Today is the first of four speaking engagements I have over the next week. As some may know, Miss604.com is not my full-time job – although with all the fun adventures in which I get to participate, I wish it could be sometimes.
I am the co-founder of a WordPress website development firm and I love to code and build websites for our amazing clients — it’s my “day job”. As such, I’ve been asked to speak at WordCamp Victoria today (and I am also one of the organizers for WordCamp Vancouver this June).
John and I just had breakfast in bed (my first-ever B&B stay) and we’ll be making our way over to University Canada West for WordCamp shortly. I’ll be posting photos, tweets and updates here throughout the day as the agenda rolls along.
Update Things are going great at WordCamp. This morning Tris gave a talk about some nice, clean SEO tips and Lloyd introduced us to some of the features rolling out with the next version, WordPress 3. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Photo by: John Bollwitt
To many people, Facebook is the internet. It’s open in a browser throughout the day, it could be their home screen, and on average users are connected to 130 “friends” at a time [Facebook: Stats]. However, even with close to 400 million users (11 million in Canada alone) Facebook isn’t on everyone’s friend’s list.
Recent changes from everything to layout, policies, and terms of use have some people wanting to quit the platform. This has prompted the creation of “Quit Facebook Day” which will be coming up May 31, 2010.
For a bit of background as to why the extraordinarily popular site is seemingly losing momentum, here’s a brief history of Facebook: Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Doolin’s Irish Pub is presenting its 4th annual “East Coast Good Times” lobster dinner on Wednesday May 19th. John and I attended last year and it was a bib-tying, finger-licking, codfish-kissing good time.
For this year’s event they have offered up ten seats to Miss604 readers so I’ll be drawing 5 winners who can each bring a guest for dinner. The menu will include a whole lobster served with vegetables on the side and plenty of Alexander Keith’s ale. There will also be the traditional Newfoundland Screech-In if you care to partake.
If you would like to attend the East Coast Good Times lobster dinner here’s how to enter:
Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
Use the Facebook “Share” button to post this to your profile (1 entry)
If you are a blogger, write your own post and link back here (2 entries)
Should you choose the second or third option, please leave a comment regardless to make sure I see your entry.
What: East Coast Good Times lobster dinner
Where: Doolins Irish Pub, 654 Nelson Street
When: Wednesday May 19th, 2010 at 6:00pm
More info: @doolins on Twitter
Update The winning lobster-fest diners are taraden, Jenn W, Jessica, Pete, and Steve Keenan. Have a great dinner!
Fine print: Total value of each dinner (for two) is about $100. I will draw 5 entries at random on Sunday May 16th.
Tickets for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards are now on sale for their gala event June 1st.
Proceeds support the YWCA’s programs throughout the Lower Mainland and are eligible for a tax receipt. Admission includes dinner as well as the awards ceremony at the Westin Bayshore.
You can also enter to win tickets to the event as well as a two-night stay in the YWCA Hotel by entering the contest online (via the purple box on the website).
The nominees were announced a few weeks ago however public voting for the “Connecting the Community” award is still open. Visit the online poll to cast your vote for any of the nominees, across all categories.
As the social media sponsor for the event I’ll be there June 1st posting real-time updates and photos of the ceremony.
Related posts: Nominations Open, Connecting the Community & Nominees Announced
Craigdarroch Castle, legacy of the Dunsmuir family, has been perched overlooking Victoria since the turn of the 20th century. Nowadays its red spires are barely visible over the stretching Garry Oaks but it’s definitely a main attraction on many tours and personal trips to the capital city.
History
The Dunsmuirs are pillars of BC’s industrial history and I’ve profiled them once before, in this post from 2009. Aside from amassing real estate up and down the West Coast of North America, patriarch Robert Dunsmuir was a coal magnate and along with his wife Joan, had two sons and eight daughters. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
