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Vancouver Blogger Profile: Sean Orr

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

If you’re like me, when you check your feeds, Morning Brew is at the top of the heap. This is a daily feature provided by Sean Orr on the popular Vancouver group blog, Beyond Robson. After discovering he had many more projects on the go, and that he could get my Red Dwarf references, I […]

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Mainstream Media Blog Check

Comments 15 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Blog vs mainstream media (msm) blogs, can they co-exist? Of course they can but often times at meetups and in general discussions with other persons-of-tech I find there’s a bit of laughter at msm’s expense. Is it that they just don’t “get” blogging? Do they not understand the concept or general idea? Or is it […]

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Successful Raise a Reader Morning

Comments 12 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Last year during Raise a Reader Day I was able to meetup with Marc Chouinard and Trevor Linden. We flashed smiles, took some pictures, and signed some papers. Once again this year, Canucks organization members, players, firefighters, policemen and local politicians were out on street corners downtown handing out newspapers by donation. The Raise-a-Reader campaign […]

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Our Very Own Kwik-E-Mart

Comments 17 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Update July 3, 2007: Keira and I had a chance to check out the Coquitlam Kwik-E-Mart this afternoon. Pics are up on Flickr in this set: Trip to Kwik-E-Mart In a hilarious yet ingenious mass-marketing plot 7-Elevens around North America have been turning into Kwik-E-Marts, in anticipation of the Simpsons Movie that hits theatres July […]

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