Calling revolutionaries!

September 18, 2013

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Power fist

Ca Looking for work but looking to make a difference? Democracy Now is looking for you: Systems Administrator Democracy Now!, a non-profit daily television/radio news hour, is seeking a reliable, innovative and friendly Systems Administrator to run day-to-day IT operations. Democracy Now! is a fast-paced live broadcast work environment driven by a team of committed […]

The Eternal Now

September 16, 2013

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Have YOU got what it takes?

Forget the Eternal September; thanks to Twitter, the modern news cycle is on the Eternal Now, and here is the most intelligent thing I’ve read about that. From the comments section on Gawker. Of all places. doxasticTom Scocca 10 Here’s the more sobering possibility—this is basically what NOW, as a shared now experienced by a […]

Free office furniture in Strathcona

September 4, 2013

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Cubicles

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 […]

Job: Strategic Account Manager at HootSuite

August 30, 2013

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Hootsuite owls

Whatever that is. Got this job from a Facebook post from the highly informed Wayne Shaddow. Not a tech position; sales and account management. HootSuite is a terrific company with great people, many of whom are personal friends of mine, and I hear that it’s a – yes – hoot to work there. Although you […]

WordPress Pingback Hack Attack

May 2, 2013

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wordpress pingback attack

What’s going on? This: Are you a WordPress blogger? Yes? Did you spend the weekend attacking a gaming site? No? Don’t be so sure. Incapsula, a Web services company that offers protection from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, has announced that over the weekend one of its clients was the object of a sophisticated […]

Copia’s First Anniversary

March 31, 2013

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Copia

Since I became a reporter, I’ve had much less need to network IRL and much more need to network online, but there is one networking group that I truly support, and that’s Copia. It was started a year ago April 3 by my friend and mentor Alanna Fero, whose intuitive life coaching has seriously helped […]

An Apps in Judgment

March 26, 2013

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It's like MAGIC! Thanks, Steve!

Yessssssssss! Thanks to the lovely and generous Ava Naves of Online Strategy I’ve got me a spanking-new used iPhone 3, and thanks to the warnings of numerous friends I know not to update the basic software, lest it become confused  in typical outdated-tech-steve-wants-you-to-buy-another ways. By the way, Richard Branson, your Virgin Mobile staff (particularly at […]

Posted in: apps, iPhone, Technology

InterActs DMCA Round Table

March 20, 2013

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round table

For those of you who are not aware, my “day job” is as a freelance reporter, working at a number of places the most regular of which is the Daily Dot. They’re producing a series of round tables on Google Hangouts, and this one might be of interest: InterActing with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act […]

Social Flow Workshop coming March 26 to Victoria (UPDATE: postponed)

March 19, 2013

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Social Flow Workshop logo

Yes, they’re back! And more affordable than ever. Canada’s best productivity expert, Mike Vardy, and I are re-launching our Social Flow workshops with this after-work session in Victoria on March 26th. You can register at Eventbrite, and here are all the details: It’s a social media struggle! Wrestling with the idea that you can’t possibly […]

March 19, 2013

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Smanker

I think I’ll start calling them all “smankers.” Smankers is a definite winner.

Posted in: Social Media

Job in Surrey BC: New Media Manager

December 27, 2012

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Central City in Surrey

Got this via a Facebook friend. I’m casual pals with the person who held this job until recently, and I can tell you these are big shoes to fill, but if  you can do it, it’s a great gig. Job Description The New Media Manager is responsible for optimizing the business of the City through […]