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BarCamp Vancouver post-unconference report
This weekend I was a participant in BarCamp Vancouver, a 24-hour localized geekfest. I met a bunch of interesting people in a pretty wide variety of fields, learned some funky new stuff, further...
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Blogging in person
The next few days I'm going to be attending Vancouver's blogging conference Northern Voice.Last year I was too late to get a ticket to both days, but I went to moose camp. I met some interesting...
View ArticleVancouver bloggers chow down
The Northern Voice intro dinner was pretty awesome. The food was tasty, the chocolate fountain was flowing (until it broke), drinks were bountiful, and lots of bloggers were out and about... Momentum...
View ArticleTransit Camp update from Moose Camp
It's lunchtime at Moose Camp after some good sessions. I'm quite intrigued by the idea of a Vancouver Transit Camp. That link is just a temporary home on the northernvoice wiki as the idea gathers...
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Awesome software only on the Mac
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Tools was one of the last sessions from day 1 of Northern Voice. It introduced a number of helpful tools for blogging or just being more productive on your computer....
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Vancouver Game Summit
I just registered to attend the Vancouver Game Summit, which is happening May 3-4. The technology focus will probably be on producing next-gen console games, which isn't my thing. However, there looks...
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Super Happy Vancouver Lux Map
Last week I attended Super Happy Grow-op Dev House, a community hackathon party. It was plenty nerdy and plenty fun.I went in with the idea of using some time to create a Lux map of Vancouver, since...
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BarCamp thoughts and photos
I attended another Vancouver edition of a BarCamp Unconference this past weekend. I missed the late-night and early morning parts, but everything I caught was a blast. Good sessions and good people.In...
View ArticleVancouver bloggers on parade
Vancouver is a high-tech city; tons of people here are bloggers. Here's a clearing house of Vancouver based blogs that have ended up in my RSS reader. I don't actually end up reading them all now, but...
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Northern Voice 2008 recap
The 2008 Northern Voice social media conference was a blast!I led a session during the unconference day titled TransitCamp and Open Source Government. It was my first time presenting such a thing, and...
View ArticleTransit Safety = Building Activity
Karen Fung is doing an amazing job captaining the SkyTrain Unconference Blog. There's an open in-person meeting on Saturday with Translink. I don't think I'll make it, so here are some thoughts on...
View ArticleInteresting Vancouver 2008 Recap
Interesting Vancouver 2008 was a delightful little conference covering a wide variety of topics. Here's a recap of some of the points that I liked the most.James Sherrett: We put 2 things into our...
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Fun with a Fisheye Lens
2011 was my 6th year attending the Northern Voice personal media conference. I took the opportunity this time to play around more with my DSLR camera. I got to talking with photographer John Biehler...
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