They said it was nearly painless and the needles were much smaller than they looked on the TV news. Today in Vancouver, B.C. my son Toby and his step dad Dave Dawson had the H1N1 vaccination at our family doctor’s office on Commercial Drive. Before we went to the scheduled appointment, nine-year-old Toby painted...

Today I did a story jam with 12 young people at the Purple Thistle Centre in Vancouver. It was a Sunday afternoon workshop at the YoungGunz program for 11 to 15-year-olds – and our “story jam” exercise got everyone focused on writing together. Each week a different mentor comes to lead workshops on photography,...

“We need a lot of voices in Vancouver,” said publisher Linda Solomon at the Vancouver Observer’s re-launch celebration at Ceili’s Irish Pub & Restaurant on Tuesday, Oct. 6. “Get behind us. Send us your blogs. Sign up for our newsletter. Tell your friends. Let’s make the media strong in Vancouver – and let’s just...

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...

A Vancouver family of four is committed to giving away 10% of their annual gross income – and they challenge us to do it too. Their blog Guerrilla Giving reads: “How much/what should you give? That’s entirely up to you. Give what you can/what you’d like… We give money, time, things. You may decide...