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Vancouver Bikenneal

October 1, 2009

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Yes, yet another from emails. God, how I love email; how my life would be destroyed if Gmail ever failed me. And how I love WordPress, for making copy-paste considerably less self-destructive than it used to be to my poor little blog. Like art? Like bikes? Like behaving yourself on the road like a responsible […]

WordCamp Fraser Valley 2009: Creativity and WordPress

September 8, 2009

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As part of the second annual WordCamp Fraser Valley, Gary Jones of Bluefur (Organizer Extraordinaire) asked me to give a presentation on the topic of WordPress and Creativity. I was plenty chuffed, since there’s nothing I love so much as the dynamite combo of the sound of my own voice and a captive audience, and […]

The Value of Unpaid Work: film at the VPL

September 2, 2009

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From the Searchgrads email list: Who’s Counting? Sex, Lies and Global Economics film and panel discussion featuring Marilyn Waring, Ellen Woodsworth, and Cynthia Oka Monday, September 14th, 7-9pm Vancouver Public Library, Central branch and The Value of Ecovillages Monday, October 5th Vancouver Public Library, Central branch There is no cost to attend either presentation. For […]

A Night to Remember

August 23, 2009

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This is the premier event for the http://TweetToRemember.com campaign for charity! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Everyone on the ‘Attending’ list will be emailed a special promo code to attend the event at a discounted “friend” rate off the ticket price – http://nighttoremember.eventbrite.com _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who? You and Vancouver’s most fun and exciting people, participating in a night on the […]

Lorraine Murphy speaks at Social Media Club of Victoria, August 24th

August 16, 2009

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Yes, it’s road trip time for raincoaster! On Tuesday, August 25th I’ll be speaking at the Social Media Club of Victoria. My two presentations (that’s right: TWO presentations for the price of one! which is, uh, free, but whatever) are on the topics of “Event Marketing Across Social Media Platforms” meaning I’m going to talk […]

Save On Meats to Return to the Downtown Eastside!

August 15, 2009

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Well, the grocery store and lunch counter are still here and never went anywhere, but as Gary of Save On Meats explains, the butcher shop has been closed down for a few months, much to the regret of savvy shoppers in Vangroover. Fortunately, it’s coming back in September (roughly planned for Labour Day) and will […]

The Shebeen Club hosts the Surrey Writers’ School this Monday

August 12, 2009

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Yes, I posted this on the Shebeen Club website and over on Facebook, and I’m probably going to post it on raincoaster as well. Don’t want an empty house! Who: The Shebeen Club and the Surrey Writers’ School What: $15 gets you dinner and a drink (cash, plzthxkbai) with the finest of Literati When: 6-9pm […]

In the House Festival: Travelling Alchemist’s Outreach Society

August 11, 2009

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From a Facebook invitation. These are ALWAYS worth attending, trust me: At the meeting point of the seen and the unseen, the inner and the outer, the Travelling Alchemist’s Outreach Society and In the House present an evening of stories, shapes, music and more. Telling stories of mystery and magic, the evening will open doorways […]

Blogathon and the Federation of BC Writers

July 23, 2009

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This Saturday (because I am insane) I’ll be participating in Blogathon 2009, a 24-hour, 48 blog post postathon, to raise money for the Federation of BC Writers, BC’s home grown support system for Left Coast literati. What are you waiting for? Sign up to sponsor me by selecting “raincoaster.com” from the list of available blogs […]

Illuminares Lantern Festival Returns

July 21, 2009

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Ah, the complications of nonprofittery: last year, for reasons on which I’m unclear (but which many, MANY people on both sides are happy to discuss, at great length, the first chance and every chance they get) Public Dreams Society did not get the support of the City and whatever other agencies/organizations they were looking to […]

Troll Management: Handling Conspiracy Theorists on a Forum

July 20, 2009

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Oh, for god’s sake, Photobucket, that was a promotional image released by the studio and hosted in my Photobucket account for NINE YEARS. And you deleted it now? No wonder everyone uses Flickr now. I’m finding more and more requests for advice on dealing with internet drama, and who, I ask, is more qualified to […]

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