Archive for the ‘live blog’ Category

Vancouver 2010 House of Switzerland Grand Opening

February 5th, 2010 by Miss604   5 Comments

Tonight starting at 4:30pm the doors of House of Switzerland Canada will be opened to the public over at Bridges on Granville Island. The restaurant remains open throughout the games, serving up delicious Swiss creations but tonight, it’s all about the party.

I’m sitting in the back corner doing some blogging alongside over $200 in [...]

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Beyond Pink 2009 – Young Women in Business

November 10th, 2009 by Miss604   5 Comments

Update November 13 & 14 2009: I will be updating this post throughout the day featuring info and photos from Beyond Pink
The Young Women in Business are presenting their 2nd Beyond Pink conference this coming weekend.
Beyond Pink is a 2-day conference with speakers, panels, a tradeshow on Friday night and a gala party on Saturday [...]

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Day Blog from BarCamp Vancouver 2009

October 3rd, 2009 by Miss604   No Comments

BarCamp is an unconference that focuses on social media, technology, and community-building in the online or mobile realm. I know that’s kind of a mouth full but it’s the first style of social media conference I ever attended and I credit BarCamp 2006 for being the launching point of my blogging “career”.
Today’s BarCamp is over [...]

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We Day Vancouver

September 29th, 2009 by Miss604   4 Comments

This morning I am at GM Place for Free the Children’s We Day… and so are 16,000 enthusiastic young people.

I haven’t had much time to live blog but I have been tweeting from the floor of the arena (which you can view in the pane below):

It has been an amazing morning with thousands of [...]

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Foursquare Comes to Vancouver

September 9th, 2009 by Miss604   4 Comments

In just a few minutes I’ll be heading over to V in Yaletown (at Earls) for the launch of Foursquare in Vancouver. I’ll be liveblogging from 5:00pm until 8:00pm so you’ll be sure to get the entire scoop about this latest craze.

For an overview of Foursquare, check them out here.
Update: To use Foursquare terminology, [...]

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Ideas on Tap at the Commodore June 2009

June 11th, 2009 by Miss604   15 Comments

Ideas on Tap is happening tonight at the Commodore Ballroom from 5:30pm until 8:30pm.

Correct me if I’m wrong but with 800 tickets scooped up already this may very-well be the largest social media-type gathering this town has seen (I’m thinking Northern Voice say numbers up to 400 so this could be the case).

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WordCamp San Francisco: Scott Porad on User-Generated Content

May 30th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

One of the afternoon presenters at WordCamp San Francisco is Scott Porad of Pet Holdings, otherwise known as the LOLcat franchise whose sites get millions of visitors each day.

The focus of his talk is the network of sites that they run which all have the following in common: They’re all humor/entertainment-centric, they’re all hosted [...]

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LiveBlog at the 2009 Juno Awards

March 29th, 2009 by Miss604   12 Comments

The eTalk Red Carpet program is running from 3:30pm until 4:30pm (Pacific) and I’ll be heading down to GM Place to liveblog the 2009 Juno Awards this afternoon as well. I won’t be backstage in the media room like at last night’s gala dinner since I’ll be up above the set in the press box [...]

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The 2009 Juno Awards: Gala Awards Dinner

March 28th, 2009 by Miss604   6 Comments

After a lovely afternoon at Vancouver Fashion Week I’ve made my way over to the Juno Awards Gala Dinner were 32 awards will be handed out prior to the broadcast tomorrow, where the rest of the winners will be honored.

Update: Minister Wally Oppal is giving a speech, which follows an introduction from Melanie Berry from [...]

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SMEI Social Media Roadshow Panel

March 26th, 2009 by Miss604   4 Comments

This morning I’m at the Terminal City Club downtown for the SMEI Social Media Roadshow. Last year I attended an SMEI (Sales & Marketing & Executives International, Inc.) function and met Mhairi Petrovic of Out-Smarts Social Media Marketing and since then I’ve bumped into her at several community events. She was also a speaker at [...]

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Canucks Fan Zone Liveblog March 15 2009

March 15th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

Tonight I’ll be at GM Place to liveblog the Canucks game. We’ll have photos, video, commentary and a live chat up on the Fan Zone section of Canucks.com, and we’ll also be following the conversation on Twitter, using the hashtag #Canucks.
Chris Zimmerman, President and CEO of the Canucks stops by the live blog

On that section [...]

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Rigoletto and Blogger Night at the Opera

March 7th, 2009 by Miss604   5 Comments

Update: There is a two-for-one deal on tickets to Rigoletto March 17th. Call (604) 683-0222 and mention promo code 1670
The curtain rises in only a few hours and I’ll be heading to the Queen Elizabeth theatre shortly to begin tonight’s coverage of Blogger Night at the Opera for Rigoletto. In the meantime, check out the [...]

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