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Free office furniture in Strathcona

September 4, 2013

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This came in an email from the Strathcona BIA. Note that it is ONLY tomorrow, Thursday, and that you have to pick up your picked-out items within a week. Contact them via this link for info on where the event is being held. Desks, chairs, reception furniture, sideboards, filing cabinets, and more! Are you in […]

Freelance Isn’t Free: Client Wars

April 22, 2012

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One more entry into the annals of Freelance Isn’t Free. If you don’t think the ability to look a client in the eye and hold his stuff for ransom is a key business skill, you are not ready to freelance, trust me. Thusly: Client: Yeah, we’re not paying for this. Me: Why not? I’ve spent […]

Mobile Media Mavens Manage Mass Meeting!

August 3, 2010

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Which is a nice, I-went-to-University-you-know way to say that this Thursday the Social Media Club of Vancouver and Nokia Canada are collaborating to produce an outdoor digital scavenger hunt in gorgeous and transit-handy Trout Lake Park. The deets: 6-9pm Thursday, August 5th Meet at Trout Lake Beach and prepare to perambulate. This is a participatory […]

Sausage Party: not just for BBQs anymore!

March 31, 2010

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Ladies and Gentlemen, especially Gentlemen who prefer Gentlemen, may we present your new favorite app: Sausage Party! Sausage Party looks at your upcoming Facebook events and rigorously assesses their respective sausage ratings on a 0 to 5 sausage scale. Sadly, it makes the calculation based on percentage of sausages in attendance, not length of sausages […]

Orange Day tweetup: squeeze the day!

March 29, 2010

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Got this the long way: Facebook via website and website via Twitter DM: Tweetup at Chill Winston tonight at 6pm to support  Union Gospel Mission’s Orange Day, April 2nd. On April 2, over 3,000 people in need across Metro Vancouver will enjoy a delicious Easter Dinner at UGM, and every one will receive a fresh […]

Masters of Digital Media Open House Wednesday

March 20, 2010

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Got this in an email (ah, how I love being on mailling lists; when I’m not screaming about how many emails I get on a daily basis, I’m scraping them for announcements): Spaces are filling up quickly for our March 24th Masters of Digital Media (MDM) Program Open House.  Don’t miss your last chance to […]

Socialize at the Sociable! Book Launch!

January 26, 2010

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I’ve done a full post on this over at the Shebeen Club blog, but here are the quick and dirty details for the launch of Sociable! the new book on effective social media marketing by local gurus Shane Gibson and Steve Jagger. Come out to the plus V Lounge in Yaletown to support local authors […]

The Living Society Art Show and Flashmob: Call for Artists and Participants

January 26, 2010

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Stole this off Facebook, where it was passed to me by my old friend Darryl Hopkins, one of the most talented artists I have ever had the pleasure of meeting (and meeting and working with Darryl are true pleasures, trust me, and not just because he’s good-looking). The Deets: On Saturday January 30th we are […]

Hot Meals, Warm Hearts Dinner

January 22, 2010

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From social media mover and shaker Jeremy Lim comes news that this Saturday the St. Vincent de Paul society will be handing out hot dinners and warm clothing to the needy at Davie and Burrard in the West End of Vancouver. If you have spare winter clothing, lightly used or new, that you would like […]

2010 OpportunityFest Job Fair and Volunteers Wanted

January 5, 2010

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From a Facebook invite from Alice Zhou. This looks like a good opportunity and good practice for interviewing, and if you get there early there are goody bags. And who among jobseekers cannot use a sack full of free stuff? Best of all, it’s in the afternoon, so if you’re on vampire hours, you won’t […]

BOB Coworking Open House Friday!

December 17, 2009

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Come to the Downtown Eastside: we have cookies! I’m the new night manager/space animator at the BOB coworking space, which means basically that if you’re a coworker, as long as I’m happy to stay working here you’re welcome to stay working here, which basically means you can stay working here until the dawn’s early light […]

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