Archive of posts tagged "NDMD08"

Keall Foundation Project Tunisia Live Blog

September 25th, 2008 @ 7:11pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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I have found my way to the auto/ONE Trunk Gallery located on 3rd Ave between Pine and Burrard and now have internet access thanks to Cecilia and her dedicated IT guy who took my call. The gallery is actually a car dealership (talk about fusion) with white leather couches, ambient music, and cars so shiny [...]

National Digital Media Day: Lynn Valley Rest Stop

September 25th, 2008 @ 4:12pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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After collecting some food donations we have headed up to the far reaches of Lynn Valley to visit our friend Dave [happyfrog][RaincityStudios]. I realized this hasn’t left me much time to visit the Greater Vancouver Food Bank today. As such, I’ll keep the drive going until after BarCamp, in case anyone would like to donate [...]

National Digital Media Day: Gastown

September 25th, 2008 @ 1:07pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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We are at Salt in Gastown right now with Tris Hussey, Kris Krug and Raul – come on down and join us for lunch. Kris is giving impromptu photography advice and I’m live blogging before delicious our “Butcher Plate” arrives. Canned food donations are being accepted for the Food Bank. Update: Anthony just arrived as [...]

National Digital Media Day: Surrey

September 25th, 2008 @ 11:38am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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After a hearty breakfast at Ricky’s we’re now chilling at Blenz in Central City / SFU Surrey. So far this morning the traffic has been horrendous so after this we’ll head straight to Gastown for the 1:00pm meetup. The kiss event (one of the only events mentioned this morning in one of the local papers) [...]

National Digital Media Day: A Metro Vancouver Tour

September 25th, 2008 @ 7:29am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in community, geeky, internet, social media scene, surrey, vancouver
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It’s here! Today is National Digital Media Day and I’m going to be embarking on a tour of Metro Vancouver, stopping at various points to live blog and promote digital media in our region. Why am I doing this you may ask? … As you may know, there is wide speculation that the federal government [...]

NDMD08 Campaign Update, New Sponsor Added

September 18th, 2008 @ 10:24am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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September 25th is National Digital Media Day, which will see “more than 32,000 digital creators will unite across the country to profile the digital media industry in Canada. A pillar of the knowledge economy, the digital media sector represents one of the fastest growing sectors and Canada’s best chance for taking the lead in this [...]

Zipcar Sponsors My NDMD08 Campaign

September 15th, 2008 @ 2:29pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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With National Digital Media Day only 10 days away, my grand scheme of being mobile and liveblogging across the region wouldn’t be coming to fruition without the help of Zipcar. Thanks to the car sharing network, I’ll be able to cover more than just Vancouver in the spirit of this national celebration of digital media. [...]

Social Media for Change: NDMD and Project Tunisia

September 2nd, 2008 @ 4:06pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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September 25th is National Digital Media Day in Canada and all those involved with digital photography, podcasting, online video, blogging and the likes are encouraged to post content throughout this 24 hour period of celebration and awareness for the medium. As one of the national blog leads, I’ve been plotting a cross-region blogging campaign, where [...]