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).

Last night Wantsa held an event for social media types in order to introduce their brand and offer up some teaser information about their powerful online recommendation engine that’s soon to launch. The evening was organized by one of their latest team members, Colleen Coplick, who is no stranger to the Vancouver new media scene. [...]

I was listed as one of the 140 characters for 140conf, a Twitter conference happening next week in New York city. However, due to some tight deadlines that have me running in circles, I had to back out. It pains me to miss this conference as it’s organized by Jeff Pulver and will see [...]

After a Northern Voice session a few individuals decided to take one conversation to the next level and create Mental Health Camp.
The goal is to address and discuss such questions as:
How can blogging help decrease the stigma of mental health?
How does someone with a mental illness navigate the waters of anonymity in the transparent world [...]

Tris by jmv on Flickr
Here I thought March was a busy month — April has just passed by so quickly that it’s already time once again for Third Tuesday. Tonight’s event will take place at Republic on Granville @ 7:00pm with feature speaker, Tris Hussey.
Topic: “Do you get the message? At any given moment we [...]

This month’s Vancouver Blogger Meetup is taking place Wednesday April 8th at 6:00pm. I’d like to try and attend since there are so many new bloggers in town that I’m keen to learn about and my Link Love page needs revamping.

These meetups are casual and discussions flow regarding anything from content writing, comments, themes, [...]

The 2009 PopVox Awards are upon us and the people’s choice nominations are now open.

If you have created a project, submit a video by April 30th, 2009 for consideration and the winners of the following categories will be based on popular vote:
Best Student Project
Best Start Up
Best Do-Gooder (Social Change Initiative)
Best Design (Website)
Best User [...]

This afternoon while doing a curious search on Craigslist (that originated with furniture… we have a table to get rid of) I came across pages and pages of results for “social media” — from consultants to communicators and strategists. It’s in honor of this, and everyday banter on Twitter, that I have this hodge-podge link [...]