Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot Revealed in Surrey

Comments 40 by Rebecca Bollwitt

40sharesToday at 10:30am PT we’ll all find out if our mascot for the 2010 Olympic games will be a bear, a marmot, or another freakin’ orca of some kind. The unveiling will take place in Surrey at Sullivan Heights Secondary… more specifically the adjacent Bell Centre for the Performing Arts. I already blogged about past […]

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The Brother Printer Test Drive Begins

Comments 12 by Rebecca Bollwitt

12sharesA little while ago local blogfather and marketing sensei Darren Barefoot approached John and me (along with a handful of other lucky social medialites) to see if we wanted to test drive a Brother printer. It’s no secret that if you want to give us free things in exchange for reviews, blog posts, our thoughts […]

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White Stuff From the Sky to Fall on Vancouver

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

10sharesWith frozen rain and slushie precipitation in the forecast what else would a good Vancouverite do than brace for school closures and abandon their cars at the side of roads when there’s a call for such treacherous conditions? Local news outlets have already composed their “school closures” posts on their websites, and with that first […]

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This American Life: The Youth in Asia

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

2sharesPhoto by: John Bollwitt on Flickr One thing John and I do when we have hours to kill, whether it be at a beach laying out in the sunshine or flying across the country, is hookup our headphones to a splitter and listen to podcasts he’s downloaded to his ipod. I’ve mentioned a couple favourites […]

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Vancouver Social Media Scene: DemoCamp, Third Tuesday, Launch Party

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

2sharesBetween card games and rounds of turkey it was next to impossible to live blog DemoCampVancouver04. That, and I was thousands of miles away in America’s midwest. Fortunately, there has been some nice coverage of the event by attendees and participants. The Techvibes blog has a few recap posts about Nethook, Adhack and the super-entertaining […]

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