tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21274626952878888732024-02-20T16:42:36.984-08:00The Network Hub - Vancouver office space rentalThe Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-33254285513036161002011-07-28T18:43:00.001-07:002011-07-28T18:43:50.808-07:00Our mailbox rental is cheaper than PO box<div class='posterous_autopost'><p style="margin-top: .05pt; margin-right: .9pt; margin-bottom: 4.75pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Our mailbox rental is a greater alternative to the regular PO box rental. A lot of the times, post office boxes only receive letters. If you have parcels sent to PO boxes, they usually charge you for storage and the size of it. With our service, we’re able to receive parcels of any size (as long as they fit through our doors) and letters without cost. You don’t have to wait in line to pick up your oversized packages or letters.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: .05pt; margin-right: .9pt; margin-bottom: 4.75pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">And then there are always the unexpected customs and duty fees. Parcels with any customs or duty fees are always left uncertain at PO boxes – will they be received or paid for? <span> </span>Overweight packages are not received by PO boxes either. Not to worry, we pay for this when it arrives and invoice you. This way, you are not losing any business or any important shipments that end up costing you more money. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: .05pt; margin-right: .9pt; margin-bottom: 4.75pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">With our packages, you have the option of having your mail forwarded to you at a very low cost. For longer sign up terms, you receive a higher discount.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/our-mailbox-rental-is-cheaper-than-po-box">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-3400106835803027072011-07-28T18:20:00.001-07:002011-07-28T18:20:18.783-07:00Why we're better than a PO box (tag: PO box vancouver, mailbox rental vancouver, mail forwarding)<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Here at <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca" target="_blank">The Network Hub</a>, we provide a wide range of services that cater to small business and entrepreneurs; from phone answering service to temporary and short-term office space to meeting room rentals. One of our most popular services is our mailbox rental.</p><p><br /></p> <p>With our mailbox rental, you are given a real street address, not a PO box. This means you can use your new business address to register and incorporate. And we’ll let you know once your official documents have arrived through our email notifications. Unlike a postal box rental, we let you know what has been received and who it is from, so you can save yourself a trip if you are checking for mail – you know exactly what you have in your mailbox.</p><p><br /></p> <p>When you publish the address on your business cards and website, clients are able to see that your business is in a commercial downtown location, not a residential area or post office. These days, everyone is using Google street view to see where you are. So, you can show them a downtown office.<span> </span></p><p><span><br /> </span></p> <p>Our mailbox rental includes reception service between 9am and 5pm on weekdays. When your potential clients or current clients come in to speak to you, they are greeted by a receptionist at our office. They’ll see offices, a meeting room and waiting area. We let you know who came in and email you with their message. Since we are actually an office, you are able to book out our meeting room to meet your clients, or rent a workstation to finish your work.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/why-were-better-than-a-po-box-tag-po-box-vanc">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-66378020022029553202011-03-24T13:25:00.001-07:002011-03-24T13:25:37.265-07:00What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…<div class='posterous_autopost'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">Let’s turn back the clock a few years… in 2006 my partners and I were all in university. John and I were both attending SFU and Jay was attending UBC. School wasn’t the only thing on our mind, we were also juggling clients from our web company – building databases and designing network infrastructure between classes was normal since we’ve been doing it since high school. Between coding/designing/managing/school we were desperate to connect with other people who can understand our struggles and can celebrate our successes with us.</span><br /> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The three of us had a vision to make a space that is a fraternity house for people who work for themselves but not by themselves. We scraped together all our savings, took on extra projects and worked part-time jobs on top of school work to make The Network Hub happen because there was no IFs or BUTs, it HAS to be done. Whether it was coming to the space after school to help the contractor in order to speed up construction or staying late to paint or sleeping on the floor because we were too exhausted to go home because school was about to start again, we did whatever it took to get the job done.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> This is how it all began… the before pictures and then the in-progress pictures!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Before Picture" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/343687702_0a026400a8_b-2.jpg" height="614" alt="343687702 0a026400a8 b 2 What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Before Picture" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/343687706_3feac5e722_b.jpg" height="614" alt="343687706 3feac5e722 b What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Before Picture" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/343687698_09f870d0cc_b.jpg" height="614" alt="343687698 09f870d0cc b What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> WHAT WE LOOK LIKE TODAY!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Coworking Vancouver" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/about-1024x755.jpg" height="604" alt="about 1024x755 What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Coworking Vancouver" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/4651681363_b656a97fd5_b.jpg" height="546" alt="4651681363 b656a97fd5 b What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver//goto/http://www.jeremylim.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Picture by talented Jeremy Lim for Freelance Camp 2010</a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Coworking Vancouver" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/4651679037_ae74c7df7d_b.jpg" height="546" alt="4651679037 ae74c7df7d b What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver//goto/http://www.jeremylim.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Picture by talented Jeremy Lim for Freelance Camp 2010</a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="The Network Hub - Coworking Vancouver" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/4655030232_2158f5bc9c_b.jpg" height="546" alt="4655030232 2158f5bc9c b What The Network Hub looked like in 2006…" style="margin-top: 0.5em; 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padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver//goto/http://www.nickytu.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Picture by talented Nicky Tu for Freelance Camp 2010</a></span></span></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/what-the-network-hub-looked-like-in-2006">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-63996223604363878072011-03-03T12:08:00.001-08:002011-03-03T12:08:26.059-08:00So you got high Klout score… so what<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="imagesCAH2YXH3" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/imagesCAH2YXH3-150x150.jpg" height="150" alt="imagesCAH2YXH3 150x150 So you got high Klout score... so what" width="150" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" />With the emergence of social media “experts” popping everywhere and some are aggressively flaunting their Klout scores to intimidate their potential clients and friends, I feel the need to do a breakdown of how this works.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Here is a little bit of a preamble, I appreciate Klout and I have advised some of my friends to use Klout as one of MANY tools out there to analyze how they are doing on Twitter. It is a good tool if you genuinely are interested in authentic engagement but Klout isn’t perfect, nothing is. If you really want to, you can game Klout to get a high score.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Here is how you game Klout:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 1) Engage with people who have high Klout scores, people like @<a href="http://twitter.com/hummingbird604" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">hummingbird604</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/jason_baker" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">jason_baker</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/kempedmonds" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">kempedmonds</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/vancitybuzz" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">vancitybuzz</a> and ignore people with low Klout score</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 2) Ask controversial questions or ask for RTs, for example “What do you think about #charliesheen?” or “I love iPad 2, RT if you agree.” BONUS: If you exploit trending topics and tag people, it increases your score even faster because it forces people to respond. As an example, “What do you think about #charliesheen? @<a href="http://twitter.com/hummingbird604" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">hummingbird604</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/vancitybuzz" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">vancitybuzz</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/kempedmonds" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">kempedmonds</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/jason_baker" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">jason_baker</a>”</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 3) Run contests on Twitter, pony up a few hundred bucks. Heck even 50 bucks will get people excited. “Win $50 bucks, just RT to enter”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 4) Campaign people to follow you and make them feel guilty if they don’t. BONUS: Once they follow you, you unfollow them because you score higher if you have more followers than followings</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 5) Tag everyone in your tweets so you get on their radar in order to achieve #4, for example “Nice to see you tonight @<a href="http://twitter.com/hummingbird604" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">hummingbird604</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/vancitybuzz" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">vancitybuzz</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/kempedmonds" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">kempedmonds</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/jason_baker" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">jason_baker</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/more" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">more</a> influencers”</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> You don’t have to add any particular value and still have high score because Klout relies on an algorithm that most definitely take into account of reach, amplification and network. If your “network” are people with high score – well it thinks you are somewhat of a big deal. Begging for RTs give you amplification because you are reaching other people’s network, it doesn’t take into account that you are paying for this reach with contests or because you applied social pressure by tagging people making them obligated to response. If you follow a few influencers, pressure them to follow you and engage in conversation with you then you achieve a high true reach score.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> There are people like @<a href="http://twitter.com/hummingbird604" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">hummingbird604</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/vancitybuzz" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">vancitybuzz</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/kempedmonds" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">kempedmonds</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/jason_baker" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">jason_baker</a> who have achieved high Klout scores because they genuinely engage, they care and they provide value for their followers and you can tell from their interactions on Twitter. Then there are those who game Klout to flaunt, intimidate and make other people feel inferior which is NOT the purpose of social media.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> To them I say, “You can game Klout but you can’t game people”</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/so-you-got-high-klout-score-so-what">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-35896511404122234412011-03-03T12:04:00.001-08:002011-03-03T12:04:26.934-08:00Tool Tuesdays: What time is the best time to tweet?<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> One of the big questions right now in social media is what time is the best time to tweet? There are a few ideas out there.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Guy Kawasaki mentioned in his blog post, “Looking for Mr. Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter”</p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 5px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-left-color: initial; display: inline-block;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 800;">Tip 9: Repeat your tweets.</strong> Try this experiment: take your most interesting tweets (as measured by how many people retweet them, perhaps) and post them again three times, eight to twelve hours apart. I used to think that people would complain about repeating tweets, but I’ve never had a complaint. My theory is that the volume of tweets is so high and most people check in at about the same time every day, so people don’t notice repeat tweet</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Read more: <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/11/looking-for-m-1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/11/looking-for-m-1.html</a></p> </blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Dan Zarrella, HubSpot’s social media scientist did some studies and found,</p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 5px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-left-color: initial; display: inline-block;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I noticed that retweet activity tended to peak around 4pm EST, suggesting that this might be the best time to tweet a blog post for maximum potential retweet reach.</p></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 5px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-left-color: initial; display: inline-block;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> When I looked at retweet activity over the days of the week, I saw that they peaked later in the work week, specifically on Friday.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Read more: <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/12/06/whens-the-best-time-to-publish-blog-posts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney+(ProBlogger:+Helping+Bloggers+Earn+Money)&utm_content=Google+Reader" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/12/06/whens-the-best-time-to-publish-blog-posts/</a></p> </blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> This all make sense but for social media to truly be social, I think the goal is to engage with my followers and a blanket approach is a good starting point but to really create a relationship, it has to be customized to my own followers. That’s not to say I don’t tweet on Friday at 4pm EST and repeat the good tweets so more people can see it. I believe in the Dan Zarrella’s science and Guy Kawasaki’s practical experience, I would never ignore hard evidence but I also want to make sure I understand MY own followers. In comes, Timely which is aptly name for a service whose sole function is to schedule tweets for maximum impact. It’s pretty simple when they break it down on their front page, so simple it provokes a DOH why didn’t I think of that and did that myself kind of reaction. The magic is in the simplicity of Timely.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> You add your tweets, it schedules to tweet out the tweets according to the time it thinks will produce the most impact – impact is defined as increase in retweets, mentions and followers. The science of it is it analyzes your past 199 tweets and figure out the best time slot, it learns as your following grows.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Timely" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/timely.gif" height="543" alt="timely Tool Tuesdays: What time is the best time to tweet?" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Timely does absolutely produce results it promised – there is an increase in retweet, mention and retweet per tweet. My only problem with Timely is, if it schedules consistently the same time I might miss out the opportunity to reach out to new followers to build relationships with people who operates outside of the time frame that yields the most impact. I don’t solely rely on Timely, I use it to tweet quotes mostly. I read and share all my links mostly live. Even just figuring out what time is your most optimal times to tweet is very interesting, if it’s just for the sake of knowing but I believe in knowing what times to tweet also tell you a lot about the followers that engage you.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I hope you find Timely useful, if you have used Timely let me know your experience. If you are going to start, pop back in at some point and let me know how it went.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">Note: These are tools I have used for a substantial amount of time (> 2 wks) and have found useful for me, this is not a paid post and paid is defined as money, swags, free dinner, t-shirts, pens, free coffee, gift certificate… absolutely nothing!</em></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/tool-tuesdays-what-time-is-the-best-time-to-t">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-78170251839564734442011-03-03T12:01:00.001-08:002011-03-03T12:01:45.923-08:00A Colourful Discussion on Being Green<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"><img title="A Colourful Discussion on Being Green" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/garden-300x200.jpg" height="200" alt="garden 300x200 A Colourful Discussion on Being Green" width="300" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" /></a>Last week, a diverse group of community leaders from the South Asian, Filipino and Chinese communities gathered at city hall for a roundtable discussion with the goal of making Vancouver the Greenest City in the world by 2020.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The discussion was moderated by two media professionals from the local Filipino and South Asian media – Marieton Pacheco of Balitang Vancouver Filipino TV news and Tarunnum Thind of OMNI TV. Representing the city were Deputy City Manager, Sadhu Johnston and Greenest City Planner, Lindsay Cole.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I attended the meeting as a representative of <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://tulayan.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Tulayan</a> (Bridges), a Filipino cultural group, along with my co-organizer Rafael Aquino (@<a href="http://twitter.com/ayoslang" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">ayoslang</a>) and some friends from the Filipino community, @<a href="http://twitter.com/NicoleIgnacio" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">NicoleIgnacio</a> and @<a href="http://twitter.com/LMHVancouver" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">LMHVancouver</a>.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Preet Bal and Manmeet Poonam Sandhu from Sandhog Creations Society spoke about their successful efforts in making the Vaisakhi parade greener. A model that can easily be adapted by other cultural events in Vancouver and the rest of the lower mainland.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The input from the diverse group of young and old community organizers was refreshingly frank and insightful.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> It was pointed out that the contributions of minority communities are not generally acknowledged whenever there are discussions about making Vancouver a greener city. For example, the idea of growing vegetable gardens in the backyard is already a common practice in the homes of recent immigrants. Buying in bulk, a common practice with immigrant families, helps reduce the amount of packaging waste that is thrown out. Using all parts of an animal in their dishes is a common practice in Asian cooking, a practice that makes better use of available resources and reduces waste.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> A rather glaring ommission that was pointed out is the lack of minority faces in the marketing materials printed by the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City campaign, thus neglecting the contribution of the minority communities and perpetuating the perception that these goals do not include them. It was agreed that acknowledging the contributions of the minority communities would be a good first step in bridging these communities’ efforts with the city’s Greenest City goal.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Another strong feedback from the group was that it was very important to appeal to immigrant communities on a more practical level. For example, the majority of recent immigrants are simply unable to afford higher priced organic food. As well, third world country immigrants may not be as familiar with the idea of recycling, and educating them on the practical monetary incentive of returning used bottles would be better received.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The roundtable talk felt a little short given the amount of issues and ideas that were being discussed, but I also came away hopeful knowing that everyone involved will bring back the same idea to their respective groups – that together, we can accomplish more by working towards the same goal.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tX-CjkfBKUs&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tX-CjkfBKUs&hl=en&fs=1" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="417" width="500"></embed></object></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> </p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/a-colourful-discussion-on-being-green">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-66884521853167989072011-03-03T11:55:00.001-08:002011-03-03T11:55:08.204-08:00Events in Vancouver: Fashion’s Night OUT<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Fashion's Night OUT" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/03/logo.gif" height="91" alt="logo Events in Vancouver: Fashion’s Night OUT" width="116" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; float: left;" />It’s cold, it’s rainy and it feels better to be hiding under a blanket at home than to be outside BUT there is an event worth getting OUT for! Fashion’s Night OUT is presented by The Bay at White Space in V Lounge on March 8. It indeed it will be a night to remember with cocktail reception, silent auction, live DJ and gift bags with a fashion show presented by The Bay.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The wonderful thing about this event is that 100% of the proceeds will go to <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://outinschools.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Out in School</a>. Out in Schools is an amazing organization that facilitate discussions with youth on bullying, homophobia and stereotypes. Vancouver is a tolerant city that embraces diversities but with the recent incidents of gay bashing and violence, there is much we need to do through education of our youths about tolerance.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Watch this video from Ellen DeGeneres about tragic suicides among gay teenagers due to bullying <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_B-hVWQnjjM&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_B-hVWQnjjM&hl=en&fs=1" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="417" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> </p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 5px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-left-color: initial; display: inline-block;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> “These kids needed us. We have an obligation to change this. There are messages everywhere that validate this kind of bullying and taunting and we have to make it stop. We can’t let intolerance and ignorance take another kid’s life.”</p> </blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Ellen DeGeneres is right, these kids do NEED us and we have an OBLIGATION to make a change. Join me and others who want to stand up and says NO, we will not lose our children to intolerance and ignorance.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Grab a ticket and show your support, purchase your ticket here at <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://bit.ly/fUZOg9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">http://fnovancouver.eventbrite.com/</a></p> <br /></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/events-in-vancouver-fashions-night-out">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-18105352035865040462011-03-03T11:49:00.001-08:002011-03-03T11:49:04.740-08:00Things to do in Vancouver: When you are snowed in…<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> So it’s snowpocalypse in Vancouver, you stored away your winter gears and is weary of motorists who freak out when we get a cm of snow so what to do? Here are some suggestions:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 1. Get a blanket and curl up with that book you’ve been meaning to read but haven’t gotten around to it</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 2. Curl up in front of the TV, turn to TVtropolis or channel 48 and watch reruns of old sitcoms – instead of a blast of cold breeze to your face get a blast from the past</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 3. Dust off those old board games – Yahtzee, Scrabble, Monopoly, or whatever you have stored away in the basement or in your attic because before the iPhone apps and web version, there were these with real board and real game pieces</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 4. If you can find a toque, pair of gloves and a nice warm jacket, stroll down to your neighborhood shops, restaurants or pubs. Revisit the old neighborhood haunts you have forgotten and on a cold day like today, I’m sure they would appreciate your business</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> 5. Brew a cup of tea and plant yourself in front of a window to appreciate the winter wonderland. Admire the snow covered streets and trees, it’s a beautiful thing</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Bonus: 6. Pull up your website and blog about things to do on a snowy day <img title="Things to do in Vancouver: When you are snowed in…" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="icon biggrin Things to do in Vancouver: When you are snowed in…" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/things-to-do-in-vancouver-when-you-are-snowed">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-40345481267947514292011-03-03T11:36:00.001-08:002011-03-03T11:36:35.972-08:00Friend Friday: The Future of Social Gaming<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/thinkingape-300x221.jpg" alt="thinkingape 300x221 Friend Friday: The Future of Social Gaming" /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I first met the cofounders of A Thinking Ape – <a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Kenshi, Eric and Wilkins </a>when they first moved into The Network Hub, literally within weeks after they moved Vancouver from Silicon Valley. Unfortunately their explosive growth meant their time with us was short, they quickly outgrew our space within months of being here. Their first game “<a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://itunes.apple.com/ml/app/kingdoms-at-war/id319170675?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Kingdoms at War</a>” is consistently in the Top 10 grossing games in US. Their latest releases <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/future-combat-patriots-at-war/id381182608?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Future Combat </a>and <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://www.partyinmydorm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">Party in my Dorm</a> are receiving the same reception as Kingdoms at War.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Meeting the cofounders, you can tell they are different from a lot of other people you meet – they live and breathe the company. Their ambition is palpable, their vision is laser-focused and their drive is the same you find in people like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. I was around for their first round of hiring, the people they brought on the team are incredibly intelligent young people and they let everyone on the team have amazing creative freedom.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Within a short year, they have built an impressive team of 18 people and 3 hyper-growth iPhone games. They are far from done, in fact they are just getting started… the future of social gaming is in Vancouver.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> It is amazing to have A Thinking Ape in Vancouver, they hire local talent and ensure we keep these brains in B.C., inspiring local entrepreneurs but also putting the spotlight in Vancouver as a viable place for hyper-growth startups. For these reasons and more, you need to follow @<a href="http://twitter.com/athinkingape" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">athinkingape</a> and if you haven’t tried their game, check it out right now, they’re free to download!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Did I mention they are hiring? Did you know all new members of ATA engineering are equipped with a new Macbook Pro, an iPhone, and a high quality design notebook? They are looking to add to their team – if you are an engineer looking to join an awesome startup or a new grad looking for a cool fun place to grow in, check out their <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://www.athinkingape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">job postings</a>.</p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/friend-friday-the-future-of-social-gaming">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-82263777271759861102011-03-03T11:32:00.001-08:002011-03-03T11:32:35.098-08:00Events in Vancouver: Lean Startup Conference<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> As some of you know, my cofounders and I all come from a technical background. We use lean startup processes in our development work and we also apply it to The Network Hub. Lean startup is powered by three drivers – use of platforms enabled by open source and free software, application of agile development, customer-centric rapid iteration. A lot of people think it is for high tech only, I beg to differ. We apply the same process to The Network Hub, lean startup is available to all entrepreneurs who is planning to start their business.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I highly encourage startup entrepreneurs checking out the conference, especially entrepreneurs in high tech. You will learn why a startup successful and why another is unsuccessful.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> This video will provide very compelling reasons why you should check out Lean Startup Conference <object height="304" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="500"></object></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> If you are currently working for a startup or want to work for one and you haven’t heard of or understand lean startup – you definitely want to check out this conference. Lean Startup Conference will be taking place in Richmond on May 5-6th at Hilton Vancouver Airport.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Who should attend? Anyone who is:</p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> either working for or planning to work for a start-up</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> losing sleep because of having a brilliant idea and wanting to see it implemented</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> tasked with designing new features and wants to know how to validate ideas and business assumptions with customers</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> wanting to reduce waste and amplify learning</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> curious to know what all the excitement is about</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> There are some amazing speakers lined up for the event such as Ash Maurya, Rishi Dean, Rob Walling, Owen Rogers and Steven Jones</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> For more information, check out <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://www.agilevancouver.ca" title="Lean Startup Conference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="">www.agilevancouver.ca</a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> This was the video that began our obsession with lean startup so I hope it gets you excited and wanting to check out Lean Startup Conference: <object height="398" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="500"></object></p> <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/events-in-vancouver-lean-startup-conference">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-49817290170391372882011-03-03T11:25:00.001-08:002011-03-03T11:25:49.967-08:00Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Can I please gush about this place?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Let me set the stage, it is a Sunday night and as usual there is always people working at the office. By the time 8′clock came around, we realized well we are pretty hungry from working hard all day. We were split between Chambar and Bao Bei but after a bit of negotiation, we decided on Bao Bei. John (yes the REAL John Chow), Jaeny and Kevin (a friend from Winnipeg) left first to Bao Bei before we catch up to them. Well within a good 10 minutes, got 2 tweets that says the place is closed so we are heading to Campagnolo. Campagnolo?!? Where the heck is that and what kind of food do they serve? I somehow confused Campagnolo with some sort of social club so I had second thoughts about going but it wouldn’t be very nice to leave friends waiting so what the heck.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I drive by Main Street by Terminal more than 10 times a week to get from Commercial Drive to The Network Hub but I have never noticed Campagnolo, either that or I get incredibly distracted by its more flamboyant neighbors – Balmoral Hotel and Ivanhoe Hotel. The exterior of the restaurant is very subtle, the signage is downright polite compared to the ginormous red Ivanhoe Hotel signage I like to call a billboard. Once I opened the door, I was floored how open but yet warm and inviting the Campagnolo is. <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00048.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00048 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00049.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00049 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> While we were getting settled in, I took a quick look at their take-home menu instead of in-restaurant menu and my mouth dropped to the floor. Conde Nast Traveller Magazine named Campagnolo as one of the 50 Hottest New Restaurants in the World, Vancouver Magazine Award in 2010 named Campagnolo gold in Best New Restaurant, Silver in Best New Design and Silver in Casual Italian. Now I am excited but I’m trying to not expect too much. I’ve been to a few “award-winning” restaurants that definitely let me down.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> John was selling to us the Polderside Chicken because Polderside Farms raise their poultry in low density, stress-free environment and they are fed a natural diet of grains and vegetables. John stood behind the Polderside Chicken so strongly that half of our party ordered chicken, I ordered Linguine, Kevin ordered Slopping Hill Pork and Jaeny ordered a vegetarian pizza. I figured since half of the table got chicken, I might as well try something else and take a nib from others.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The appetizers came out first, the highlight of the appetizers was the Seared Octopus which was AMAZING!!! I couldn’t control my fork, it kept visiting my neighbor’s plate and they were nice enough to let me keep picking at the Seared Octopus I wish I had more adjectives in my food vocabulary to describe the experience but goodness, it was soooooooo good! My appetizer was a Peasant Chicken Soup and it was such a comforting and hearty soup.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00052.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00052 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00051.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00051 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I am so excited for my main course because the appetizers definitely set the tone of what is to come – oodles of deliciousness!!! And I wasn’t disappointed, the Polderside Chicken was sooo tender and so juicy at the same time. My Linguini was simple but oh my goodness probably the best Linguini I have ever had so far!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00055.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00055 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00056.gif" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"><img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00056.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00056 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I wanted more and was very curious about how amazing this place is. A lot of restaurants shine for their food and fall flat when it comes to dessert or vice versa. Of course when the waitress said they have a dessert sampler – I was sold. The appetizers were amazing, the main courses were divine but the desserts really put it over the top. In the sampler is a salted caramel dessert wrapped in waxy parchment like an old school taffy candy and let me just tell you, I had to reordered for a couple more.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00059.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00059 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110220-00060.gif" height="457" alt="IMG 20110220 00060 Places to eat in Vancouver: Campagnolo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Here is the kicker my bill after ordering: a cranberry juice, one large hearty chunky and rustic Peasant Chicken Soup, one Linguini and a generous dessert sample with a reordering of the salted caramel dessert was well under $40!!!! Seriously! I’ve paid more eating at regular chain restaurants without the same quality of service or food.</p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/places-to-eat-in-vancouver-campagnolo">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-83092538458359632322011-03-03T11:13:00.001-08:002011-03-03T11:13:44.219-08:00Tool Tuesdays: How not to forget ever again… well almost never<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Have you ever read an email or suddenly remember someone’s name but you don’t know how you know them? You search your emails but if you are like me, sometimes your emails provide more confusions than clarity, especially if your email thread is a continuation of something discussed in person. I host a monthly networking event for Vancouver Entrepreneurs with between 100-160 people attending each events on top of the numerous events I attend monthly, it is very difficult to remember every one I cross path with. But I believe very strongly in making an effort to remember people’s name, what they do, how we met, where they meet and any other information they were kind enough to share with me.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Before it was writing notes behind every one’s business cards the specifics of the meeting and whatever I think is important for me to remember about the encounter. NOW, Greplin is in my life. Greplin is my very own social search engine. No I’m serious, my very own because it is linked to my Google Apps Mail, Google Apps Calendar, Google Apps Docs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, Twitter with BaseCamp, Google Reader, Salesforce are coming soon.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Right now, Greplin has indexed about 273, 258 documents that I have produced in term of emails, status updates and calendar entry. All you have to do is type in a name, a place or bits of information that you can remember in the search bar. You can filter the information to files, places, events, messages, or narrow down to the channel of communication – gmail, facebook, linkedin, etc.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Greplin" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/greplin.gif" height="678" alt="greplin Tool Tuesdays: How not to forget ever again… well almost never" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The powerful thing about Greplin is that it also fills in the gap of information about the person, place and events with also search engine results – this is where all the search engines want to go except they can’t because we value our privacy too much to give it up. If you feel uneasy about what Greplin will do with your data – read their simplified <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/https://www.greplin.com/privacy" title="Greplin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">privacy policy</a>. I went through it and I feel very comfortable allowing Greplin to index my information but that’s me, you have to do your due diligence. It has helped me connect the dot and helped me put the best foot forward in the next meeting. I was one of the fortunate few that got to be an beta tester last year but since February 17, 2011. It is now open to everyone. Give it a try after doing your own due dilligence and I hope it will help you too!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> If you have used Greplin, let me know about your experience with it. Otherwise, leave any questions or suggestions you have in the comment section, thanks!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">Note: These are tools I have used for a substantial amount of time (> 2 wks) and have found useful for me, this is not a paid post and paid is defined as money, swags, free dinner, t-shirts, pens, free coffee, gift certificate… absolutely nothing!</em></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/tool-tuesdays-how-not-to-forget-ever-again-we">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-41905790571246174052011-03-03T10:55:00.001-08:002011-03-03T10:55:59.065-08:00Strange Findings: Breakup Notifier<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> During my late night reading, I came across the Breakup Notifier – a Facebook app that allows you to follow the friends you’re interested in who are in a relationship and an email will be sent to your email to notify you whenever there is a relationship update.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I’m guessing the big sell here is if you interesting someone, you can follow their relationship updates in hope when they update their status to single you will conveniently lend a listening ear. Kind of creepy but I’m surprise it took that long for this to come out because wasn’t it the relationship status update and profile picture that really help take Facebook to another level? Although I do wonder how long it will take for Facebook to shut them down because I am certain this surely violates the terms of use that Facebook has set out.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Facebook Breakup Notfier" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/Untitled-1.gif" height="501" alt="Untitled 1 Strange Findings: Breakup Notifier" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black;" /></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/strange-findings-breakup-notifier">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-6442210623996230922011-03-03T10:50:00.001-08:002011-03-03T10:50:00.262-08:00Things to do in Vancouver: Vancouver Flea Market<div class='posterous_autopost'><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">One of my favorite things to do on a nice sunny day is to grab a nice Chai Latte and stroll from Commercial Drive to Main Street. Somehow I usually end up at Vancouver Flea Market, I love this place because it is one of the few places you can find amazing vintage jewelery and little knick knacks. One of my goals is to reduce consumptions and reduce waste. I try my best to find knick knacks and jewelery to rework at the Flea Market before I purchase brand new.</span><br /> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Vancouver Flea Market is only open on the weekends from 9-5 and it is always packed whenever I go there. There are always amazing goodies to be had. You have to roll up your sleeves, pick through the piles of goodies and find your treasure.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Things to do Vancouver - Vancouver Flea Market" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110219-00043.jpg" height="384" alt="IMG 20110219 00043 Things to do in Vancouver: Vancouver Flea Market" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> If you are a vintage treasure hunter, this is an amazing place to be. Check out these vintage cameras! The great thing about this place is you can negotiate – don’t low ball, know when to walk away and negotiate respectfully.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Things to do Vancouver - Vancouver Flea Market" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110219-00042.jpg" height="384" alt="IMG 20110219 00042 Things to do in Vancouver: Vancouver Flea Market" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Look at the jewelery selections that can be had and reworked!!!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <img title="Things to do Vancouver - Vancouver Flea Market" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/files/2011/02/IMG-20110219-00041.jpg" height="384" alt="IMG 20110219 00041 Things to do in Vancouver: Vancouver Flea Market" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I hope you take a day over the weekend and visit Vancouver Flea Market to find goodies or if you have goodies hanging in your house, you can rent a booth for only $30 a day! There is over 30 000 square foot with 365 tables and customer count of approximately 4000 person a weekend so come on down.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://www.vancouverfleamarket.com/" title="Things to do in Vancouver - Vancouver Flea Market" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">http://www.vancouverfleamarket.com/</a></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/things-to-do-in-vancouver-vancouver-flea-mark">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-86597456377883825442011-03-03T10:41:00.001-08:002011-03-03T10:41:41.836-08:00The NOW Revolution Event<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> Unwinding the cable Jay Baer hits the stage and utters his first words of the night “This is so very Mick Jagger”. Instantly he has my attention. Let me take a step back and give you some background information. I attended The NOW Revolution event put on by Jason Baker, Teri Conrad from Red Barn Group and Kemp Edmonds, hosting Mr. Jay Baer as well as a local panel at Caprice, February 15<sup style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: top; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.66em;">th</sup>.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I have to admit; I have never read Jay’s blog or his book and honestly didn’t know who he was before the event. After you go to so many events they all tend to run together. This on the other hand was an exception! The venue Caprice Nightclub on Granville Street is great for larger speaking events, sound quality was good, visual effects were easy to see, the chairs were even comfortable. These guys knew what they were doing with the set-up! Now back to Jay.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> He was funny and witty with a very powerful message including visuals, excellent case studies and some bold quotes, for example “If you don’t love social media, you suck at social media” and “Hire for passion not for resume”. My favorite case studio is about a hotel with the most hilarious bad review. You will have to get the book for the full details.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> The part of the message that got my attention as a Public Relations specialist is that twitter is a tool and NOT a strategy, I wholeheartedly agree! He conveyed the importance of building a culture within your business and how connecting with your audience is the key to successful business practices. Stressing the importance of brand management through answering your public as well as taking accountability through apologizing and he delivered his message with clarity and humor.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I am really excited to read the book that came with our ticket that night, another really solid move by this planning committee to learn more about the NOW Revolution. It was refreshing to hear someone eloquently speak on using the tools as part of building brand awareness and sharing culture and not just pump you with scores and numbers.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> After Jay finished his portion there was a break and then the panel had a turn to add value. Kemp Edmonds did a really fantastic job of keeping his 4 panel members engaged and giving them questions that allowed them to showcase their particular skills. My two favorite tips came from Erin Gerrity “Take a step back and do an assessment of the big picture” and Shane Gibson “Social Media is not a video game”. There were questions from the audience and some good banter. All in all it was well done!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> I would recommend events planned by this committee in the future as well as taking the time to check out Jay online (which I now do) at <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/goto/http://www.convinceandconvert.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;">http://www.convinceandconvert.com/</a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/vancouver/about/2-revision-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-2917" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;"><img title="The NOW Revolution Event" src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/files/2011/02/jason-and-jay-baer-300x254.jpg" height="254" alt="jason and jay baer 300x254 The NOW Revolution Event" width="300" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" /></a></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/the-now-revolution-event">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-78177871647373595062011-01-14T10:06:00.001-08:002011-01-14T10:06:30.835-08:00Hungry Girl’s Guide: Little Ongpin<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/hungry-girls-guide-little-ongpin">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-37721349036448996592011-01-14T10:01:00.001-08:002011-01-14T10:01:45.766-08:00Tips For Planning An Event To Promote Your Brand<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/tips-for-planning-an-event-to-promote-your-br">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-9840042983423308852011-01-14T09:55:00.001-08:002011-01-14T09:55:38.934-08:00ABL’s ARTFELT AFFAIR – The Sleeper Event Of The Season!<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/abls-artfelt-affair-the-sleeper-event-of-the">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-17435368673234963362011-01-14T09:42:00.001-08:002011-01-14T09:42:12.660-08:00Recent FAQ On Our Virtual Office Services<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/recent-faq-on-our-virtual-office-services">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-31028254882669828832011-01-13T12:21:00.001-08:002011-01-13T12:21:33.490-08:00Virtual Office For Savvy Entrepreneurs<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/virtual-office-for-savvy-entrepreneurs">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-69802644580791127412010-11-29T13:20:00.001-08:002010-11-29T13:20:33.841-08:00The Order Of Importance<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> Today I was in a super gloomy mood. The reason is I broke up with my boyfriend yesterday because of his ex-girlfriend.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> To take my mind off things, I went to <a href="http://winkbeautylounge.com/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Wink Beauty Lounge</a> to attend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vancouver-BC/Wink-Beauty-Lounge/58556008021?ref=ts&v=wall#!/event.php?eid=159338630758045&index=1" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Wink Beauty Lounge Friends and Family Night</a>. Everything was so cute!!! The main colors at the shop are white and pink. Displayed were various cosmetics and jewellery! There was also finger food going around: bite-sized hamburgers, cupcakes and more! It was too pretty to eat but of course I ate it! Yummy!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Wink Beauty Lounge also gave out complimentary make-up, nail art decorations, and hair styling services. One of the hair stylist made my hair gorgeous and curly. Since Wink specializes in eyelashes, they were also applying false lashes on everyone! Of course I had to try it. After the hair and eyelashes, I felt like an actress or a princess so dolled up!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">At the end of the night, I left with bronze eye shadow and some blush. I can’t wait to use them tomorrow! The staff was very kind and energetic. Their attitude cheered me up, I almost forgot about the boyfriend!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Today I realized two important things-At first, I should not to rely on a boyfriend especially accommodation. The second, the object I’m most interested in is not boyfriend but myself!!</p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/the-order-of-importance">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-66158727401544628192010-11-29T13:15:00.001-08:002010-11-29T13:15:56.429-08:00Vancouver Street Vendors<div class='posterous_autopost'><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Have you ever wanted to try all the different street vendors in one day? Today, Minna, Yvonne and I gave ourselves a tour around downtown Vancouver to at the various street vendors. We picked some stands and headed towards the drool-worthy aroma!</span><br /> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: normal; font-size: medium;"> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(36, 28, 15); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"> <a href="http://www.liciousliving.com/main/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Licious</a></li> </ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Located on Granville at West Georgia.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> The company has its own <a href="http://www.liciousliving.com/main/about/the-philosophy" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">philosophy</a> – healthy living, liciously easy. They have other services like meal delivery and suggesting fitness and diet programs. They work closely with their nutritionists to create meals, snacks and beverages.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> At the stand, salads, sandwiches and smoothies were available. And they serve from 8am-6pm Monday to Friday! The salesperson is so energetic and it definitely rubbed off on her customers!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> We ordered the “Very Berry smoothie” ($5.09+tax). She took it straight from the fridge; already prepared (this didn’t make it seem as fresh!). It was strong in the yogurt taste and it had a berry seed texture.</p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(36, 28, 15); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"> Kimono Koi Crepe</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Located on West Georgia at Granville.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> The stands use lots of cute pink color! We ate “Tuna eggs crepe” ($6.75). It’s like a tuna egg sandwich in thin and soft wrap. Surprisingly they put seaweed on the crepe! I’ve never seen it in Japan, so this was very interesting! I liked the texture – soft with a bit of crunch from the lettuce. When you want to eat something different from a pizza or hamburger for lunch, it’s a great choice!</p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(36, 28, 15); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"> <a href="http://www.chineseskewerking.ca/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Chinese Skewer King</a></li> </ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Located on Burrard at West Hastings.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> There are 4 different types of skewers: Pork, Lamb, Tofu, Vegetables (Each $2.5). We all ordered the pork skewer with spices. After 5 minutes, it smelt delicious! It was soft but well cooked with the pork capturing all the flavours. If you come to this stand on your lunch break, watch out, the smell will have you drooling!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> They also sell toasted bread ($1.00) and combos are also available from $5.50!</p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(36, 28, 15); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"> Dim Sum Express</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Located on Howe and north of Cordova.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> We ate shrimp dumplings ($3.50, 4pcs) and “Xiao Long Bao” – pork dumplings ($3.50, 5pcs). The stand is noticeably larger than others – a big station wagon with a whole kitchen. The complimentary hot sauce is pretty intense. So, for people who can’t eat anything spicy, like Yvonne, I recommend that you stay away from it! My favourite was the “Xiao Long Bao”. When you bite into it, watch out the soup that’s inside! It’s delicious but don’t get it on yourself!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Combos were also available.</p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(36, 28, 15); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"> <a href="http://www.japadog.com/en/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Japadog</a></li> </ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> We ate Japadog at a stand in front of Waterfront station.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Do you know the last year’s top 3 japadogs? Spicy Cheese Terimayo, Oroshi, and Okonomi.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> The president,Tamura Noriki had a job in Japan and after coming to Vancouver, he launched Japadog in 2005. Now they have a store (530 Robson St) and 3 stands (Burrad and Smithe St, Burrard and Pender St, in front of Waterfront Station).</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Today we ordered “Ebichili”($ 6.75). It had a shrimp sausage that was sprinkled with baby shrimp. The baby shrimp color was so vivid, it made me even more hungry!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> We don’t have Japadog in Japan so, to me, it’s one of Vancouver’s specialties. It was so good, I wanted to try all different Japadogs!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> I love street vendor food and today I got to try different ones around Downtown Vancouver. It was like my taste buds were traveling to different countries!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> I have found a new interest. Where should I go and what should I eat next time …</p><p></p></div><p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/vancouver-street-vendors">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-26394561166920443102010-11-18T11:54:00.001-08:002010-11-18T11:54:34.207-08:00November Entrepreneur Meetup!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <strong style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15);">November 18(Thu) 7:00PM</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <strong style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15);">Location: 422 Richards Street 3rd floor Vancouver, BC V6B 2Z3 </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <strong style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/" title="The Network Hub" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">The Network Hub</a> (<a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca" target="_blank">www.thenetworkhub.ca</a>)</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Where has the year gone? We are nearing the end of 2010 and this will be the last Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup of the year! We are going out on a bang with a topic that everyone has been asking for – generating more traffic to your website! I hope to see you all at this last Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup of the year!!!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">For many years, a lot of questions have been raised about Search Engine Marketing – How do I get listed on the 1st page of Google? How can I get more targeted traffic to my website? What can I do to increase lead conversion on my website? What is this local marketing or targeted local online marketing?</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">It is all very dizzying to keep up and get going for entrepreneurs and small business owners. This month we are fortunate to have a leading expert in Search Marketing who will be giving practical tips that you can take and use right away. No lingo, no theory – just useful and practical tips that help you see the impact right away.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Search Marketing is very important for entrepreneurs – it’s an effective method for driving highly targeted visitors to your website. Without search marketing, your website and online store is buried deep in the thousands of results that a search engine produces.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">This month, our guest speaker is <a href="http://www.yaletownseo.ca/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Adrian Eden</a>. Adrian has experienced a great deal of success in increasing visibility and profitability of his clients thanks to his ability to consistently deliver exceptional results.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Adrian, borned and raised in Salmon Arm is a small town boy who moved to Vancouver after many years in Costa Rica, is the founder of <a href="http://www.yaletownseo.ca/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">YaletownSEO.ca</a> – an online search marketing company. He spent many years holding key marketing roles in Fiver Media and Riptown Media, executing results for the Bodog Brand. Right now, Adrian is one of the key people behind the Search Marketing and Social Media Strategy for Coleman Heating and Air Conditioning.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">If you want to get practical tips to increase traffic to your website, increase engagement online and more importantly, increasing your online profitability – make sure you RSVP to hear <a href="http://www.yaletownseo.ca/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">Adrian Eden</a>speak!<br /> The event is FREE but we do appreciate a bottle of wine to share with everyone.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> Sign Up!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/vancouver-entrepreneurs-startup-vancouver-office-space/calendar/15383841/?from=list&offset=0" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">http://www.meetup.com/vancouver-entrepreneurs-startup-vancouver-office-space/calendar/15383841/?from=list&offset=0</a></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/november-entrepreneur-meetup">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-91733905587111397292010-11-18T11:47:00.001-08:002010-11-18T11:47:21.096-08:00October Entrepreneur Meetup!<div class='posterous_autopost'><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/mailbox-rental/vancouver-events/october-entrepreneur-meetup-social-media-grow-business/attachment/1808237721/" rel="attachment wp-att-2730" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;"><img title="vancouver office space October Entrepreneur Meetup! " src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/files/2010/10/1808237721.jpg" height="150" alt="vancouver office space 1808237721 October Entrepreneur Meetup! " width="150" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; float: none; display: block;" /></a></span><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">October Entrepreneur Meetup! “Can social media help grow your business?”</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">On October 21, <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/" title="The Network Hub" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">The Network Hub</a> held the Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup at the office (422 Richards Street, Vancouver).</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> We had a guest speaker Yu-kai Chou and over 150 people in attendance. Yu-kai is a Serial Entrepreneur and Social Media Advisor with over 5 years of adventures in the high tech startup world. He is the Founder and CEO of Viralogy Inc., a Social Personalization and Analytics Platform for eCommerce sites. Yu-kai’s team has also run many successful social media campaigns for LG, Levi’s, Los Angeles Lakers, Activision and more.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">He spoke about the importance of social media. When he asked the audience if they were using social media, almost everyone raised their hand. Social media is one of biggest marketing tools and strategies out there. So, the audience listened carefully and asked lots of questions.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">The meetup was packed with energetic people! There were lots of different business ideas being discussed. I think new connections and resources for business were made! </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">I enjoyed meeting, chatting, and wine-ing with cheerful and dedicated people. In addition, Goldies Pizza supplied us with a few tasty pizzas and those were gone instantly! And thank you to Lonsdale Event Rentals for sponsoring us with beautiful glasses and tables!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> The Network Hub is planning a bigger meetup in early December. Don’t miss out!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/mailbox-rental/vancouver-events/october-entrepreneur-meetup-social-media-grow-business/attachment/1808453361/" rel="attachment wp-att-2729" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;"><img title="vancouver office space October Entrepreneur Meetup! " src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/files/2010/10/1808453361-150x150.jpg" height="150" alt="vancouver office space 1808453361 150x150 October Entrepreneur Meetup! " width="150" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial;" /></a><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/mailbox-rental/vancouver-events/october-entrepreneur-meetup-social-media-grow-business/attachment/1808185981/" rel="attachment wp-att-2728" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;"><img title="vancouver office space October Entrepreneur Meetup! " src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/files/2010/10/1808185981-150x150.jpg" height="150" alt="vancouver office space 1808185981 150x150 October Entrepreneur Meetup! " width="150" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial;" /></a></p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/october-entrepreneur-meetup">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127462695287888873.post-72085971655656206102010-11-18T11:38:00.001-08:002010-11-18T11:38:52.340-08:00Salmon Rush-Hour<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/mailbox-rental/uncategorized/salmon-rushhour/attachment/p1010670/" rel="attachment wp-att-2721" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;"><img title="vancouver office space Salmon rush hour " src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/files/2010/10/P1010670-150x150.jpg" height="150" alt="vancouver office space P1010670 150x150 Salmon rush hour " width="150" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; float: none; display: block;" /></a><a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/mailbox-rental/uncategorized/salmon-rushhour/attachment/p1010677/" rel="attachment wp-att-2722" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;"></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">When a salmon jumped, I unconsciously said “Go!”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> Yesterday, I went to Capilano River hatchery. The facility is operated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to protect important and rare fish species.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> After seeing the salmon exhibition and reading about the facility, I went to see the fish ladder. Amazingly, salmons jumped up the ladders against the rapid stream. The ladders were almost the same length as their body! If I were a salmon, I would need to jump about 160cm (my height). And even though they were able to get over, the next step was packed with other salmon – it was like a crowded Skytrain at rush-hour. So, lots of salmon slipped down to the previous step due to the rapid stream. The numbers of salmon going down were much more than ones going up. After all that jumping and dropping, they had injuries; I could see it in the meat. I thought to myself, if I were a salmon, “After the first jump, don’t swim to the surface. There is no space. At first, I need to take a rest and try the next ladder after recovering!”</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">I love salmon and ikura so much! However, today I witnessed a page of their life. So I won’t eat them…maybe for one week.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/mailbox-rental/uncategorized/salmon-rushhour/attachment/p1010677/" rel="attachment wp-att-2722" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;"><img title="vancouver office space Salmon rush hour " src="http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/minna/files/2010/10/P1010677-150x150.jpg" height="150" alt="vancouver office space P1010677 150x150 Salmon rush hour " width="150" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial;" /></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15);">Capilano River Hatchery</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sep-pmvs/projects-projets/capilano/capilano-eng.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15); border-bottom-width: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial;">http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sep-pmvs/projects-projets/capilano/capilano-eng.htm</a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Best Times</p><table border="0"> <tr><td>Chinook Adults</td><td>October – November</td></tr><tr><td>Coho Adults</td><td>June – November</td></tr><tr><td>Steelhead Adults</td><td> March – April</td></tr><tr><td>Coho Juveniles</td><td>All Year</td></tr><tr><td>Chinook Juveniles</td><td>March – May</td></tr></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <strong style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15);"> </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <strong style="font-weight: 800; color: rgb(36, 28, 15);">There is no charge!</strong></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://minna.posterous.com/salmon-rush-hour">minna's posterous</a> </p> </div>The Network Hubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14358862545224942983noreply@blogger.com