Because we’ve started to hit hard economic times and Vancouver’s recent cold snap, now more than ever we need to been as generous as we can.
When I walk through the DTES it’s easy to see people in need. It’s easy to understand the need for food banks and hampers, but what about the not so easy to see? What about people who you can’t see? What about people you think are okay and aren’t?
What about people like me?
Yes, me.
No, not this year. Last year.
Last year was a very, very bad [...]
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Wow. Digg bleeding cash, ad revenues tanking, everyone want stuff for free–is there a smart, safe, and sane business model for the web?
The same cannot be said of Digg, a site conceived by television host Kevin Rose as a replacement for the editors who pick headlines for readers. On Digg, readers vote headlines up by “digging” them, or down by “burying” them.
For now, Digg is safe, insulated from the marketplace as a well-funded private company. But if Adelson no longer plans to sell the company, he will have to take [...]
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advertising,
business models,
Web 2.0
It’s been quite a good week here in Vancouver. We’re getting a lot of attention for our social media, marketing, and snowball fighting skills.
Invesp Consulting released their Top 100 Marketers of 2008 list and Vancouver can be proud to claim at least two folks on the list:
14. John Chow
In April 1999, John started a little technology site call The TechZone. That site has grown to become one of the largest hardware tech sites on the net. Currently the site has over 10,000 pages and gets over 200,000 page views per [...]
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Social Media,
Top Marketers 2008,
Web 2.0
Remember when the web was young and we were all really trusting of usernames and IDs? I remember being on a woodworkers email list or news group and someone had the name/ID “Norm Abrams”. People were all excited to think they were getting email from Norm of New Yankee Workshop. Yeah, well it wasn’t him.
Things haven’t really changed have they? When someone has the ID “trishussey” you expect it to be me, right? The thing is that it isn’t always, especially where celebrities and brands are involved.
Gillian Shaw of the [...]
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identity,
reputation management,
Social Media,
twitter,
Web 2.0
We shouldn’t be surprised that after seeing the list of nominees for most influential women in Canadian social media that when the guy’s list came out it would be stacked with a lot of Vancouver (and environs) folks on the list…
Boris Mann bmannconsulting.com
Darren Barefoot http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/
Jon Husband http://blog.wirearchy.com/
Jordan Behan jordanbehan.com
Kris Krug kriskrug.com
Leonard Brody http://www.nowpublic.com/leonard_brody
Rob Cottingham http://www.robcottingham.ca
Tod Maffin http://www.todmaffin.com/blog
[From Vote: Who Is Canada’s Most Influential Man In Social Media? | Profectio]
Congrats to all the nominees! All the guys [...]
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Social Media,
Vancouver,
Vancouver tech
Last night we had the first of what I know will be many Best of 604 galas. It is safe to say if you are involved in social media, in town, and not sick you were there at The Cellar last night.
The winners from last night were the cream of the crop, but honestly the big winners are all of us.
Honestly.
The community came together and had a blast. The hum of conversation was constant. I think I heard “Oh! You’re… Great to finally meet you in person…” hundreds of times [...]
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Best of 604,
Blogging,
Social Media,
Vancouver,
Vancouver tech
Memelabs and BC Children’s Hospital have teamed up to add a little fun into next year’s (it is almost next you know) Chip’s Not Dead Yet Memorial Race. Fun? What is fun about running for a mile up hill? Well if you’re doing it as a superhero or in your undies that might be fun right?
Maybe this video will explain it better:
And there is even a contest here. Record a quick video of what you think will be the hottest group of characters to run (they group them I gather) [...]
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chipsnotdeadyet,
Memelabs,
Social Media
Growing up my parents instilled in me a sense of responsibility to give back to the community. It was expected that we would use our talents and gifts for the greater good. It should be no surprise that my father worked his whole life helping veterans paralysed in war and taught at medical schools, my mother (a nurse) taught sex ed in the public schools, one sister works with refugee claimants within Homeland Security, the other sister (also a nurse like mom) works with kids at NYU, my brother and [...]
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Miss604,
Rebecca Bollwitt,
social change,
Social Media,
social responsibility,
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Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. If you are interested in having Tris speak, teach, lead a workshop or consult for you, feel free to email tris [at] trishussey [dot] com.
