4sharesKaren Hamilton – I have not had the pleasure of meeting Karen although she runs one of the most successful food blogs in the city. With beautiful photos to accompany her reviews and comments, she’s truly a frontrunner when it comes to recipes and recommendations. Karen will be mobile during Blogathon and you can follow […]

4sharesShane Gibson – Through the magic of the Vancouver Real Estate Tech Meetup and the Vancouver Young Professionals Meetup groups I met up with Shane Gibson. He’s a highly successful sales blogger and podcaster who shares his winning international entrepreneurial knowledge through the power of social media. Shane’s website: Closing Bigger Shane’s cause: MSMF – […]

4sharesRaul – I first met Raul virtually during last year’s blogathon. Since that time we’ve become good friends on and offline and he’s catapulted into Vancouver’s social media realm with enthusiasm and a bright spirit that everyone can appreciate. Raul’s website: Hummingbird604 Raul’s cause: BC Cancer Foundation Raul’s Blogathon Motivation: “I struggled a long time […]

11sharesOvernight, and since my last post, two shifts have started for Blogathon Vancouver 2008. To help keep the bloggers going I have some pledge totals that I have received on the form that I’ll share here… Duane Storey: $205 (and growing by the minute) Danny Dang: $15 (and growing by the minute) Raul Pacheco: $26 […]

6sharesBlogathon Vancouver 2008 will be kicking off in mere hours with the first shift starting their publishing marathon at 10:00pm PT. I’ll be catching what I can here in the Mountain Time Zone and will be picking up my shift tomorrow upon my return. Raul, Shane Gibson, Karen Hamilton, Ayeza Garcia, Isabella Mori, Danny Dang, […]

20sharesPhoto credit:SqueakyMarmot on Flickr In an effort to lead a more healthy lifestyle, John and I have teamed up with Fitness World who will be sponsoring our workouts and nutritional plans for the next 12 months. Although I’ve always enjoyed an outdoor workout, sometimes you need a little more motivation. Nothing compares to running through […]

9sharesEarlier this week I had a poll on my site about the potential smoking ban on Vancouver beaches. Contrary to past articles I have written that have had heated discussions about smokers and non-smokers alike, I was (pleasantly) surprised to see the conversation shift to a matter of litter, as opposed to one about air […]

12sharesThe following is a guest post by DaveO – you can catch a multitude of links to hise various projects on his website and more video on his Blip channel. All my hipster/greenie/crunchy/urbane pals were all bound for the luminary, venerable Vancouver Folk Fest this past weekend. I turned down extra tickets, rumoured media passes, […]

4sharesQuick update: In order to help all of us track pledges I have added a form to my Blogathon page. I know that some of the other bloggers have solved this issue but for those of us who are not tracking the donations live (only getting totals at the end) we hope that those who […]

4sharesDue to unforeseen circumstances my Blogathon Vancouver campaign will now be taking on a later shift instead of my original 5:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday. My “1 post every 30 minutes for 24 hours” will begin upon my return so I’ll pick up the Blogathon on the fly and go until Sunday. My cause of […]