by Rob Cottingham | Jun 6, 2006 | Blogging, Online Community, Vancouver
I can’t possibly say it better than Alex did at SocialSignal.com: We’re thrilled to be working with Vancity on a new online community project that will be unveiled this summer. The project will create an online community where people in the Lower Mainland... by Rob Cottingham | May 30, 2006 | Blogging, Vancouver
Yikes: the writer of one of my favourite Vancouver blogs, Sarah Marchildon, has had a bad bike crash and faces a weeks-long recovery. If you’ve been enjoying her blog as much as I have, why not drop her a line at her blog and wish her a full, speedy... by Rob Cottingham | May 26, 2006 | Everything Else
Talk to a blogger about, say, the mainstream media, and you’ll get a lot of rolling eyeballs and maybe the odd expletive. Just mention comment spam, and you’ll hear a stream of foul-mouthed invective that would peel armoured plating off a tank. I’m... by Rob Cottingham | May 10, 2006 | Online Community, Technology, Vancouver
The always interesting Nimblog is compiling a list of Vancouver-based social web/Web 2.0 companies. It’s shaping up nicely, but there’s room for a lot more. Go and add your favourite! by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2006 | Technology, Vancouver
If you’re a post-secondary student with that certain geeky something, the folks at Bryght have plans for you this summer: Vancouver students: Want to earn $US 4500 while working on Drupal Google Summer of Code projects? We’ve got free WiFi, desks for two... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 17, 2006 | Everything Else
You may have heard the old joke about an international conference on elephants, where the Canadian presentation is titled “The elephant: a federal or provincial responsibility?” Smaller animals, it seems, have been delegated to smaller jurisdictional...