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Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

9sharesOn a grey and rainy afternoon, the lovely Ms. Keira-Anne and I met up with DaveO at a steamy-windowed organic coffee shop. DaveO (the blogger, podcaster and social media evangelist) had a special mission just for us, and we were more than willing to accept. I swear the $100 cheque only had a little bit […]

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We Beat the SMRT Kids

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

5sharesLast week an article popped up in my news feeds about BC students having one of the highest literacy levels in the world. Today, the Provincial Government reports that Grade 10 students in BC are again, at the head of the pack when it comes to reading, math and science. B.C. students were in the […]

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The O! Blog Meme

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

4sharesI’ve noticed a lot of incoming links lately from sites that weren’t previously on my radar. What appears to be happening is something similar to “The Z List“. This year, Troy Worman has started a meme to recognize outstanding bloggers. There are no awards, no accolades, simply a “pass it on” mentality surrounded by link […]

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Vancouver 2010 Store Opens, Mukmuk MIA

Comments 14 by Rebecca Bollwitt

17sharesVancouver’s 2010 Olympics have a couple mascots, three to be precise. They’re all warm, fuzzy little creatures that are starting annoy the heck outta some people already. Since they’re pretty much developed for merchandising and marketing purposes I can see why they did the following: They made them all pretty easy for kids to draw. […]

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Stanley Park Sea Wall Closed Again

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

9sharesDid I not say somewhere that the sea wall still looked pretty sketchy and it didn’t seem like it was ready to re-open? What a crappy “I told you so” moment, the sea wall is closed again. Heavy snow yesterday and rainfall today has resulted in another closure of the Stanley Park Seawall. Park Board […]

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All Kinds of Amazing: Happy Birthday Keira

Comments 11 by Rebecca Bollwitt

14sharesIn August of 2006 John and I walked into an apartment building for an event. We spotted a blond girl in the lobby that I suspected we were supposed to “check in” with but we just avoided entirely by bee-lining it to the elevators. A few months later that same blond girl walked into our […]

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Going on Four Years of Blogging Miss604.com

Comments 32 by Rebecca Bollwitt

35sharesUpdate: You may notice a few changes around here over the next few weeks. It will be a bit of a transition period for while, but hang in there and you won’t be disappointed. As one of my favourite quotes from the Breakfast Club goes…. “So it’s sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?” […]

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Vancouver Social Media Scene: Transit Camp and Free Geek Drive

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

8sharesNext week geeks all around Vancouver are banding together to help spread said geekyness and techy freedom for a pretty neat cause. The Gastown tech community is organizing a “Free Geek” Hardware Drive. On Friday, Dec 7th, participating Gastown tech business will donate their old, unneeded hardware to Free Geek, a non-profit that “helps the […]

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Facebook Awards: Best of the West 2007

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

5sharesBy 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 […]

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