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Northern Voice 2009

I’m slowly recovering from the whirlwind that was Northern Voice this year (I’m one of the organisers). All our hard work paid off, we had the usual last-minute glitches but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, to make new friends and contacts, to learn new things, to discuss issues they care about, and to have fun. [...]

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2009 02 22 Conference
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Snow and snow

We spent Christmas and a few days either side in Sakatchewan, land of -27 C days and even colder nights. But, as it turns out, little snow. Driving along Highway 1 you could see the stubble of plants sticking out of the slim white covering, giving the horizon a green-brown tinge. There was more snow [...]

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2008 12 31 General
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A Week in August

It seems that August is conference season, at least for me. More precisely, one week in August. First Balisage in Montréal (for which the online registration is closing next Friday) August 12-15, and then Vinocamp here in Vancouver, at the UBC Botanical Garden, on August 16th. I’m speaking at the former, and helping organise the [...]

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2008 07 24 Conference
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Mastering the Digital World

Yesterday I went to the student showcase at the masters of digital media program, a graduate degree in digital media put on by Vancouver’s major post-secondary institutions. Unfortunately I had to leave early, but I was impressed at what I saw. The centre is run by Dr. Gerri Sinclair, whom I’ve known for some time, [...]

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2008 03 07 Technology
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Good Support

In the online and software world, there’s “support”, and then there’s support. I’ve discovered my hosting supplier for this blog, Canadian Web Hosting, offers the real type of support. And at a decent price, too.
I run two WordPress blogs, this one and a crafting blog, and had a problem that showed up on one [...]

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2008 01 15 Technology
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Blossoming in the Sun

In a city like Vancouver in the depths of winter, when we’re so used to rain, rain, and more rain, to the extent that even the local paper prints “this is getting boring” as the weather forecast, any sun is appreciated. So today’s glorious sunshine, even though accompanied by cold frosts in the morning, was [...]

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2008 01 15 General
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