Monthly Archives: June 2009

Social Media – How do we use it?

In my previous post, I ended off with a TED talk from Clay Shirky. Clay asks, “How can we make the best use of this technology?” at the end of his talk. It’s a good question, and one that needs to be reviewed a bit more. Right now, there’s a lot of noise out there. [...]

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Social Media on TED

TED is one of my favourite resources for inspiration and education. After watching a couple talks on social media, I decided to put together a small collection of these talks. I have to start with Evan William’s talk on Twitter: He talks about how Twitter evolved, and how they realized just how useful it was [...]

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One Minute Manners: Greetings Mr.. Mrs..?

Every once in a while, you may find yourself stuck in an odd situation where you don’t know how to respond. These One Minute Manner posts are designed to help you out of those awkward moments! Today’s lesson: Androgynous names and how to address them when writing formal correspondence. The Situation: I’ve been busy job [...]

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Gift Wrap, Voodoo Style

This was a gift that I’d wrapped for a birthday girl on Wednesday. We went to Abigal’s Party in Vancouver (1st and Yew) to celebrate her “not yet 30″ birthday and had a blast. As I am a starving college student, I needed to be creative with how I wrapped it. The voodoo doll was [...]

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Online Banking & Lessons Learned

Against my better judgement, I divulged that most of my accounts were at TD Canada Trust on twitter today. I didn’t say where my home branch was, but if you’re following me on Twitter, it’s pretty easy to figure out what city I live in, etc. The reason I divulged this information was because of [...]

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