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 [...]
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WordCamp Whistler 2009 Details Released
December 10th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: Community · conference · event · lorelle · Open Source · unconference · vancouver · Web 2.0 · whistler · wordcamp · wordcamp whistler · wordcamp whistler 2009 · wordpress
BarCamp Vancouver 2008 Party
September 27th, 2008 2 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Blogging · Community · Geek Projects · Geeky · Internet · Web 2.0
Waxing Poetic on the DNS Incident
August 22nd, 2008 1 Comment
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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Vancouver Apple Store Opening May 24th – 10:00am
May 20th, 2008 3 Comments
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 [...]
Emailing the Mayors from Boston’s Free Wi-Fi
May 12th, 2008 2 Comments
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. [...]
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