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Rebecca Bollwitt shining example of using social media for the good of others

by Tris Hussey on December 8, 2008 · 2 comments

in 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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Third Tuesday Vancouver: Rebecca Bollwitt Building Your Personal Brand

by Tris Hussey on November 18, 2008 · 6 comments

in Blogging, Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Tonight in Vancouver we had our monthly Third Tuesday Meetup with tonight’s speaker none other than Rebecca “Miss604″ Bollwitt.
Rebecca, for those who don’t know her, is not only a brilliant and savvy tech-social media mavens, but one of Vancouver’s most recognized and well-known bloggers.
The question then is how did she do it? It was a combination of hard work and talent, of course. I live-blogged the session with CoverItLive and you can watch the replay below or the scrollable version farther down the page.

Rebecca has the links to the sites [...]

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Blogging’s death knell only rung by those of limited vision

by Tris Hussey on October 27, 2008 · 1 comment

in Blogging, Internet Life, RSS, Social Media, Web 2.0

All the brew-ha-ha about the death of blogging last week didn’t really surprise me much (See Mark Evans, Mathew Ingram, Wired and Tish Grier). I had a post percolating in my head about the whole issue, but it wasn’t until Rebecca’s post today that it all clicked together for me:
I think blogging is changing; it’s evolving into something much bigger, allowing for more applications and tools to emerge in the online realm. It’s changing the conversation and allowing for more of a two-way street; you and your audience, wired [...]

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Ideas On Tap Tonight in Yaletown: Giving Vancouver Tech a Boost With Beer

by Tris Hussey on October 16, 2008 · 0 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

One of my favourite things about the Vancouver tech community is, well, the community. One of the main reasons I decided to throw caution, and a job, to the wind and stay in B.C. instead of moving to Toronto was the community and circle of friends I have here.
So true to Vancouver form, after chatting with Raul this morning (and confusing him with a bad pun), he let me know about tonight’s Ideas On Tap event tonight in Yaletown (W00t! Walking distance!).
The event is free, and open to all [...]

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