bustling with all sorts of social media, web, and internetty activity Vancouver’s Social Media dance card is rather full for the month of May. Here’s what will be happening around town (and what will more than likely be live blogged). What: WordPress Camp Vancouver When: Wednesday April 30th, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm Where: […]

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Metro Vancouver Park Series: Grandview Park

Comments 3 by Guest Author

The Park Series is still going strong with this next listing submitted and written by Raul. Grandview Park View Larger Map How to get there on transit: 1657 Charles Street (@ Commercial Drive). You can get to Grandview Park on the bus (20 Victoria or 20 Downtown) or taking the Skytrain to either Commercial Drive […]

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WordPress Camp Vancouver

Comments 20 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Over the last few years John and I have given some tips, pointers, coded pages, created themes and shared our wealth of knowledge about WordPress. Want to know how to move from Blogger to WordPress? Want to know the difference between WordPress.com and an actual WordPress-powered site? What’s the deal with plugins and which will […]

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Vancouver History: Jack Wasserman

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

There are pivotal characters that have put Vancouver on the map in many different realms, from First Nations literary works, legendary hockey skills, to helping children learn to swim in English Bay. Vancouver’s history is made by its people, from many generations. Anyone who has passed by the intersection of Georgia and Hornby may have […]

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