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And the winner is-Everyone. Marketwire wins Netchick’s prize and gives back to help the cause

December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Last night there was a Tazzu dinner in Yaletown where the big even of the night was going to be Tanya (Netchick) drawing the winner of her $500 cash prize for donating to her Team Diabetes run. Tanya had the lovely Monica Hamburg do the draw (since she didn’t have any entries in, unlike John [...]

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Motrin tries to reach out, but gets hand bitten off by potential customers

November 16, 2008 By 9 Comments

It’s the weekend so a large company is going to get trashed on Twitter for a social media gaff. This week’s winner is Motrin. Katja Presnal has a great summary (and the video that caused the uproar) on her blog and Mashable has a post by Sarah Evans giving some additional commentary on what went [...]

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Today is World Diabetes Day and you can help

November 13, 2008 By 2 Comments

Today is World Diabetes Day. Diabetes is something close to me. My Grandmother had it and died of the eventual complications. Buzz Bishop has an auction going at 95Crave for some cool things: [From 95Crave Auctions for World Diabetes Day | The Blog According to Buzz Bishop] And he and Tanya Davis are running a [...]

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A Rite of Passage: Had my first heart scare last night.

June 5, 2008 By 29 Comments

Before I get into the story, I will start with: I’m okay.  I didn’t have a heart attack, I was thoroughly checked out at the hospital and sent home (at 2:00 AM). And now the story… Yesterday was relatively “normal” day for me, email, twitter, RSS, etc.  But towards the end of the day, I [...]

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