Big changes. BIG changes. First of all, this week we’ll be opening up a whole new lineup of courses for registration: courses are given both online and in person, so if you’re not in Vancouver or would prefer a once-a-week Skype conversation to a solid several hours of workshopping, we can hook you up. The […]
This Sunday is Car Free Day on Main Street (among other venues), right from 16th to 33rd, hipster central. ION magazine is going to be there with some swag from the short-run ION Pop Shop they had at Hastings and Carrall during the Olympics. Here’s the announcement: Unless you have been living under a rock […]
This came directly in an email from Altitude Recruiting, the organizers. If you’re free this Wednesday (technically today) and you’re in the tech field either as a job seeker or as an employer, you should definitely consider going.
Got this in an email, although it’s also on Facebook. A photographic artist and a couple of hundred people she recruited are spreading powerful words through a unique and innovative art exhibit. Love is a Many Splendoured Thing will open in Vancouver’s downtown core this June with a message that aims to counter negativity, hatred […]
Image via CrunchBase This is just some quick notes on what to expect at a WordCamp, repurposed from a comment I made in the support forums here at WP.com. I’ve taught at a few WordCamps, and had to turn down a few because of that whole “border” thingy (where IS this New World Order when […]
Just a quick note to let you all know that tonight, Thursday May 13th, I’m giving the keynote speech at the AGM for the Federation of BC Writers, a terrific organization that any professional writer in the province should support (and not JUST because they choose such fine speakers. New members get a discount on […]
You free this Friday and Saturday? You shouldn’t be: you should have tickets to this: Northern Voice, May 7th Northern Voice is the best little blogging conference on the planet, and it’s happening this weekend, featuring speakers of…this caliber. Yes, I’m speaking at Northern Voice in two separate sessions: Social Media Speed Dating: Dealing with […]
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Image via CrunchBase This will be our last class until after my June vacay (during which I will undoubtably suffer extreme internet withdrawl) and, as always, class size is limited to 8 participants because it is very intense. The course is presented from 1-5pm at the coworking gallery at BOB, 163 East Pender Street on […]
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Yep, there you have it: the decline and fall, summed up in two images. It’s a meme we’ve visited before. And I believe it was Fran Lebowitz, who said everything interesting which neither Shaw nor Wilde said, who said, “Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.” […]
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You may be familiar with internet superstar Brian Atene from his impressive, even unforgettable debut in Hello Mister Kubrick, or perhaps our longtime fandom over on raincoaster.com, or maybe you’re familiar with The Greatest Motivational Video Ev-Ar! Here we present his musings on jobhunting, resume preparation, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Italian restaurants, personal presentation, satori, the […]
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June 30, 2010
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