Archive for the 'W2' Tag
Friday, July 29th, 2011
I didn’t bring my cord to upload my pictures from my iPhone but if you hustle down you still might be able to get free coffee! Apparently I was the first person to order a Cafe Mocha from the barista on duty. I see some other bloggers and W2 supporters, even saw a City Planner [...]
Posted in DTES, Vancouver |
and Tagged: Abbot, Cafe, Chinatown, Coffee, espresso, free coffee, Gastown, Hastings, Salt Spring Coffee Company, Unic, W2, W2 Media Cafe, whirlwind tour, Woodwards |
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Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Although I took the time to write an entire blog post on open source software, I realized I posed several questions, which I didn’t bother answering. They weren’t exactly rhetorical, they were examples or at least indicative of the questions I’d been asked regarding open source software in job interviews. Remember I’m still unemployed! Despite [...]
Posted in Blogging, DTES, Internet, Online Social Networks, Vancouver, Venture Capital |
and Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, Google, IBM, LinkedIn, Linux, open source, Red Hat, software, W2 |
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Last night I went to Net Tuesday‘s event. It was good and very well attended, but none of the speakers addressed how locational based services (LBS) could be used for social good. The speakers talked about how locational based services can help you find a restaurant or a cafe, plan a meeting, better enjoy a [...]
Posted in DTES, Online Social Networks, Self Marketing, Vancouver |
and Tagged: #ntvan, David Suzuki Foundation, DTES, Foursquare, Gastown, Gowalla, iPhone, LBS, Net Tuesday, Union Gospel Mission, volunteer recognition, W2, Yelp Mobile |
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
I thought of that title a couple of days ago, but saved it. Today wasn’t a particularly eventful day Olympic wise, stuff happened in the DTES, stuff always happens in the DTES. W2 did a whole bunch of stuff today, I’m sure it is all over the blogosphere, April was there. I was in the [...]
Posted in Concert Review, DTES, Internet, Music, Vancouver, Venture Capital |
and Tagged: Art, Olympics, online resources, W2, walking tour |
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
I had some troubles getting their network to work, but I’m at the now world famous Irish Heather on Carrall Street updating my blog. The big news is probably still the protests, the social media, and the lack of snow at least in the city. On the mountains I think they’ll be OK, but some [...]
Posted in DTES, Vancouver |
and Tagged: Blue Dragon, drug addiction, homeless, Irish Heather, Olympics, W2 |
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