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A step closer to being faculty-Teaching WordPress Intensive at BCIT

by Tris Hussey on July 28, 2009 · 0 comments

in Random Bits, Social Media, Talks

As many of you all know I love to teach and give talks. It’s in my blood to teach (both my parents did) and is something that gives me great personal satisfaction. So when I got a call last week from BCIT asking if I knew of someone who could teach 4 all-day classes on WordPress my answer was: “Yeah, me.”
I’ve been trying (badly) to keep this under wraps since then, but it’s official now–starting Friday morning and for the next two Fridays (I’m out of town for the last [...]

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The eclectic Vancouver Police Museum wins the Sponsor a Museum support

by Tris Hussey on June 9, 2009 · 1 comment

in Social Media

You know any museum that not only has a confiscated Klingon knife, but a GPS database of all the former brothels, gambling houses, and illegal saloons of Vancouver’s past is pretty cool.
Turns out that Victoria’s Zero One Design thinks so too because they are giving the museum help to take their technology to the next level. Chris Mathieson, who is both my friend and Exec. Dir. of the museum, is understandably excited about this whole thing. Given that the museum is already pretty tech savvy, I’m expecting something really cool [...]

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Vancouver Rocks the Canadian Social Media Influencer list

by Tris Hussey on December 17, 2008 · 2 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media

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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Congrats to all of the winners of The Best of 604

by Tris Hussey on December 12, 2008 · 5 comments

in Blogging, Social Media

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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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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Vote in the Best of 604, or at least come to the party

by Tris Hussey on December 3, 2008 · 0 comments

in Blogging, Social Media

About an hour ago Rebecca announced that voting was now open for the Best of 604 awards — Metro Vancouver Web Awards | Best of 604.
I’m nominated in the Best Personal Blog and best Sci-Tech blog categories, of course my friends are nominated in all the categories!
I’d love it if you’d vote for me, but with all the great blogs to choose from, no matter who you pick, you’re picking one of the best around.
The real fun will be next week on the 11th when we have the Best of [...]

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Is Victoria too humble to rocket to the top of tech?

by Tris Hussey on November 23, 2008 · 4 comments

in Internet Life, Social Media, Web 2.0

Believe it our not, Victoria’s number one industry is tech. Yes, tech…
In the week after Labor Day I chatted with a couple visiting from Baltimore. They were in Victoria for just one night, having planned their trip according to the boilerplate stuff peddled by our tourism industry (that Victoria is a “quaint” and “British” town). Now that they had arrived, however, they realized there was a lot more to see (but their vacation plans were already set: Whistler next, and then a wedding in Vancouver, with no way to book [...]

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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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Tweet, tweet irony in Vancouver’s mayoral race

by Tris Hussey on November 10, 2008 · 3 comments

in Citizen Journalism, Social Media

Fresh on the heels of what could be argued as the first President that social media elected came a social media gaff in Vancouver’s mayoral race.
The story broke in the Vancouver Sun and was tweeted and blogged by many local digerati including Colleen of BuzzNetworker:
The lessons to take out of this? Register your name and your company name in all of the social marketing sites right away. Not owning your own name could come with serious consequences. And, if you’re trying to get people to choose you over another option, [...]

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Media Democracy Day Panels: Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination & The Battle for New Media and Open Communication

by Tris Hussey on October 25, 2008 · 9 comments

in Citizen Journalism, Photography, Social Media, Web 2.0

I had a great time today at Media Democracy Day. I didn’t get there until after lunch time, but I managed to catch a couple panels and live tweeted them.
First was:
Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination
In much of the traditional media, newsrooms are being squeezed, local coverage diminished, and serious journalism abandoned. What does this mean for journalists and journalism as a whole? What are the challenges and opportunities? Could this void be filled by independent reporters and innovative journalism projects? In a media system dominated by [...]

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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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