Half way through September and Vancouver is a hub of activity hosting festivals and events galore. Here’s a quick roundup of what’s going on around town over the next week or so.
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Launch Party Vancouver 8
In this eight installment of Launch Party a new set of applications and tech developments will be [...]

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, [...]

Next week I will be speaking at the CRAVEvancouver Coffee Chat, discussing “Back to School: Social Media”.

When: Monday September 14, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Pure Smile Studio (Suite 303-1110 Hamilton St)
CRAVEcompany focuses on three core models, the first being their book series. The printed CRAVEguide books have been issued for various North American cities and [...]

For the second time this year, I am organizing a Twestival event in Vancouver.
Twestival is a global fundraising event that is organized through Twitter, using the service to gather volunteers, get community input, invite participants, and publicize the event. Twestival will be like a meetup, where you can show up, have some food, win [...]

Workspace, shared work environment in Gastown, has officially closed its doors for good. The sudden move has left many flabbergasted as Workspace had become an institution of sharing, learning, networking, and to-die-for coffee over the years.
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The concept was simple, create a big open membership-based space with optional offices where those [...]

It’s that time of year again… it’s time for BarCamp.
BarCamp actually has nothing to do with an actual “Bar” per se. It’s a social media, social networking, and open-format technology unconference. If you’ve become familiar with the Northern Voice Conference, it’s similar but on a smaller scale. For a full description of BarCamp and [...]

Social media experiments are popping up all over the place, from sales initiatives, to fundraisers and even selling houses through Twitter. Karen, a local wine blogger known to those on Twitter as Winebard, is conducting her own experiment for one of the most important days of her life.
“I am inviting vineyards in Napa and Sonoma [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]