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Looking for a Cool Canada Lovefest? Watch Hockey or Closing Ceremonies for Free at Rio Theatre Tonight
Olympics
Jonathan Hanley
Feb 27th, 2010
Watching hockey at the RIO Theatre off Commercial Drive was a fun and free alternative to going to a pub.
W2 Culture + Media House Holds Conference on Olympics and Social Media
Olympics
Jonathan Hanley
Feb 24th, 2010
Exciting, inspiring, and educational conference on the Olympics and Social media. The keynote speech by Andy Miah provided a very informing presentation on the historical growth of the Olympics from...
Creating the People's History of 2010: Accredit Yourself and Start Reporting, Partying, and Schmoozing with the World
Olympics
Dave Olson
Jan 30th, 2010
Interested in crowd-sourced media's role in the Olympics? This dossier contains the evolving history of grassroots coverage from past Olympics plus tips and tactics for documenting civics, arts...
Why We Can't Be Friends
MegaBytes
Terry Lavender
Jan 25th, 2010
Sorry, if you're not my real-life friend, you can't be my Facebook friend.
Why Tweet? I'll Tell You How to Make Use of This Fun and Powerful Tool
Techplanations
Tris Hussey
Jan 18th, 2010
When Twitter started out, even geeks didn't know what to do with it. When I first tried using it in January 2007, I didn't see the point. Then came the SXSW music, film, and interactive...
Not Waving But Drowning
MegaBytes
Terry Lavender
Dec 18th, 2009
A woman tweets while her son drowns in a swimming pool, but I'm not going to judge her.
Employers Want Social Media Butterflies Like TheBigWild.Org's Theodora Lamb
City
Meghan Strain
Oct 19th, 2009
As some companies have begun to crack down on employees using "company time" to update their Facebook status, post their latest Flickr album, or Tweet the most recent office drama, other employers...
Kicking up a Stink about B.C.'s Provincial Budget Cuts with Social Media Mavin Rebecca Coleman
Just Between Us
Alfred DePew
Oct 15th, 2009
Theatre publicist and social media mavin, Rebecca Coleman discusses the Provincial Budget cuts and how she got to a place where she could help do something about it.