WordCamp Whistler is a go for 2009!
January 24th and 25th in Whistler a meeting of WordPress minds will meet up in Whistler, BC. The keynote speaker for the event will be Blogging Evangelist Lorelle VanFossen.
If you’re in the Vancouver-Whistler area, or can plan to be here the $35 entry fee is a great price [...]
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I just got back from the BarCamp Vancouver 2008 networking party. This is the meet & greet prior to the actual unconference which takes place tomorrow down at Granville Island.
It was great to see a few familiar faces like Rebecca and Raul.
I also got to meet some of the folks who I’d only known online. [...]
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For those of you who haven’t been following recent security news, there’s been a major defect found in the DNS protocol which has led to a series of patches for all forms of DNS servers. Though the issue doesn’t affect most peoples’ home computers, it does affect pretty much every ISP on the planet as [...]
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This Saturday marks a major milestone for the city of Vancouver. Well, perhaps not for the city, but definitely for the mac-geeks in the region. This Saturday is the long-awaited opening of an Apple store west of Toronto.
Photo Credit: xtianyves on Flickr
I’m not the only excited local blogger. See some posts today from DuaneStory and [...]
As I promised in last night’s post, I’m using Boston’s free Wi-Fi network to drop a quick email to the Mayors of both Burnaby and Vancouver. The gist: Free Wi-Fi in urban centres is a great thing. I decided to include a copy of the email on the blog for anyone who might be interested.
Good [...]
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