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Real estate blogger Matthew Collinge first brought this ad (left) to my attention. He asked on his blog, “what is this picture selling?”
As Matthew points out in his post, the photo is an ad for a development in Surrey.
I’ve noticed this a lot around town lately. The seemingly totally [...]

I’m going to call this a day blog as I won’t be live blogging per se, moreso collecting thoughts, sharing links, and posting information throughout the day.

Right now on the Convergence 2008 main stage Grant McCracken is talking about Digital Cultures:
McCracken looks at the places where culture and commerce, anthropology and economics meet most [...]

Welcome to Third Tuesday at Century Restaurant in Vancouver! The wifi is spotty at best so the majority of this post may not be live.

Tonight’s speaker is Darren Barefoot who will be talking about “Getting the Attention of the Web’s Influencers”.
Update: Darren introduces his company, Capulet Communications and one of its facets which is [...]

Just as soon as my social media dance card cleared up, I’ve been busy booking new events, getting involved in more media sponsorships and being sought out for speaking opportunities. My next speaking engagement will be on a panel at the end of the month during the Convergence conference.
Cossette West invites you to attend [...]

In the summer of 2006 a viral marketing wave blanketed Vancouver. Matchstick, an exciting company out of Toronto, was offering bloggers free stuff as long as they wrote about it, which sounded too good to be true regardless of how questionable their methods were.
- Darren Barefoot: “Matchstick Crosses the Line into Spamming”
- Metblogs Vancouver: “Where [...]

I was up at 5:30 today to prepare for a seminar I was to attend for my “day job”. The theme was “Social Media for Marketing” and was put on by SMEI (Sales and Marketing Executives International). There were many non-members in the room, including myself, and already being well versed in the social media [...]

Tonight I’ll be at the Lamplighter in Gastown attempting to live blog an event that’s new to me. From my understanding it’s like DemoCamp meets marketing, but there’s much more to it than that. Every presenter will get a few minutes to talk about their product and present a case to the group.
For presenters [...]

It was two years ago that I came across the Social Media Press Release and Newsroom template. At the time it was innovative and truly the standard that businesses and news organization have should strived to achieve at the time. Making your news searchable and even news-worthy is key, it’s also crucial to engage your [...]