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Kudos to Guacira Naves for live blogging a chaotic panel discussion hosted by the Vancouver Social Media Club in partnership with Vancouver Bloggers Meetup last night at BOB Coworking Space in Vancouver. The point of the discussion was to “review expectations vs outcomes in the context of social and traditional media coverage of a...

It’s not because I want to sell stuff to people, and I’m not looking for a job. Sure I’m open to new writing contracts (even though I’m really busy these days) but that’s not why I’m on Twitter. I love Twitter because I love people and their stories – not to mention the jokes,...

People are chastising CTV on Twitter and demanding the network stop playing footage of 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili crashing to his death on a practice run at the Whistler luge track. Comments to @CTVOlympics are rich with expletives, showing anger and disgust, and asking people to retweet the message.

Today I had lunch with Lorraine Murphy - known online as raincoaster - one of the most well-known people in Vancouver's blogging / social media community. She gave me great ideas and encouragement - but before I get to that, here's something really disturbing...

There’s no other way to say it after such a long day. Nearly 300 people gathered for Barcamp Vancouver 2009 #bcv09 yesterday at Discovery Parks Vancouver – the old QLT building on Great Northern Way (which has amazing office space available, btw). It was my first time attending this annual “unconference” of local tech...

This week Shel Israel is launching his new book Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods. He’s on a cross-Canada tour that includes Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and tonight in Vancouver at the Third Tuesday meetup at the Canvas Lounge. “Why did I call it Twitterville? Because everything about Twitter I...