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Barack Obama for Prime Minister
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on September 17, 2008.
This is one of those ideas you wished you’d come up with.
A few weeks ago Sean Kane received an invitation from some UVic professors to go to an election party. But the party’s not on October 14, when Canadians go to the polls, it’s [...]
Canadian Election Campaigns Join Web 2.0
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on September 10, 2008.
Canada goes to the polls on October 14, and while this will be a campaign once again fought with lawn signs and rhetoric, this time around Canadian politicians have discovered the internet’s social media toolbox.
The NDP, Liberals and Conservatives all have sections on their official [...]
Back to School 2.0
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on September 3, 2008.
It’s not just back to school for the kids this week. Anyone can head back and learn; if you just poke around the right places on the internet.
The web is an entire world of learning at your fingertips and as more and [...]
24hrs Blogosphere Buzz: 2008.09.03
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on September 3, 2008.
The trend to moving educational content online was pioneered by MIT in 2001 when they created something called OpenCourseWare (OCW). Currently there are lecture notes, readings, videos, and exams for more than 1,800 MIT courses online for free. More than 200 universities participate in the [...]
Vancouver Crowd Putting the Social in Social Media
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on August 27, 2008.
The new world of blogging, Twittering, Facebook etc is called social media. It’s about interacting with other people, building and sharing experiences and ideas and working together to create new ones. In this case, the medium truly is the message, and Vancouver’s social [...]
24hrs Blogosphere Buzz: 08.27.08
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on August 27, 2008.
Want to know more about these events before you dive in? Visit DotComPho.com, where videos of the lunches are cut together highlighting the best parts of the conversation along with a featured Gadget of the Week. The Vancouver Bloggers Meetup schedule can be [...]
Dream Big
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on August 20, 2008.
Dreams. We all have them.
Your dream might be Heli Hiking, or a South American Extravaganza, maybe even attending the Gold Medal Hockey Games at the 2010 Olympics.
Dawn Bowles’ dream was to get a new road bike.
24hrs Blogosphere Buzz: 2008.08.20
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on Augsut 20, 2008.
You may have heard of Brendan Baker, a local guy who was using the web to try and crowdsource $90 000 to fulfill his dream of attending Oxford for an MBA in social entrepreneurship. Instead of using a DreamBank to reach out to family [...]
Olympic Coverage From the Streets of Beijing
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on August 13, 2008.
Citizen journalism; it’s you and me with a web camera, or a cell phone and an internet connection immediately posting what we see online. When you bring citizen journalism to a place like Beijing and the Summer Olympics, things can get interesting.
NBC and the [...]
24hrs Blogosphere Buzz 2008.08.13
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on August 13, 2008.
The highlights of the Olympics will eventually make their way to YouTube on the Official YouTube Summer Games Channel with content from official partners The New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press and assorted European broadcasters. The clips come up at least 24hrs after the [...]
