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Twitter Tips course December 5th

November 17, 2009

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Twitter in 120 Minutes A hands-on seminar designed for beginning Twitter users who want to learn effective ways to manage their accounts and stay efficient. What:  a two-hour introduction to Twitter and TweetDeck, When: 12-2pm, Saturday, December 5th Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 2nd floor, 87 West Pender Street, Vancouver at the corner of Columbia and Pender […]

WordCamp Victoria this Saturday

November 11, 2009

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I keep telling myself it’s “WordPress,” but I’m just lazy enough that I keep typing “WordPress” instead with a small P, much though I know it pierces Matt to the very heart and makes the Babby Jeebus cry. But now this post has been posted I see they’ve got an autocorrect so that you can’t […]

Blogging for Writers: Surrey Writers’ School

November 9, 2009

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I’ll be teaching this at the brand-spanking new Surrey Writers’ School this coming Spring. I’ve got several versions of this course, including a ten-week online one where we work through the exercises one by one together. This is an abbreviated version, focusing on the most efficient, results-oriented facets of blogging. Here’s the precis: Blogging for […]

Writers’ Express at Newton Library

November 9, 2009

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This is a preview of what the new Surrey Writers’ School has coming up. A great price for a day packed with info for professional writers. (full disclosure: I am teaching at the Surrey Writers’ School in the Spring) (click to enlarge, or just read below) Schedule of Writers’ Express Events * 10 – 10:15 […]

Coworking is Copacetic

October 1, 2009

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You may have read the sad tale of the demise of Workspace, the devastatingly gorgeous, open-plan coworking space which effectively functioned as the clubhouse of the Gastown tech community (well, that and the Irish Heather). And as we all know, the Network Hub is full (although Raul says if you’re serious, contact him directly) and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Olio Festival free show tonight!

August 13, 2009

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Take your umbrellas, my friends! THURSDAY AUGUST 13TH 2009, that’s TONIGHT! CHILL WINSTON presents the OLIO FESTIVAL ACCORD The Olio Festival Accord is the Olio Festivals free all ages outdoor kick off party for the 1st nite of Olio Festival in historic Gastown! featuring bands ANALOG BELL SERVICE http://www.myspace.com/analogbellservice SUNWIZARD http://www.myspace.com/thesunwizard MAKEOUT VIDEOTAPE http://www.myspace.com/makeoutvideotape HAROLD […]

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 […]

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 […]

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