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HappyFrog at the Vancouver Health & Wellness Show

by Tris Hussey on October 25, 2008 · 3 comments

in Citizen Journalism, Social Media, Web 2.0

Before I wander to the VPL for Media Democracy Day, I’ve swung over to the Vancouver Health & Wellness show, courtesy of Dave Olson. Why pray tell? Well the scads of folks offering massages might be enough or the samples of healthy stuff—lord knows I need healthy stuff in my life—but really I’m here to give HappyFrog.ca some love.
HappyFrog is a Vancouver-based social network for Green living and promoting Green companies—it’s not easy bein’ Green ya know—the idea being that we the consumer should play an active role [...]

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Treatise on social media and social networking: Why social media is BS, but will work anyway.

by Tris Hussey on July 24, 2008 · 7 comments

in Social Media, Web 2.0

I’ve reached a point recently where I’ve been forced to reflect on just what it is I do. What is my value to society and the world? What is it about me that makes me a "contributing member of society"?
Looking at what I’ve been doing for the last 3-4 years or so you could, perhaps should, have drawn the conclusion that I’m "into" social media.
That is true after a fashion, but I think it goes well beyond that. I’ve been spending the past, oh, 20 plus years working [...]

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