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Did I mention how gorgeous the Forest Science Centre is at UBC?
The Northern Voice conference I just went to took place at the Forest Science Centre at UBC. It’s absolutely gorgeous. With all the wood and the skylight, I felt totally at home. If you have a chance to visit UBC’s campus, make sure to drop by that building. I certainly hope [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 28th, 2007 under Conferences | Comment now »Could you give up shopping for a year?
Sunday, I bought the book Not Buying it: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine at the Vancouver Airport and it was so captivating that I had it read by the time I went to bed that night. Even reading it during the dull parts watching the Oscars.
Do you think you could give up [...]
One third of all blog postings are “private”
According to the keynote speaker at Northern Voice, Anil Dash of LiveJournal, TypePad, Movable Type, Vox, and Six Apart; approximately one third of all blog posts are private. Reasons for privacy include the writer only set-up the blog to share things between family and friends, concerns over the repercussions over what they are posting, [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 26th, 2007 under Conferences, Laurie speaks! | Comment now »The Blogging Conference was full of the most charismatic people I’ve ever met… at a conference!
Who knew? Bloggers, at least those that would go to a blogging conference, are very charismatic people! I mean really charismatic! I can’t remember EVER going to a conference where literally everyone wanted to talk to everyone else. It was so cool. I’m so glad I went, it was a [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 26th, 2007 under Conferences | Comment now »This country bumpkins not taking her laptop with her to go to a blogging conference
Judge or laugh all you want, I’m not taking my laptop to go to the blogging conference. If the security at the airport wasn’t bad enough, I’ll be taking public transit in one of the biggest city in Canada. I know I’m not the only Northerner that goes into culture shock every time [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 22nd, 2007 under Conferences | Comment now »Blogging can be a cyclical event
As soon as I check into the hotel tomorrow night, I’m meeting with the group that we’re putting on a panel discussion at the BC Library Conference in a supper meeting. So, while I may be going down for one conference, I’ll also be slipping in some time to work on another. Interestingly, [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 21st, 2007 under Conferences | Comment now »The first thing I can’t wait to do in Vancouver…
… is order a salad WITHOUT wilted lettuce and tomatoes that taste like cardboard. It’s that time of year where the fresh food never seems good. One of my friends calls eating a salad mid-winter; eating compost. You know how they ship bananas green? Well, picture them going straight to black, [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 21st, 2007 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »When do you think we’ll start seeing consignment shops for techie stuff?
After all, look at all the consignment shops for clothes, furniture, and sports gear; items which make up a very large proportion of annual household expenditure. People are motivated to use these places to earn money to fuel future purchases, not to mention be environmentally friendly. There are also shops to sell music [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 20th, 2007 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »Moderating comments has become interesting…
It’s not just… well, you know, pr0n spam postings… now there are political spam postings. Of course, I’m deleting them. They’re not even about Canadian politics. But this new phenomenon is very interesting, huh? I wonder what new trend is happening here that I just can’t see the picture just yet… [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 19th, 2007 under Other | Comment now »Great introduction to Graphic Novels
I’m not sure who recommended that our library buy Create Your Own Graphic Novel Using Digital Techniques by Mike Chinn and Chris McLoughlin, but they did a good thing! This book is the best introduction I’ve seen to graphic novels. As I was reading it and drafting this posting in my head, I [...]
Posted by Laurie on February 19th, 2007 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »Search:
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