Archive for the ‘internet’ Category

Vancouver’s Urban Mixer, History of a Social Empire

August 19th, 2008 by Miss604   7 Comments

I put the call out on Twitter a while back for some interesting stories or people involved with entertainment and red carpets in Vancouver. Lorraine, that I profiled yesterday, suggested I speak with Raj from Urban Mixer - a social community empire for young professionals in Western Canada.
Raj Taneja worked his way up from being [...]

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Yearbook Yourself, I Always Wanted to Know What I Looked Like in 1966

August 17th, 2008 by Miss604   1 Comment

Last week Manga Mania was taking Twitter by storm. A website that allows you to customize an avatar with your personal traits was quickly commandeering everyone’s profile photo and I’d say about 70% of my contacts currently have the out-of-the-box cartoon images of themselves applied.

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Airtoons, Not Too Old Yet

August 16th, 2008 by Miss604   7 Comments

One of the first things I do when I find me seat on an airplane is open up the seat pocket in front of me and check out the the safety cards. Since I’ve flown so much over the last 15 years it’s not so much to brush up on my safety procedures as it [...]

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WordPress 2.6 Available Now

July 15th, 2008 by Miss604   1 Comment

It’s only been a few month since the release of 2.5 but the bigger, better WordPress 2.6 is now out and Tyner is ready for your download or upgrade almost a month ahead of schedule.
Big features include: Wiki-like tracking of edits, Post from wherever you are on the web, Turbo-speed your blogging (with Google Gears), [...]

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iPhone Mania in Vancouver: Tanya and John on the Bill Good Show

July 11th, 2008 by Miss604   6 Comments

Waiting in line ups since 4:30am, watching the Rogers system fail and confronted by those who simply don’t get the hype, Tanya Davis and John Biehler were real troopers this morning (and continue to be) while attempting to secure their shiny new iPhone 3Gs.
Based on the Twitter FailWhale - Photo credit: SeanOsteen on Flickr
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Blogathon Vancouver 2008

June 25th, 2008 by Miss604   8 Comments

It’s official, there will be a Blogathon in Vancouver this year (and by official, I mean that I created a wiki page with useful information and a sign up sheet).

Based on the Blogathon of the past, which is not in operation this year, bloggers are encouraged to sign up, pick a non-profit of choice, [...]

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Firefox 3 Themes

June 24th, 2008 by Miss604   7 Comments

I’ve been using Firefox for about four years and they recently unleashed Firefox 3 which touts: Increased security, wicked-fast loading times, heightened security, and new UI improvements, including default themes for different operating systems and new download manager [wiki] not to mention basics like tabbed browsing and spell-checker.
I’m a fan of “add-ons” like the del.icio.us [...]

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Screencasting Up a Storm

June 19th, 2008 by Miss604   1 Comment

I started doing screencasts in a professional capacity last year and since then the tools have become much easier to use and I’m finding folks are really receptive to the “quick tips” I’ve been offering. As a refresher, I wrote a post last summer about Screencasting Tools and I’ve done a few WordPress tutorials using [...]

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Spoonfeeding Licenses and Policies into RSS Feeds

June 13th, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

A few years ago I was encouraged to use FeedBurner for all my website RSS feed needs. The benefits being when I switched from Blogger to WordPress in 2006, my feed was then “portable” and I simply inputted the new source feed generated by WP, not having to lose a single subscriber or switch anyone [...]

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Monday Morning Link Fest: Campfire Edition

June 9th, 2008 by Miss604   5 Comments

I honestly can’t remember the last time I went more than two days without being “connected”. Even when I’ve talked about unplugging from the Matrix we still manage to find wifi at a hotel, in the condo’s common room, or at a highway rest stop. With nothing but giant Cedars, cascading raindrops and paper thin [...]

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