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February 2006 - Posts
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I recently saw Brokeback Mountain and although it has had many positive reviews, I have a hard time agreeing with their views. The story is "based on the E. Annie Proulx story about a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their Read More
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Last Saturday, I went to see STOMP at the Jubilee Auditorium with Sharon, Annie and May and it was quite an interesting experience! Unlike other bands, STOMP is a band that uses anything to everything from brooms, bags, water bottles to sinks to make Read More
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In the past week, we made our business plan presentation at Venture Prize and the Wes Nicol competition. Other than having to talk very fast (our presentation was packed) and mispronouncing the word savvy, the presentation went smoothly. The results for Read More
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It all comes down to tomorrow when we make our presentation for the VenturePrize judges. On Saturday, we will be doing a presentation for the Wes Nicol National Business Plan competition. It has been a long week but think it will pay off... Read More
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Just days following the announcement of our acceptance as semi-finalists in VenturePrize, Paramagnus Developments Inc. has also been selected as a Wes Nicol finalist. From the website:
The Wes Nicol Entrepreneurial Award is a national competition designed Read More
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If there was an Olympic category for couch monging, I would definitely win gold. I don't know whats worse with a flu - freezing until you cramp or coughing your lungs out. Luckily, I didn't have to experience both at the sametime. I'm going to stay home Read More
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About time Congress spoke up against Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Cisco's actions in China. I particularly like Cisco's claim of innocence:
Cisco people argued that since it sells the same routers to China that it sells around the world, it isn't to Read More
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In Part II of the State of the Blogosphere, David Sifry focuses more on the growing trend of the blogosphere as media.
Mainstream media like New York Times, Washington Post, CNN continue to dominate the most linked category with 40,000 to 60,000 links Read More
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After working for months on our business plan, Mack and I are happy to announce that Paramagnus Developments Inc. has been accepted as a VenturePrize semi-finalists, contending for total prizes over $156,000. There are a total of 35 business plans this Read More
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Western Standard, an Alberta-based political magazine, decided to publish the offensive Muhammad cartoons citing that Western media has been pushed into fear. From CBC:
"I'm doing something completely normal. I'm publishing the centre of a controversy. Read More
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NorthernVoice ended two days ago so this post comes a little late. This is my first time attending NorthernVoice and I found it quite enjoyable. The event was well planned with little time wasted and the speakers were excellent, covering a wide range Read More
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The greatest thing I found about travelling is that what happens there stays there.
UPDATE: The price already includes a 15% gratuity.
UPDATE 2: There is a 15% gratuity because we came in a group of 15 (though we split into booths). What I really Read More
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On another topic related to education, here's a site where students use the internet to help obtain an education. The goal behind HelpAStudent is to raise $1 million that will be given to students in need. Students create a profile and write an elevator Read More
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Following lunch at Quiznos, Megan and I attended the session "Blogging in Education". The first two speakers, Daniel Mosquin and Dave Smulders from UBC and BCIT respectively, talked about their experience using blogs in an institutional setting. The third Read More
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I wanted to goto both presentations offerred during this time slot but in the end decided on Music 2.0 where Colin Brumelle discussed how technology is changing the music industry. I chose this presentation mostly because I wanted to know what the future Read More
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For more information. click here.Fixing Megan's computer. Read More
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Following Julie's keynote, Tim Bray interviews Technorati founder and CEO David Sifry to discuss the state of the blogosphere. He spent much of the beginning discussing his recent post on the statistics of the blogosphere. Some of the highlights are: Read More
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Conferences at 8 am are definitely too early. We didn't wake up at the time we wanted to but we made it just in time to catch the opening remarks. Although we had to skip breakfast, Megan did run to Starbucks and got me wild sweet orange tea which tastes Read More
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Following the evening BBQ (yes, in winter) at Stanley Park, we walked about 3 km back to our hotel before heading off to watch Curious George. If there is such thing as a perfect kid movie, Curious George would probably be it. Curious George is unbelievably Read More
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Robert Scoble and Chris presented to us is a "two days old" Windows Vista build.
Robert said Halo 2 is released on PC only for Windows Vista because it performs better. As evidence, Robert showed us a demo where they played music on Windows XP and Read More
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In this presentation, David Sifry gave a short lecture about what he thinks makes a good entrepreneur and leader. He then asked how many people in the room are entrepreneurs and seeing more than half of the people were entrepreneurs, he decided to just Read More
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Like I told Mack, taking out my camera now is like taking out my cell phone in any situation. I've learned some things here about cameras but for the most part, the discussions were over my head. I definitely need a digital SLR. I've also learned that Read More
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Robert Sanzalone's session on Podcasting and Video Blogging is all about how easy it really is. His company, Pacific IT, is all about teaching companies how to podcast and video blog.
Actual toys you need to do it cost nothing. These tools include Audacity Read More
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Ma.gnolia is a new startup company consisting of four people (or girls) for social bookmarking. The first thing I thought was this is a del.icio.us knock off but the easiest way to describe their company is that they are like the Flickr for social bookmarking. Read More
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Today begins day 1 of Northern Voice, better known as Moose Camp where anyone can sign up to present a topic. Registration began at 8 am though we (Mack, Megan and I) opted to skip the morning rush by sleeping in a few more hours. The first session we Read More
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In Vancouver with Mack and Megan for the Northern Voice conference. Should be good! Read More
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Chinese New Year celebrations in Edmonton normally gets bigger and better every year but the past two years have definitely shown a decline. At its peak, the celebration was held at the Northlands Agricom, packed with vendors, performers and people. Last Read More
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