Introduction to Gmail and Google Tools with Raul Pacheco and Lorraine Murphy

April 16, 2009

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This is a four-hour, intensive course in getting the most from Gmail, Gtalk, Google Documents, and related Google tools. You do not need a Gmail account to take this course, although you should think ahead of time about which Gmail username you’d like to practice with. You can register one account to learn with and […]

Posted in: blogging, computers, courses, education, events, Gmail, Google, productivity, raincoaster media group, Social Media, Vancouver, workshops

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Section 2 b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms my blog to keep.

April 14, 2009

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That is all.

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Mental Health Camp April 25th

April 12, 2009

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Mental Health Camp is an Unconference around the interaction between social media and mental illness, focused on using digital tools for healing, support, and community. It’s being organized by Raul Pacheco and Isabella Mori and will be presented at the Workspace in downtown Vancouver on Saturday, April 25th. This is the first year it’s taking […]

Posted in: community, computers, courses, events, identity, looking inward, mental health, mental illness, personal growth, Philosophy, raincoaster, relationships, self-image, Social Media, Vancouver

Vancouver Blogger’s Meetup and Tech Karaoke April 8

April 7, 2009

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The Vancouver Blogger’s Meetup group is an open group that meets once per month just to socialize offline as well as online. It’s a great place to meet all the people whose blogs you’ve been reading or whose posts you’ve been following on Twitter, or make friends that are more than just Facebook Friends. You […]

Posted in: blogging, community, events, Social Media, Vancouver

quiz: what’s your mission

April 6, 2009

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Okay, it’s a hokey internet quiz. But is it better to have five minutes of boredom and nothing, or five minutes of boredom and some uplifting blog fodder? You Are the Artist You are unique and inspired. You aren’t happy unless you are making art of some sort. Almost anything can be a catalyst for […]

Posted in: art, attitude, creativity, inspiration, inspired work, Philosophy, quizzes and tests

Blogging Workshop: Pimp My Blog Saturday, April 11th

April 4, 2009

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Pimp My Blog Practical tips and tools for increasing your readership and influence, and applies to any blogging platform. It includes a very basic intro to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace for promotion. We’ll cover which widgets to use on the blog for maximum readership, how to link judiciously for both SEO and […]

Posted in: blogging, computers, courses, education, events, raincoaster media group, SEO, Social Media, Twitter, workshops

Twitter, Explained

April 2, 2009

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Here is a very brief (5 minute) introduction to Twitter which I presented at the January Net Tuesday at Workspace here in Vancouver. In the first video, I give an overview of how Twitter works and what it actually is; in the second, I review how I used Twitter to promote the very successful Fearless […]

Posted in: community, Downtown EastSide, Fearless City, raincoaster media group, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver

Blogging for Beginners April 4

March 30, 2009

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Blogging for Beginners: Start from scratch and learn to post text, video, audio, and images. Basic copyright and blog etiquette, intro to sidebar widgets, categories, custom headers and design, and what on Earth to put IN the blog. Also where to find technical help. By the end of the workshop you’ll have a fully-functioning WordPress.com […]

Posted in: blogging, computers, education, events, Personal blogs, raincoaster media group, Vancouver, workshops

Philosopher’s Cafe: Social Darwinism

March 30, 2009

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Passed along by Zahid Makdoom: The Philosophers’ Café tomorrow evening March 30th at Café Kathmandu (2779 Commercial Drive, Vancouver) at 7:30 pm. Our topic is: Is Social Darwinism an instrument of racist and authoritarian thought?  Is survival of the fittest an appropriate moral, social, economic, or political ethic? Your gracious and sagacious presence would indeed […]

Posted in: community, education, events, Justice, Philosophy, socioeconomics, The Drive, Vancouver

Twitter Tools cancelled for March 28

March 28, 2009

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Unfortunately, our Twitter Tools course is cancelled for today, as our guest instructor, Raul Pacheco, is not well (right now, it seems everyone has the Flu of Evil Death). The next Twitter Tools course is in four weeks, on April 25th. And starting in May, we’ll be giving classes throughout the week and evenings as […]

Posted in: blogging, computers, courses, events, raincoaster media group, Twitter, workshops

Reel Justice Film Festival and Social Change Expo

March 27, 2009

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Now, seriously. Seriously, people. How can you do a Social Change Expo and fail to inform me about it? Do you not know who I am? Do you not know what I do? I know these people; it’s not like they don’t have my email. From Pivot Legal Society: Pivot and SFU present Reel Justice […]

Posted in: art, community, creativity, Downtown EastSide, events, Film and Video, Homelessness, Pivot Legal Society, PSA's

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