Vancouver Blogger Rebecca Bollwitt Miss 604 2008-05-14T21:55:29Z WordPress http://www.miss604.com/feed/atom This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1863 2008-05-14T21:55:29Z 2008-05-14T21:38:58Z hack categories related placement removing optimized singh drafts wordpress wordpresscategories categories php code screencast

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/wordpress-post-edit-panel-hack.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/wordpress-post-edit-panel-hack.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />Due to my frustration over missing a few categories in recent posts, I cried out on Twitter this morning about how I&#8217;m not too keen on the new placement of the Categories box in the latest version of WordPress. Kulpreet Singh (who presented at WordCamp) came to the rescue with his hack to the edit-form-advanced.php, <a href="http://kulpreetsingh.com/wordpress-write-panel-categories-hack">posted here</a>.</p> <p><center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_ba973be0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/ba973be0/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/ba973be0/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_ba973be0" ></embed></object></center></p> <p>I have to say, it worked beautifully but something I didn&#8217;t mention in the screencast above was that in Kulpreet&#8217;s notes he removed the &#8220;Related&#8221; tab to make room for the Categories on the right sidebar. What I have now done is add the code back into the PHP file for &#8220;Related&#8221; although I customized it so it will only show me the &#8220;View Drafts&#8221; button. </p> <p><img src="http://www.miss604.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wordpress1-300x218.png" class="centered"/></p> <p>These are things I use all the time so I&#8217;m not missing out at all by completely removing the &#8220;View all tags&#8221; button (found within the &#8220;Related&#8221; tab).</p> <p>The customization went smoothly, only took a few minutes, and I&#8217;m really pleased that I have now optimized my Post Editing page. Tinkering of this magnitude is not advised for those who have never before worked with PHP files, I highly recommend this trick as long as you make sure to back up your original files.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1863&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1863" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=AFiaLH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=AFiaLH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 0 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1862 2008-05-14T17:27:21Z 2008-05-14T17:26:56Z hockeystars cesare highlight contest xbox voters 1000 minor jimrobson contest citizensbank

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/hockeystars-contest-and-miss604-book-giveaway.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/hockeystars-contest-and-miss604-book-giveaway.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />This is what happens when you celebrate community, volunteers, fans, and those active in hockey: <a href="http://www.hockeystars.com">HockeyStars.com</a> is a new social networking portal focused on all of these important people when it comes to local minor hockey players in BC, the <em>real</em> stars of the game.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hockeystars.com/contest/"><img class="centered" src="http://www.hockeystars.com/contest/images/hockeystars-logo.gif"></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.hockeystars.com/">HockeyStars</a> is devoted to the real stars of the game. It’s a social networking site for minor hockey players, coaches, parents and volunteers that will officially launch to the public in time for the 2008-09 hockey season.</p></blockquote> <p>To kick off in style, they&#8217;re looking for your photo or video, on or off the ice, of your personal best hockey moment for the <a href="http://www.hockeystars.com/contest/about-hockeystars.html">My Best Hockey Highlight</a> contest. </p> <p>All you need to do is <a href="http://www.hockeystars.com/contest/contest.html#">head to the site</a> from May 5 to June 9, 2008, upload your content along with a brief story (250 words max) that depicts your <em>Best Hockey Highlight</em> and you could win an XBox 360 or a $1000 <a href="https://www.citizensbank.ca/">Citizens Bank</a> gift card Visa. Also, if you head to the site and place votes on the content that&#8217;s up there you could also win a &#8220;voters&#8221; prize pack including a Sony DVD Camcorder.</p> <p>As a super cool added bonus gift, if you drop a comment on THIS blog post by midnight on Monday May 19th, you&#8217;ll be entered to win these two hockey books authographed by the author, Jason Farris:</p> <p><img class="alignright" width="180" src="http://www.nhlofficialguide.com/images/products/books/book132.JPG"><a href="http://www.nhlofficialguide.com/store_books_details.asp?AC=EEX7KYFHN7JY9LXB&#038;BookID=132">Hockey Play by Play with Jim Robson</a> (legendary Canucks broadcaster) and <a href="http://www.robsonhockeybook.com/maniago_home_page.htm">Hail Cesare</a> (tribute to Cesare Maniago).</p> <p>So let&#8217;s recap shall we?</p> <p><strong>Step One:</strong> Check out the <a href="http://www.hockeystars.com/contest/about-hockeystars.html">My Best Hockey Highlight</a> contest on HockeyStars.com. If you have some content to share (and are 13 years old and up), upload your photos or videos for your chance to win a $1000 <a href="https://www.citizensbank.ca/">Citizens Bank</a> gift card or XBox 360. If you don&#8217;t have content to share, vote on other submissions to win the &#8220;voters&#8221; prize.</p> <p><strong>Step Two:</strong> Just for checking out the <a href="http://hockeystars.com">HockeyStars</a> site, leave a comment on <em>this blog post</em> to have a chance at winning the two great hockey books mentioned above.</p> <p>I&#8217;ll draw the winner of the books on Tuesday May 20th, pulling a name at random from all the comments below. A huge hat tip to Nancy Zimmerman for making this possible and for being the best <em>social media for banking</em> evangelist around. Good luck everyone!</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1862&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1862" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=wYJ8cH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=wYJ8cH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 3 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1860 2008-05-14T18:09:51Z 2008-05-14T11:00:57Z gibsons fishing sunshine tripping ferry bruno coast strip

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/day-tripping-gibsons-welcome-back.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/day-tripping-gibsons-welcome-back.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" /><a href="http://www.sunshinecoastgetaway.com/attractions.html"><img class="alignright" src="http://www.sunshinecoastgetaway.com/Thumbnails/Attractions/Mollys-Reach-Copyright-K.A.E.ThirkellTH.jpg"></a>Any good Canadian kid remembers growing up watching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beachcombers">The Beachcombers</a>, which took place in <a href="http://gibsons.ca">Gibsons, BC</a> on the <a href="http://www.bigpacific.com">Sunshine Coast</a>. </p> <p>In recent years I had a <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2007/02/being-inside-the-cbc.html">moment at the CBC</a> with some memorabilia, and giggled fondly when a<a href="http://todmaffin.com"> posted about Bruno Gerussi&#8217;s beard hair in 2006 (link via <a href="http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/04/how-much-would-you-pay-for-bruno-gerussis-facial-hair.html">Darren Barefoot</a>). A focal point of the show and the town is the welcoming sight of Molly&#8217;s Reach, but there&#8217;s much more to the Sunshine Coast than canned CBC TV archives.</p> <p>A quick 40 minute <a href="http://www.bcferries.bc.ca/">ferry</a> ride from Horseshoe Bay will lead you to Langdale terminal, and I must point out (because I&#8217;ve been asked countless times) that the all-encompassing Sunshine Coast is <strong>not</strong> on an island - even though you take a ferry to get there.</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/megs_pics/1795617669/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/1795617669_0d192e9f5e.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/megs_pics/1795617669/">Megan Cole</a> on Flickr</div> <p>For about ten years I attended summer camp in Roberts Creek so I came to know the coast pretty well. Also, my best friend&#8217;s grandparents lived over there so once she got her license we&#8217;d cruise the strip in Sechelt looking for trouble. Okay, there was no cruising of the strip although I wonder if they have installed an actual stop light since I was there last. But I digress.</p> <blockquote><p>The Town of Gibsons has two main commercial areas: Upper Gibsons which has a number of shopping malls, restaurants, services and a light industrial area located on Gibsons Way and Lower Gibsons which is a quaint fishing village with bakeries, cafes, and shops that surround the bustling fishing wharf, a seawalk and the Gibsons Harbour.</p> <p>Recent developments in the Town include the Downtown Revitalization of Lower Gibsons, a new log wharfinger building and boardwalk over the breakwater, and the development of the Winegarden Waterfront Park. [<a href="http://www.gibsons.ca/aboutGibsons.html">Gibsons</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>The Sunshine Coast towns offer fishing, camping, hiking, gorgeous beaches, boast &#8220;an internet savvy population,&#8221; and the best part is that the cost of the ferry is only charged one way. Also, you can walk on the ferry at Horsehoe Bay and use the <a href="http://www.busonline.ca/regions/sun/?p=2.list">Sunshine Coast Transit System</a> to save money, and the environment during your outing.</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/234844567/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/234844567_97d9e389ec.jpg"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/234844567/">Paul Hillsdon</a> on Flickr</div> <p>In Gibsons you&#8217;ll be able to take in a Sunday Market, enjoy Jazz Week from June 7-15, and even the World&#8217;s Best Water (that one the &#8220;Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting&#8221; contest in 2005 [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibsons,_British_Columbia">wiki</a>]). It&#8217;s come a long way from its Beachcomber days, and I even remember when it got its first Wendy&#8217;s/Time Horton&#8217;s - that was a pretty big summer for us. Now that the nice weather is creeping up on us, and that one of my dearest friends lives over there, we&#8217;ll have to make a point of day tripping to Gibsons in the near future.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1860&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1860" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=hE6UNH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=hE6UNH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 6 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1861 2008-05-14T06:11:31Z 2008-05-14T06:11:15Z citizen pamphlet medal recipient recipients goodcitizen good vancouver history award 1922

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-the-good-citizen-award-is-just-that.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-the-good-citizen-award-is-just-that.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />Last week I featured a recent recipient of <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/wts-what-the-surrey-27-good-citizen-award.html">Surrey&#8217;s Good Citizen Award</a> and wondered whatever happened to Vancouver&#8217;s similar medal of distinction.</p> <blockquote><p>Strolling the archives on VancouverHistory.ca I kept coming across recipients of the “Good Citizen Award” like Pearl Steen, Sister Frances, or Arthur William Delamont but it made me wonder if this award still exists today. [Yes, I'm quoting my own post]</p></blockquote> <p>After a few inquiries I heard back from the city archives so here&#8217;s a quick update:</p> <li>The Good Citizen Medal was sponsored by the Native Sons of B.C., beginning in 1922, and awarded each year by the Mayor. </li> <li>There is a pamphlet available titled: &#8220;The Good Citizen Medal: Vancouver Canada - Roll of Recipients 1922-1957&#8243;</li> <li>Inside the pamphlet is say, &#8220;Annually the Native Sons of British Columbia, Post No. 2, awards A GOOD CITIZEN MEDAL to a citizen of Vancouver who has been selected from nominations made by the people of this City, which recipient is chosen for his or her sterling qualities of good citizenship.&#8221;</li> <p>City archive sources have no record of when the award ceased to be handed out, however it appears that its last recipient was in 1981. </p> <p>With that, the Good Citizen Award remains a piece of our history and as Vancouverites we should always remember those who helped make this city great (you know, all those selfless volunteers and innovators pre-1981). If you&#8217;re interested in learning more, the pamphlet is available for free at the City Archives.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1861&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1861" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=TLy15H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=TLy15H" border="0"></img></a> </div> 1 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1855 2008-05-13T18:58:22Z 2008-05-13T18:57:52Z fusion festival stage dance food jullyblack winterfest summer july surreyfusionfestival surrey

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/media-partnership-with-the-surrey-fusion-festival.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/media-partnership-with-the-surrey-fusion-festival.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />I must admit this is a pretty proud moment for me. Not only do I get to use my social media skills to promote and live blog a community event, but this is for a festival in <em>my</em> old neighbourhood, in <em>my hometown</em> - and it&#8217;s going to be pretty darn great. Miss604.com is pleased to be an official media partner for <a href="http://www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca/">Surrey Fusion Festival 2008</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Surrey Fusion Festival will be Surrey’s largest 3-day multicultural celebration with 40 international pavilions celebrating music, food and culture. 5 stages of entertainment with headline performers on the World Music Stage and the Celebrations dance stage, all this in a brand new beautiful urban park.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2490380726/" title="Surrey Fusion Festival by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="centered" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2490380726_41f54788c4.jpg" width="500" height="195" alt="Surrey Fusion Festival" /></a></p> <p><strong>What:</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca/">Surrey Fusion Festival 2008</a></p> <p><strong>Where:</strong><br /> Holland Park (SW Corner of King George Highway &#038; Old Yale Road)<br /> Between Surrey Central Skytrain station and King George Skytrain Station</p> <p><strong>When:</strong><br /> Friday, July 18, 4pm – 11pm<br /> Saturday, July 19, 11am – 11pm<br /> Sunday, July 20th, 11am – 9pm</p> <div class="caption-right"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/2289337787/in/set-72157603977603756/"><img width="200" class="caption" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2289337787_f2280f8058.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/2289337787/in/set-72157603977603756/">Paul Hillsdon</a> on Flickr</div> <p>There will be a world music stage, a headliner stage (including a performance by <a href="http://www.juno-awards.ca/">Juno Award</a> winning <a href="http://www.jullyblack.com/">Jully Black</a>), a celebration dance stage (featuring Irish dancers, entourages from Korea and China, Elite Bhangra and Hip-Hop crews, traditional oriental artistry, historical Persian performances, salsa, sambas, caporeia, calypso and modern tap). </p> <p>Food, activities for kids, three days in the sunshine (crossing our fingers on that one) and the cost? In the grand tradition of other community event like <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/wts-what-the-surrey-21-winterfest-2008.html">Winterfest</a>, Surrey&#8217;s Fusion Festival is absolutely <strong>FREE</strong> to everyone. Simply enjoy <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2007/06/what-the-surrey-wts-6.html">Canada&#8217;s 2008 Cultural Capital</a> and if you&#8217;re still not convinced, I&#8217;ll have blog posts and Flickr photos being published throughout the entire weekend to entice you out.</p> <p>We&#8217;re still a few months away and there&#8217;s a lot to prepare for, check the website for updates and if you would like to help out they&#8217;re also in need of 200 <a href="http://www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca/Volunteer/default.htm">volunteers</a>. Find out more on the <a href="http://www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca/">Surrey Fusion Festival</a> site.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1855&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1855" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=i5vbgH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=i5vbgH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 9 miss604http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/2008-05-13T13:46:17-05:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2490380726<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/">miss604</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2490380726/" title="Surrey Fusion Festival"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2490380726_41f54788c4_m.jpg" width="240" height="94" alt="Surrey Fusion Festival" /></a></p> 2008-05-13T11:46:17-08:00 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1854 2008-05-13T17:02:47Z 2008-05-13T17:02:24Z tunnels othello daytrip tripping canyon coquihalla drivebc hope merritt

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/day-tripping-othello-tunnels.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/day-tripping-othello-tunnels.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />Oodles of glorious sunshine being predicted for this weekend gets me thinking about outdoor activities. Should a Metro Vancouverite feel like a mini-escape, perhaps even a multi-hour adventure in a single day, what are the options? I&#8217;ve decided to pull from a pool of <em>childhood Sunday drive memories</em> and highlight a few gems in this new series: <a href="http://miss604.com/category/day-tripping">Day Tripping</a>.</p> <div class="caption-right"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/1288126031/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1040/1288126031_54d434d58d_m.jpg"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/1288126031/">Stephen Rees</a></div> <p>Located just over an hour outside of Vancouver, heading East on Hwy 1, you&#8217;ll come to the lovely town of <a href="http://www.hopebc.ca/ ">Hope</a> (also known as <em>the gateway to holidayland</em>). </p> <p>Once in Hope you can split off to the Crowsnest Highway, which will take you along Southern BC to the Alberta border, up to the Fraser Canyon along Highway 1 (Trans Canada), or take the 5 along the Coquihalla to <a href="http://www.merritt.ca/">Merritt</a> and beyond. More info about regional highways is available at <a href="http://www.drivebc.ca/">DriveBC</a>. However, there is much benefit to staying in the Hope-land area.</p> <p>Aside from being a great breakfast spot with amazing mountain views nestled between those evergreen-covered giants, hope is also very <a href="http://www.hopebc.ca/h.history.html">historically significant</a> for BC. Located along the Fraser River it was a major pit stop for those gold-rushing up the canyon.</p> <p>The area I would like to feature is <a href="http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/coquih_can.html">Coquihalla Canyon Park</a> which is more commonly known as the Othello Tunnels. This quintet of railway tunnels, originally part of the Kettle Valley Railway are intertwined with a series of bridges which follow a relatively straight line through a gorge lined with sheer, flat rock cliffs. [<a href="http://www.thekvr.com/othello.php">TheKettleValleyRailway</a>]</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/1288126363/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1396/1288126363_a0d131cfbf.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/1288126363/">Stephen Rees</a> on Flickr</div> <p>Trains don&#8217;t pass through the tunnels anymore but they&#8217;re seriously fun to check out - if you can stand damp darkness and the feeling of being rushed back a hundred years. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from a great local resource, <a href="http://www.findfamilyfun.com/othellotunnels.htm">FindFamilyFun</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>If you have a flashlight, bring it. There are puddles inside the tunnels and I stepped right in the middle of one. In between the tunnels are viewing spots where you can see the Coquihalla River. Be careful, it’s a long way down.</p> <p>Age group: I saw people from all ages going to the tunnels. You may not enjoy it as much if you don’t like walking (because it takes about 15 minutes to get there), or if you’re scared of the dark. </p></blockquote> <p>Oh yes, and there are bats&#8230; just so you know. </p> <div class="caption-left"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/1288119619/in/set-72157601792151415/"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/1288119619_02c3357825.jpg?v=0" width="200" class="caption"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/1288119619/in/set-72157601792151415/">Stephen Rees</a> on Flickr</div> <p>We used to go trudging through with my dad (while my mom sat in the car) and always enjoyed the adventure. I haven&#8217;t been in about 20 years but it looks like the paths are more cleared away and marked, I recalled saying, &#8220;are we supposed to be here?&#8221; several times thinking a train was going to rush up behind us at any minute. </p> <p>In grade 12 for my provincial exam in English our essay theme was &#8220;Hope&#8221; and I wrote purely about our adventures to Hope and the Othello Tunnels. I&#8217;m sure they were looking for something more traditionally inspirational, but seeing my score of 90% lead me to believe the board appreciated my spin.</p> <p>The Othello Tunnels make a great day trip, and I would also recommend stopping in at Rolly&#8217;s in Hope for breakfast on your way out there (if you like the vinyl booth + eggs n&#8217; sausage with never-ending coffee breakfasts like we do). Around the corner on Fraser Street there&#8217;s also one of those wooden boards with a space cutout to insert your head on <a href="http://www.hopebc.ca/rambo.html">Rambo&#8217;s</a> body. Good times.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1854&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1854" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=DBBdsH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=DBBdsH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 5 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1852 2008-05-13T05:21:11Z 2008-05-13T05:20:49Z compensation craigslist blogging hire job career market company blogger

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/the-value-of-blog-posts-and-bloggers-for-hire.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/the-value-of-blog-posts-and-bloggers-for-hire.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />I know I am a student to the <a href="http://uncleweed.com">DaveO</a> &#8220;<a href="http://miss604.com/2008/02/northern-voice-fuck-stats-make-art.html">F*ck Stats, Make Art</a>&#8221; school of thought but I&#8217;m under the impression that some people would like your art, and they would like to make a lot of money off of it leaving you with no compensation except the lovely feeling of having created said art.</p> <p>Bloggers who produce strong, insightful, creative and intelligently content have great value. Luckily for those who would like to make a career with their social media writing skills, some companies out there are realizing a blogger&#8217;s potential (<a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/03/smei-social-media-for-marketing.html">Sales and Marketing Executives International</a>). </p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/918455460/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1187/918455460_b008856ad6.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/918455460/">Roland Tanglao</a> on Flickr</div> <p>Hurdles that remain include the mindset that having a &#8220;blog&#8221; means your company&#8217;s website will be unprofessional, people can have spelling mistakes and completely forget about the caps lock key, and your company&#8217;s outward appearance must now include copy that appears as though it should be a caption on <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com">LOLCats</a>. Also, a blog is not Facebook. </p> <p>Company content should not be dumbed-down because that seems to be what the cool kids are doing. It can still be fun, interesting and professional while promoting your products and services, and your blogger should <em>not</em> be paid peanuts.</p> <p>With a quick browse through <a href="http://vancouver.craigslist.org">Craigslist</a> this evening I spotted countless job postings for companies seeking &#8220;bloggers&#8221; although many of them seemed tragically flawed. </p> <p><strong>Seeking Financial Blogger:</strong> &#8220;This position requires full time physical presence in downtown Vancouver office with web development team. You will be trained on a proprietary system to facilitate automatic syndication and RSS feed distribution, etc.&#8221; I don&#8217;t know but to me that sounds like quite the beefy operation for simply producing some blog content. &#8220;Syndication&#8221; and &#8220;RSS&#8221; aren&#8217;t half as scary or complicated as they sound and if you have it setup right from the get-go you won&#8217;t have to touch your feed at all, <em>at any point in time</em>, ever again.</p> <p><strong>Freeland Writers:</strong> &#8220;If we happen to publish your work then we’ll pay $125/per story. Each story should at least be 1500 words&#8230;&#8221; is it just me or does that seem <em>really</em> low by any standards?</p> <p><strong>Add Your Blog to Our Network:</strong> &#8220;This is a paying opportunity for bloggers with established blogs&#8230; Compensation: $7.5 x Google PR# per post.&#8221; So that means if I write on Miss604.com and push them some content I could make $37.50 per post (based on my Google Page Rank of 5). I guess I just value my time and my content a little more than that.</p> <p><strong>No Clue:</strong> &#8220;I can pay by the post or hourly on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis, whichever works for you. In terms of compensation, let me know what range you are looking at. I have no idea what the going rate is for something like this!&#8221; At least they&#8217;re honest but that is followed by: &#8220;Most posts can be created and posted within an hour. There are 15 different sites that will require a weekly update.&#8221; I wonder what all 15 pages have for Google Page Rank? Hmm&#8230;</p> <p>It&#8217;s obvious that the companies advertising on Craigslist have no idea what to charge for this type of thing by any standard. It seems like blogging is far below freelance writing on the career totem pole and yet having a prudent blogger on your corporate team could benefit your company exponentially - think marketing, sales, market research, customer service, client relations etc. The possibilities are endless (see Elastic Path&#8217;s white paper: <a href="http://www.getelastic.com/blogging-retailer-white-paper/">Blogging for Retailers</a>)</p> <p>I understand that blogging in business is still a rather new concept for some and there are currently no real guidelines for going rates in the marketplace, but when it comes to bloggers who are good at what they do, would like to continue writing and perhaps make a career out of their online publishing skills, where should they look? &#8230;And is anyone willing to give them what they&#8217;re worth?</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1852&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1852" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=fwFhmH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=fwFhmH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 4 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1851 2008-05-12T22:26:31Z 2008-05-12T22:18:10Z joomla rmdstudio workshops drupalcamp wordcamp dabbled june14th rmdstudios joomladay

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-social-media-scene-joomla-day-2008.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-social-media-scene-joomla-day-2008.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />In terms of workshops dedicated to the development and discussion of Content Management Systems (CMS) we&#8217;ve recently had <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/drupalcamp-vancouver-wrap-up.html">DrupalCamp</a>, <a href="http://www.miss604.com/category/wordcamp">WordCamp</a>, and now it&#8217;s time for Canada&#8217;s largest-ever Joomla! Day.</p> <blockquote><p>On June14th 2008 from 9:00 AM to 5:30 please join us to celebrate what could be the largest Joomla! Day in Canada! We will be getting together at the Vancouver Public Library and there you get to meet many of the people who actually created the <a href="http://www.joomla.org/">Joomla!</a> CMS framework. [<a href="http://www.rmdstudio.com/events-workshops/vancouver-joomla-day-2008.html">RMDstudio</a>]</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.rmdstudio.com/events-workshops/vancouver-joomla-day-2008.html"><img src="http://www.rmdstudio.com/images/stories/publications/joomlaDay2008.jpg" class="centered"></a></p> <p><a href="http://vancouverjoomladay.eventbrite.com/">Tickets</a> are $25 and include refreshments and a Joomla! Day t-shirt, check out the <a href="http://www.rmdstudio.com/events-workshops/vancouver-joomla-day-2008.html">RMDstudios blog</a> or the <a href="http://blog.tazzu.com/2008/05/07/joomla_day_vancouver/">Tazzu blog</a> for more information.</p> <p>I must admit, I&#8217;ve dabbled in all sorts of open source platforms and although my time with Joomla was minimal it&#8217;s still great to see that it has such a widely <a href="http://forum.joomla.org/">supportive user base</a>.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1851&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1851" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=QyEoOH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=QyEoOH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 2 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1849 2008-05-12T17:05:33Z 2008-05-12T17:02:55Z roedde barclay gustav rattenbury history vancouver barclay heritage square manor westend west end vancouverhistory tours

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-roedde-house.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-roedde-house.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />The thing I love about living in the West End is that once you walk in a block from the bustling Robson or Davie Streets the sound of cars and crowds turns into lawn mowers and birds chirping. Green grass grows in small corner parks like urban savannas while sunbathers find a level surface on which to stretch out and avoid the game of frisbee being played over their head. One of such metropolitan refuges is Barclay Heritage Square and one of its main features is <a href="http://www.roeddehouse.org/">Roedde House</a>.</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/superciliousness/16887024/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/16887024_927f4abd64.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/superciliousness/16887024/">superliciousness</a> on Flickr</div> <p>Roedde House at 1415 Barclay was built in 1893 for Vancouver&#8217;s first bookbinder, Gustav Roedde. In <a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1927.htm">1927</a> the house was sold by Gustav Roedde in 1927 to H.W. Jeffreys and it later became a boarding house called the “Oehlerking Rooms.” </p> <p>The City of Vancouver bought the Gustav Roedde House [<a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1966.htm">in 1966</a>] and made it the centrepiece in what came to be called Barclay Heritage Square, bounded by Barclay, Nicola, Haro and Broughton Streets in the West End, and which features nine historic houses built between 1890 and 1908. </p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/superciliousness/16886709/in/photostream/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/16886709_588cdd6590.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/superciliousness/16886709/in/photostream/">superliciousness</a> on Flickr</div> <p>In 1990 the restored Roedde House Museum opened its doors for community events and tours. Having done many tours of <a href="http://www.miss604.com/category/victoria">Victoria</a> during our girls weekends, I&#8217;ve become pretty familiar with the architects that formed our big coastal cities in BC, however I had no clue that there were murmurs that Francis Mawson Rattenbury built Roedde House. Rattenbury being the designer of the Vancouver Art Gallery (former Court House) and Victoria&#8217;s Parliament Buildings <em>and</em> Empress Hotel [<a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1930.htm">VancouverHistory</a>].</p> <p>John and I have yet to make our way over to <a href="http://www.roeddehouse.org/">Roedde House</a> for a tour (Tuesday to Friday, 2:00pm to 4:00pm), or even Sunday tea (served from 2:00pm to 4:00pm) but it&#8217;s definitely on our list of things to do. They also do group tours by appointment, lecture series, musical evenings special events, and you can book the entire house for a small dinner party at a per hour rate.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1849&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1849" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=peClvH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=peClvH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 8 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1848 2008-05-12T17:46:10Z 2008-05-12T16:16:05Z mothersday mothers mom mother personal family

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/where-would-we-be.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/where-would-we-be.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />Since my mother&#8217;s birthday and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day">Mother&#8217;s Day</a> are so close together in the month of May, I figured a consolidated post wouldn&#8217;t make me look too cheap, <em>would it?</em></p> <p>Reasons for not writing on the subject yesterday include the fact that my mom was out of the country and wouldn&#8217;t have been able to read this anyway. Instead of writing out some sappy words I&#8217;ve decided to include some photos, sort of a visual aid to demonstrate just how far <a href="http://johnbollwitt.com">John</a> and I have come.</p> <p>In short, we wouldn&#8217;t have been able to get from here&#8230;</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/360026774/" title="Little Me &amp; The Lions Gate by miss604, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/360026774_faf63ca4d8.jpg" width="210"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2054673605/" title="my johnny by miss604, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2054673605_1533407567.jpg" width="255" /></a></p> <p>To here&#8230;</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/404876618/" title="I Year Anniversary by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="centered" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/404876618_85a912da1d.jpg" width="500" height="440" alt="I Year Anniversary" /></a></p> <p>&#8230;Without the love and support of two ladies, whose strength (and patience) is that of a super-human.</p> <p>Now for the sappy part&#8230; John and I are both the youngest our families and are really close with our mothers - who I think both refer to us still as their &#8220;babies&#8221; to friends, family, and that lady at the checkout in the grocery line up last week. While our older siblings were off at school we&#8217;d chill with our moms during the day, I&#8217;d like to think that I was my mom&#8217;s sidekick during those years. You know we&#8217;d hang out, go to the store, take a bus to see Oma and Opa, and I&#8217;d pretend to nap while she watched All My Children. </p> <p>We might not get around to saying it often enough but our moms are the bee&#8217;s knees and while one is only a few cities away and the other is across the continent, both never leave our hearts and thoughts.</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> I just have to include this too&#8230;<br /> <center><object width="460" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/pl/MDyaizEhTY/aus=false/pv=2/"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/pl/MDyaizEhTY/aus=false/pv=2/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="460" height="390" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object></center></p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1848&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1848" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=u3F9oH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=u3F9oH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 9 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1847 2008-05-12T16:26:43Z 2008-05-12T07:03:02Z w00tpwnage lisa bettany diaz webb astro zadi amber mac macarthur sexy geek sexygeeks

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/sexy-geeks-get-pwned.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/sexy-geeks-get-pwned.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />This evening I was doing a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr search</a> using the term &#8220;Bollwitt&#8221; to try and locate a cute shot of John and me. Sorting the results by <em>most recent</em> I came across the Flickr account of a website called w00tpwnage, which compares everything from Tiger vs Alligator, Wolf vs Wolverine, Astro Boy vs Mighty Mouse, and now <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/wireds-sexy-geeks-of-2007.html">Wired&#8217;s Sexy Geeks</a> against each other in a head-to-head poll. </p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13488647@N06/2443630763/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2443630763_e9592ee11e.jpg?v=0"></a><br /><a href="http://w00tpwnage.com/rebecca-bollwitt-vs-zadi-diaz/04/29/2008/">Rebecca Bollwitt vs Zadi Diaz</a></div> <p>Of course like a sucker I check out the website, which is rather amusing, and also notice <a href="http://w00tpwnage.com/lisa-bettany-vs-larissa-meek/04/30/2008/">Lisa Bettany (aka Mostly Lisa) is up against Larissa Meek</a> and that <a href="http://w00tpwnage.com/amber-macarthur-vs-morgan-webb/05/01/2008/">Amber MacArthur is vs Morgan Webb</a>. </p> <div class="caption-right"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/megs_pics/2446455725/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2446455725_19d328dddf_m.jpg"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/megs_pics/2446455725/">Megan Cole</a></div> <p>Frankly, there are so many sites out there comparing one person to another it&#8217;s enough to make your head spin off a crash down on your keyboard. I just have to say that it&#8217;s been a privilege to meet some great geeky women out there who don&#8217;t need to post photos of themselves in their underwear to gain readership (<em>but if they do that doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re any less real, credible or intelligent&#8230; in most cases anyway</em>). </p> <p>Sometimes it&#8217;s easy to get wrapped up in stats, ratings or who can code better PHP (even though that <em>is</em> kind of hot). I&#8217;d actually prefer it if you didn&#8217;t check out the &#8220;w00tpwnage&#8221; site and cast a vote for anyone&#8230; except maybe in the case of Mighty Mouse and Astro Boy. This whole online world should be about content (for a refresher see <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/02/northern-voice-fuck-stats-make-art.html">F*ck Stats, Make Art</a>). From what I gathered <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photendo/2210225631/">when I met Amber</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2456010634/">Lisa</a>, is that it&#8217;s also for women who have a good head on their shoulders; what happens to fall into place beneath is actually pretty moot.</p> <p>Linkage: </p> <li><a href="http://ambermac.typepad.com/ ">Amber Mac</a></li> <li><a href="http://mostlylisa.com">Lisa Bettany</a></li> <p><br clear="all" /></p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1847&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1847" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=c4L36H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=c4L36H" border="0"></img></a> </div> 3 miss604http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/2008-05-12T00:10:05-05:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2485748510<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/">miss604</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2485748510/" title="BlueFur.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2485748510_16868b1199_m.jpg" width="240" height="183" alt="BlueFur.com" /></a></p> <p>Web hosting actually really does make me happy.</p>2008-05-11T21:00:27-08:00miss604http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/2008-05-11T23:37:13-05:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2485676610<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/">miss604</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2485676610/" title="BlueFur.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2485676610_6d3478570a_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="BlueFur.com" /></a></p> <p>(apparently I only have one arm now too)</p>2008-05-11T21:36:03-08:00 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1846 2008-05-11T16:48:23Z 2008-05-11T16:48:23Z

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/surrey-file-paul-hillsdon-for-city-council.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/surrey-file-paul-hillsdon-for-city-council.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" /> <div class="caption-right"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2096678555/"><img width="180" class="caption" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2096678555_26e9c97271_m.jpg"></a><br />Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2096678555/">Roland Tanglao</a></div> <p>The people I have featured in my <a href="http://miss604.com/category/whatthesurrey">What The Surrey</a> or <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/02/surrey-file-chuck-cadman.html">Surrey File</a> series are not your stereotypical products of Surrey that other Metro Vancouverites or Canadians tend to imagine.</p> <p>I&#8217;m extremely proud to have been born and raised in <a href="http://surrey.ca">Surrey</a> and the people of the city are hard-working, dedicated, determined, unbelievably driven and intelligent individuals. A prime example is <a href="http://paulhillsdon.com">Paul Hillsdon</a>, a high school student who will be running for City Council in 2008.</p> <blockquote><p>Over the past year or so, as my projects have come and gone I’ve become frustrated. I developed policies and plans to fix many of the problems I encountered in daily life. I created the <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/blog/2007/10/16/south-of-fraser-transit-2011/">South of Fraser Transit 2011</a> proposal because transit is lackluster out here. I created the <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/blog/2007/09/11/surrey-cycling-initiative/">Surrey Cycling Initiative</a> because biking anywhere wasn’t a safe or viable transportation alternative in my city. I created the <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/blog/2008/01/17/introducing-transit-metropolis-vancouver/">Transit Metropolis Vancouver</a> vision because I wanted to be able to move around the region quickly, comfortably, and cheaply. [<a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/blog/2008/05/10/im-running-for-city-council/">Paul Hillsdon</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>I first discovered Paul after he found me, leaving a comment on <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2007/09/pipe-dreams-or-reality-for-new-skytrain-lines.html">a blog post of mine</a> about transit in September 2007. I&#8217;ve been following his projects since including my current favourite, <a href="http://civicsurey.com">Civic Surrey</a>. We then met in December at TransitCamp Vancouver [<a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/blog/2007/12/09/rundown-of-transitcamp-vancouver/">PaulHillsdon</a>][<a href="http://www.miss604.com/2007/12/successful-first-transitcamp-vancouver.html">Miss604</a>].</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2096659034/" title="Paul and his nifty laptopy thing by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="alignleft" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2143/2096659034_ceb15087b5.jpg" width="200" alt="Paul and his nifty laptopy thing" /></a>Paul is also the brains behind numerous transit and sustainability initiatives and proposals in the region and by running in the municipal elections, I think we&#8217;re all hoping his well-researched ideas come to fruition. His platform revolves around four pillars: <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/platform/sustainable-development/">Sustainable Development</a>, <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/platform/green-spaces/">Green Spaces</a>, <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/platform/transportation-options/">Transportation Options</a>, and <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/platform/vibrant-communities/">Vibrant Communities</a>.</p> <p>According to the <a href="http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=b8b924ce-c5a0-423c-a761-574c85f22b60">Surrey Now</a>, &#8220;If successful is his bid, it&#8217;s believed Hillsdon would be the youngest member to ever hold a seat on council.&#8221;</p> <p>You can find all of this information and more on his campaign site, <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/">PaulIn08.com</a> which contains <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/blog/">a blog</a> on which you can ask him questions. It&#8217;s times like these I still wish I lived in Surrey, but I&#8217;m pretty sure I could get my family members to rally for Team Hillsdon (<em>at least they better!</em>)</p> <p>If you would like to support Paul&#8217;s effort consider clicking on that <a href="http://www.paulin08.com/donate/">donate</a> tab on his site, writing about his efforts on your blog (or newspaper&#8230; or talk about him on your radio station) and look for his name on the Surrey City Council ballot this fall.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1846&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1846" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=M81AzH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=M81AzH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 4 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1845 2008-05-11T00:49:29Z 2008-05-11T00:46:45Z drupalcamp roland dcv08 theming cozy drupalists drupalcampvancouver vancouver

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/drupalcamp-vancouver-wrap-up.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/drupalcamp-vancouver-wrap-up.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2481980384/" title="DrupalCamp Vancouver Day Two by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="alignright" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2481980384_e2c8dc5507_m.jpg" width="240" height="194" alt="DrupalCamp Vancouver Day Two" /></a>Due to family business this morning (which always comes before the blogging world) I had to miss about 85% of <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/">DrupalCamp Vancouver</a>. </p> <p>The good news is that <a href="http://johnbollwitt.com">John</a> was here all day and the first words out of his mouth when he saw me were, &#8220;whoa! there&#8217;s some really cool theming going on.&#8221; This leads me to believe he&#8217;ll have much better wrap up posts than I will so I&#8217;ll simply syndicate some information and pics.</p> <li>Big thanks to the folks at <a href="http://miss604.com/2007/07/social-custom-butcher-shop-and-deli.html ">So.Cial</a> for the delicious sandwiches at lunch (x126)</li> <li><a href="http://uncleweed.com">DaveO</a> worked very hard to supply Drupalists with cozy, organic cotton and bamboo t-shirts for DCV08 and I must say, they are super comfy.</li> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2480953011/"><img class="centered" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/2480953011_8c9f16b83e.jpg?v=0"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2480854975/"><img class="centered" src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2036/2480854975_fe270b1cc8.jpg?v=0"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2480860863/"><img class="centered" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2480860863_f8b7d8b4c8.jpg?v=0"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2481748984/"><img class="centered" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2481748984_ce0fba5570.jpg?v=0"></a></p> <p>All photos here are © <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/tags/dcv08">Roland Tanglao</a>, click on the pics for their links on Flickr.</p> <p>Information from the sessions can be found on the <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org">DrupalCamp Vancouver</a> website and I&#8217;ll try to get a couple posts out of John as well.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1845&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1845" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=lN9TLH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=lN9TLH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 7 miss604http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/2008-05-10T19:37:11-05:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2481980384<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/">miss604</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2481980384/" title="DrupalCamp Vancouver Day Two"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2481980384_e2c8dc5507_m.jpg" width="240" height="194" alt="DrupalCamp Vancouver Day Two" /></a></p> 2008-05-10T17:40:31-08:00 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1842 2008-05-10T00:40:37Z 2008-05-09T20:47:09Z vidfest popvox vigs changeeverything convergence wired anderson dooce

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vidfest-2008.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vidfest-2008.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />VIDFEST (Vancouver International Digital Festival) 2008 is fast-approaching and I&#8217;m just now beginning to comprehend how many elements, conferences, galas and events all fit under its 4-day festival umbrella.<br /> <a href="http://2008.vidfest.com/"><img src="http://www.miss604.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/vidfest_1.jpg" alt="" title="vidfest_1" width="400" class="centered" /></a></p> <blockquote><p>The Vancouver International Digital Festival is an event for the top creative minds working in digital media. Join visionaries from games and digital entertainment, Web 2.0, interactive design, animation and mobile applications, at this annual ‘must-attend’ in Vancouver, Canada. [<a href="http://2008.vidfest.com/">VIDFEST</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>Here is some more info from their &#8220;core facts&#8221; sheet:</p> <li>VIDFEST 2008 is presented by <a href="http://www.newmediabc.com">New Media BC</a> and runs May 21-24 on Granville Island. Venues include the Granville Island Hotel, Arts Club Theatre and the Emily Carr Institute</li> <li>Nexon North America is bringing Wired Magazine’s Chris Anderson to VIDFEST 2008 to deliver keynote speech on the economy of “free”</li> <li>VIDFEST takes place during the Vancouver Digital Week, also featuring the <a href="http://www.vancouvergamesummit.com/">Vancouver International Games Summit</a> (VIGS), <a href="http://miss604.com/2008/05/convergence-2008-digital-marketing-and-communications-forum.html">Convergence 2008</a> and the <a href="http://www.popvoxawards.com/">PopVox Awards</a></li> <p>There are several local webby companies up for PopVox Awards and anyone is encouraged to head to the website and vote for your favourite in categories ranging from Best Digital Animated Short, Best Mobile (Game) to Best Do-Gooder site (Social Change Initiative) or Homegrown Award (Best BC-based Venture).</p> <p>Some nominees close to my heart include,<a href="http:// ChangeEverything.ca"> ChangeEverything</a>, <a href="http://strutta.com">Strutta</a>, <a href="http://memelabs.com">MemeLabs</a>, <a href="http://nowpublic.com">Now Public</a>, and the <a href="http://www.heavy.com/video/14699">Knob Hockey</a> folks (just to name a few).</p> <p>Here&#8217;s a quick condensed version of the <a href="http://2008.vidfest.com/go/program/schedule/">festival schedule</a> overall:</p> <p>May 21st - VIDFEST and VIGS Opening Reception at the Vancouver Art Gallery</p> <p>May 22nd - International Partnering Forum (IPF) and <a href="http://www.cossetteconvergence.com/event-schedule/">Convergence 2008</a> (featuring my panel, yay!), then Happy Hour</p> <p>May 23rd - Creative Exchange Conference (featuring speakers such as Heather &#8220;<a href="http://www.dooce.com">Dooce</a>&#8221; Armstrong and Chris Anderson of <a href="http://wired.com">Wired</a> with the Keynote), Schmooze Lounge and the PopVox Awards</p> <p>May 24th - Pitch ‘n’ Play and Recruiting Fair</p> <p>There&#8217;s a TON of action going on having to do with all facets of digital media. You can purchase single tickets for Chris Anderson&#8217;s keynote, or daily passes for each of the mini festivals within starting at $50 for the PopVox Awards ceremony only, going up to $375 for VIP, and $875 for a joint pass for <a href="http://www.vancouvergamesummit.com/">VIGS</a> and VIDFEST.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1842&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1842" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=v8HiJH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=v8HiJH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 0 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1841 2008-05-09T17:53:52Z 2008-05-09T17:43:43Z twemes tweet dcv08 twitter tweetclouds twidget hashtags twitterfox twinkle

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/the-power-of-twitter-tweet-apps-and-clients.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/the-power-of-twitter-tweet-apps-and-clients.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />Here are a few more tips and tricks that I&#8217;ve come across in the Twitter microblogging community:</p> <p><a href="http://twemes.com">Twemes</a>: First introduced at <a href="http://miss604.com/2008/02/democampvancouver05-live-blog.html">DemoCamp</a> by Rochelle Grayson, Twemes is a website that comprehensively sorts and categorizes the things people Twitter about as long as they put a hashtag in front of it. Example, those currently at DrupalCamp Vancouver will be Twittering and including #DCV08 in their updates. If I go to Twemes, or the <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org">DrupalCamp website</a> that is aggregating the Tweme, I can see filtered updates specifically pertaining to <a href="http://twemes.com/dcv08">#DCV08</a> because of that tag.</p> <p><a href="http://hashtags.org">Hashtags</a>: I discovered this months after Twemes was released and it follows the same concept although you need to add a &#8220;bot&#8221; to your account to use it. For Twemes, you don&#8217;t need to do anything except start using a hashtag in your keywords/updates.</p> <p><a href="http://www.twitbin.com/">TwitBin</a>: An alternative to <a href="http://www.naan.net/trac/wiki/TwitterFox">Twitterfox</a>, this slips your Twitter steam into your Firefox sidebar.</p> <p><a href="http://www.frankmanno.com/widgets/twidget/">Twidget</a>: Add a Twitter widget to your Mac&#8217;s dashboard.</p> <p><a href="http://www.twitterlocal.net/">Twitter Local</a>: Hat tip to <a href="http://jeremylatham.com/blog/ ">Jeremy Latham</a> for Twittering about this earlier. You can filter updates to only view those from people within your geographical vicinity</p> <p>Twinkle: Hat tip to <a href="http://memelabs.com">Jenn Loether</a> and John Biehler: &#8220;A location aware Twitter client. It features a slick presentation not unlike the web version of PocketTweats but also locates you and enables you to see who else is using Twinkle near you.&#8221; - [<a href="http://johnbiehler.com/2008/05/01/some-new-iphone-apps-to-check-out/">JohnBiehler.com</a>]</p> <p><a href="http://jasontheodor.com/2008/02/15/twitter-tweet-sheet/">Twitter Tweet Sheet</a>: &#8220;There’s one things that annoys me about Twitter. Okay, there are two things: 1. They are always down. 2. There doesn’t seem to be one official place (including their own site) to get a complete list of mobile and IM commands.&#8221; - [<a href="http://jasontheodor.com/2008/02/15/twitter-tweet-sheet/">Jason Theodor.com</a>] Jason compiled an &#8220;easy to print&#8221; card that you can take with you for on-the-go Twittering.</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2405121586/" title="I see a theme by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="caption" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2070/2405121586_3e829e0910.jpg" width="500"/></a><br />From <a href="http://tweetclouds.com/">TweetClouds</a></div> <p>And just for kicks you can read more about &#8220;Top Twitter Apps&#8221; on these lovely sites:</p> <li><a href="http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Apps">Twitter Fan Wiki</li> <li><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_twitter_apps.php">Top 10 Twitter Apps</a></li> <li><a href="http://mashable.com/2007/07/09/twitter-mobile-2/">Top 12 Twitter Apps for Your Phone</a></li> <p><br clear="all" /></p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1841&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1841" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=3HwE5H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=3HwE5H" border="0"></img></a> </div> 6 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1840 2008-05-09T17:12:48Z 2008-05-09T17:12:48Z surrey vancouver history goodcitizenaward good citizen award

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/wts-what-the-surrey-27-good-citizen-award.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/wts-what-the-surrey-27-good-citizen-award.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" /><a href="http://surrey.ca">Surrey&#8217;s</a> Good Citizen Award was handed to Jim King this past week for his work &#8220;&#8230;as an executive director since 1997, being a past-president of the Surrey Chamber of Commerce and a founding member and past director of the Surrey Tourism and Convention Association&#8221; - [<a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/18693394.html">Surrey Leader</a>].</p> <p>The award is given to an individual each year who has performed outstanding service for the betterment of the community.</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/339278593/"><img class="caption" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/339278593_91579be719.jpg?v=0"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/339278593/">Squeaky Marmot</a> on Flickr</div> <p>Recent recipients also include <a href="http://www.surrey.ca/Whats+New/News+Releases/Previous/May/Volkmar+(Wally)+Sandvoss+named+Winner+of+the+2007+Good+Citizen+Award.htm">Volkmar (Wally) Sandvoss</a> in 2007 and <a href="http://www.surrey.ca/Whats+New/News+Releases/Old/May/Bruno+Zappone+Receives+Good+Citizen+Award.htm">Bruno Zappone</a> in 2006. </p> <p>Surrey&#8217;s first ever &#8220;Good Citizen&#8221; was <a href="http://www.slais.ubc.ca/COURSES/libr559f/04-05-wt2/portfolios/H_Daly/Projects/Fonds/Body.htm">Len Shepherd</a>.</p> <blockquote><p> &#8220;Len Shepherd was a Surrey municipal council member from 1932 until 1937. In 1937 he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly serving the Delta riding, covering the area of Richmond, Delta, Surrey and Langley. In his very first term as MLA, Len Shepherd presented a petition to this very House with over 3,100 names from the people of the Fraser Valley, asking that the new Pattullo Bridge be free of tolls. Very quickly, he became an avid advocate for the working people.&#8221; [<a href="http://142.36.155.4/hansard/38th4th/H80416p.htm">Debates of Legislative Assembly</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>This all makes me wonder what ever happened to Vancouver&#8217;s Good Citizen Award? Strolling the archives on <a href="http://VancouverHistory.ca">VancouverHistory.ca</a> I kept coming across recipients of the &#8220;Good Citizen Award&#8221; like <a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1988.htm">Pearl Steen</a>, <a href="http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/NONMARKETOPERATIONS/MOUNTAINVIEW/interesting/daylrymple.htm">Sister Frances</a>, or <a href="http://www.kitsband.com/awdelamo.htm">Arthur William Delamont</a> but it made me wonder if this award still exists today.</p> <p>The first Good Citizen was fire chief John Howe Carlisle in 1922 and the title was since bestowed upon maybe good souls in the community every year but I haven&#8217;t heard of any new recipients since the 1980s. I believe there are awards for <a href="http://www.volunteervancouver.ca/index.asp">volunteers in Vancouver</a>, but I&#8217;m still wondering whatever happened to the city&#8217;s recognition for its outstanding (and often selfless) members of the community with the &#8220;Good Citizen Award&#8221;.</p> <p>Regardless, I&#8217;m pleased to see the folks of Surrey doing good in their neighbourhoods, schools and businesses. Congratulations to Mr. King for being Surrey&#8217;s 2008 Good Citizen of the Year.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1840&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1840" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=RgsGMH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=RgsGMH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 1 miss604http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/2008-05-09T00:51:16-05:00tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2477900280<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/miss604/">miss604</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2477900280/" title="CoplickMobile Hula Girl"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2420/2477900280_431b0228fe_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CoplickMobile Hula Girl" /></a></p> 2008-05-07T19:16:42-08:00 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1839 2008-05-09T05:33:34Z 2008-05-09T05:33:05Z dcv08 drupalcamp drupal sessions drupalists delicados hashtag vancouver

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/drupalcamp-vancouver-2008-opening-night.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/drupalcamp-vancouver-2008-opening-night.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" /><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-camp-vancouver"><img class="alignright" width="160" src="http://groups.drupal.org/files/drupal-camp.jpg"></a>Thanks to the effort of many hardworking folks, <a href="http://www.drupalcampvancouver.org/">DrupalCamp Vancouver</a> officially <a href="http://www.drupalcampvancouver.org/drupal-camp-party">launched this evening at Flux Bistro</a> in Gastown. </p> <blockquote><p>Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. [<a href="http://drupal.org/">Drupal</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>Until Saturday evening the city will be overrun with Drupalists from across this great nation to learn, discuss, code and partake in some of the following:</p> <li><strong>Friday</strong>: Day One <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/sessions">sessions</a> at the <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/dialog/">SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue</a> from 9:00am to 6:00pm followed by the Fearless City Code Sprint at Delicados on Richards street.</li> <li><strong>Saturday</strong>: Day Two <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/sessions">sessions</a> at Workspace with lunch included - also featuring a mini <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/drupal-vancouver-job-board">Drupal job fair</a>.</li> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2477846246/" title="DrupalCamp Vancouver Opening Night by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="centered" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2477846246_ca90d2ef86.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DrupalCamp Vancouver Opening Night" /></a></p> <p>John and I had a chance to talk to Glenn of <a href="http://imagexmedia.com/">Image X Media</a>, chat with a few familiar faces, give <a href="http://uncleweed.com">DaveO</a> lots of hugs, then send our tired selves home.</p> <p>If you&#8217;re heading to the <em>sold out</em> DrupalCamp make sure to tag any photos on Flickr with &#8220;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/dcv08/">dcv08</a>&#8221; and hashtag your updates in Twitter with &#8220;<a href="http://twemes.com/dcv08">#dcv08</a>&#8220;.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1839&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1839" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=UdU60H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=UdU60H" border="0"></img></a> </div> 3 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1835 2008-05-08T19:31:14Z 2008-05-08T19:17:57Z flip camera flipcamera techvibes reachd video blogging seminar workshop

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/flip-camera-giveway-and-video-blogging-in-vancouver.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/flip-camera-giveway-and-video-blogging-in-vancouver.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" /><a href='http://www.theflip.com/'><img src="http://www.miss604.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/flip.jpg" width="140" class="alignright" /></a>A few months ago <a href="http://www.reachd.com/ReachdTV.ubr">I was interviewed as a part of a video series</a> by <a href="http://reachd.com">Reachd</a>, a local firm that teaches and preaches the values of SEO. They are now <a href="http://www.reachd.com/training/video">offering video blogging seminars</a> (learn how to make video, how to promote it etc.) and with the cost of signup comes a Flip Camera for all those who register. </p> <p>Not surprisingly, the workshop registrations soared and they have now sold out the first event. However, you still have a chance to win your way in if you head over to the Techvibes Blog and <a href="http://www.techvibes.com/blog/win-a-flip-camera-and-learn-how-to-use-it/">drop a comment on this post</a> over the next two weeks.</p> <blockquote><p>Their first 20-spot session on May 13th is sold-out but they’ve added a 2nd workshop on May 28th and set aside a free seat (and <a href="http://www.theflip.com/">video camera</a>) for a Techvibes reader. [<a href="http://www.techvibes.com/blog/win-a-flip-camera-and-learn-how-to-use-it/">Techvibes</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>The workshops are 3 hours long (2pm to 5pm), the registration fee of $200 includes the fancy new camera, and will take place at Ceili&#8217;s Irish Pub. I had a chance to use Colleen&#8217;s Flip last night and I have to say, it&#8217;s a pretty slick compact video-making device.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1835&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1835" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=SdvAtH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=SdvAtH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 5 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1834 2008-05-08T19:19:00Z 2008-05-08T18:46:03Z twitter twittering pownce jaiku microblogging

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/the-power-of-twitter.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/the-power-of-twitter.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />If you haven&#8217;t got your head around the concept of blogging, your mind might be blown with the latest term: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging">microblogging</a>. To those on Facebook, think &#8220;status updates&#8221;. Sites like <a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://jaiku.com">Jaiku</a> and <a href="http://pownce.com">Pownce</a> (just to name a few and not including all the video ones out there) allow folks to update their contacts or followers using brief 140 character max. messages. To better explain it, here&#8217;s another great video from <a href="http://CommonCraft.com">CommonCraft</a>.</p> <p><center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ddO9idmax0o&#038;hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ddO9idmax0o&#038;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center></p> <p>The &#8220;power of Twitter&#8221; is pretty vast. Last night we were out having dinner and <a href="http://johnbollwitt.com">John</a> put a call out on Twitter for people to join us, a short time later we were graced with <a href="http://netchick.ca">Tanya</a>&#8217;s presence, which was super fun. </p> <p>When I was recording my bit for the <a href="http://thelabwithleo.com">Lab with Leo</a> I Twittered that I was &#8220;backstage&#8221; and within 45 seconds Leo came out from the studio to meet me and shake my hand.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/2294407709/" title="bringing people together by miss604, on Flickr"><img class="centered" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2294407709_0284b8b59d.jpg" width="500" height="275" alt="bringing people together" /></a></p> <p>Most recently, Nadia from <a href="http://memelabs.com/about/blog">Meme Labs</a> Twittered this news story&#8230; <em>about Twitter</em>.</p> <blockquote><p> Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest when he and his translator, Mohammed Maree, were arrested April 10.</p> <p>On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter.</p> <p>The message only had one word. &#8220;Arrested.&#8221; </p> <p>Within seconds, colleagues in the United States and his blogger-friends in Egypt &#8212; the same ones who had taught him the tool only a week earlier &#8212; were alerted that he was being held. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck/index.html">CNN</a>]</p></blockquote> <p>People have various reasons for using Twitter, whether they want to meet up with other folks in the area, share a news story, use it to syndicate their blog posts, do a poll, <a href="http://miss604.com/2008/03/twitter-colour-wars.html">have pointless battles</a>, ask questions, or share what they ate for lunch that afternoon. Though sometimes I get a bit of a &#8220;chat room&#8221; feel when I see people sending endless messages back and forth, I certainly value having this tool at my disposal.</p> <p>Two things of note: You can get intuitive clients that will bring in your Twitter feed so you don&#8217;t have to update from the website ie. <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">Twhirl</a> (for PC) or <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific">Twitterific</a> (for Mac). Also, if your updates aren&#8217;t locked or &#8220;private&#8221; they are fully available in a Google search, meaning anything you <em>say</em> in Twitter, doesn&#8217;t <em>stay</em> in Twitter.</p> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/twitter-vs-jaiku/">Twitter vs Jaiku</a> - Chris Pirillo</li> <li><a href="http://scobleizer.com/2007/04/06/leo-laporte-leaves-twitter-for-jaiku/">Leo Laporte Leaves Twitter for Jaiku</a> - Robert Scoble</li> <li><a href="http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/05/06/the-rhythm-n-flow-of-the-2-point-ohs/">Pownce vs Twitter</a> - Mostly Lisa</li> <p><br clear="all" /></p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1834&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1834" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?a=43WKbH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/miss604rss?i=43WKbH" border="0"></img></a> </div> 10 Miss604 http://www.miss604.com http://www.miss604.com/?p=1831 2008-05-08T19:13:07Z 2008-05-08T12:40:47Z convergence capulet cossette communications marketing relations matchstick socialmediaready

Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://miss604.com">Miss604 - Rebecca Bollwitt</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/convergence-2008-digital-marketing-and-communications-forum.html">http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/convergence-2008-digital-marketing-and-communications-forum.html</a>.<br /><p id="top" />Just as soon as my social media dance card cleared up, I&#8217;ve been busy booking new events, getting involved in more media sponsorships and being sought out for speaking opportunities. My next speaking engagement will be on a panel at the end of the month during the Convergence conference. </p> <blockquote><p>Cossette West invites you to attend Convergence 2008, a Digital Marketing and Communications Forum. Join other savvy marketing and communications professionals from across North America to learn how to stay competitive in the ever-shifting digital landscape. [<a href="http://www.cossetteconvergence.com/">Convergence2008</a>]</p></blockquote> <p><a href='http://www.cossetteconvergence.com/'><img src="http://www.miss604.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/convergence-252x300.png" alt="" title="convergence" width="140" class="alignright" /></a>I&#8217;ve been on a few panels before (and moderated one) and I have to say the talented people I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of speaking with just make it that much more exciting, informative, and entertaining. </p> <p>This time is no different and I&#8217;m almost about to go into <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105793/">Wayne and Garth</a> &#8220;I&#8217;m not worthy&#8221; mode seeing as how I&#8217;ll have <a href="http://mynameiskate.ca">Kate Trgovac</a> on one side of my, and <a href="http://darrenbarefoot.com">Darren Barefoot</a> on the other. </p> <p>I haven&#8217;t had much time to interact personally with Kate but she was with me on the <a href="www.miss604.com/2008/01/test-the-nation-trip-nerds-on-top.html">victorious Team Blogger</a> for CBC&#8217;s Test the Nation, she presented at the <a href="http://www.miss604.com/category/nv08">Northern Voice</a> dinner, and most recently I saw her on a panel at <a href="http://www.miss604.com/category/bridging-media">Bridging Media</a>.</p> <p>Darren on the other hand is half of the world-traveling <a href="http://capulet.com">Capulet Communications</a> marketing power duo who recently hooked <a href="www.miss604.com/2007/11/the-brother-printer-test-drive-begins.html ">John and I up with a Brother Printer</a> and as a result, our faces were printed in the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/miss604/2344058744/">Wall Street Journal</a>. Capulet is also responsible for the super handy &#8220;Getting to First Base: Social Media Marketing Playbook&#8221;, which is an e-book for purchase at <a href="http://SocialMediaReady.com">SocialMediaReady.com</a>.</p> <div class="caption-centered"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/raincitystudios/401342872/"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/401342872_1aab25b746.jpg?v=0" class="caption"></a><br />Photo credit: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/raincitystudios/401342872/">Robert Scales</a> on Flickr</div> <p>Our panel will be moderated by Darren Roberts of <a href="http://www.optimumwest.com/index.php">Optimum Public Relations</a> and we&#8217;ll be discussing <a href="http://www.cossetteconvergence.com/event-schedule/#blogger">blogger relations</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Influencers have grown beyond just traditional media outlets to include bloggers, who reign in the online space and who can drastically affect perceptions about your brand, your campaigns and/or any other aspect of your company operations. Are you listening? If so, are you talking back? In the very least, you should be working to tell your side of the story; at best, maximizing your message impact among these powerful individuals.</p></blockquote> <p>Given <a href="www.miss604.com/2008/05/matchstick-marketing-for-the-loss.html">my recent tussle with Matchstick</a> and other experiences over the years, I think all of us will be able to bring something from a blogger&#8217;s perspective and also from the professional landscape.</p> <p>Convergence 2008 is taking place on <strong>Granville Island at the Arts Club Theatre on May 22nd from 9:30am until 5:00pm</strong>. More <a href="http://www.cossetteconvergence.com/">info is available on the website</a> and you can check out the <a href="http://www.techvibes.com/blog/cossette-convergence-in-vancouver/">Techvibes </a> as well for a preview.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.miss604.com/?p=1831&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_1831" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><div class