Chicks Who Click: In Vancouver!
Jun 18th, 2009 by Megan Cole
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS TOMORROW! JUST GO AND REGISTER NOW
OK Vancouver: This new conference, born out of Boulder, Colorado (in case you didn’t know, a tech hub you need to get to know) is hitting a mere FIVE cities across the continent on tour this year and Vancouver is the ONLY Canadian stop! Take advantage of these precious 1.5 days with ladies who tech, Chicks Who Click. (The other gender is of course most welcome. I like the reverse odds for you guys, kinda like a BlogHer - and to all the dudes out there: you will like these odds. And… for those of you with women as your target market, or if you need the support of or want to connect with the top female social media evangelists, this is a not-to-be-missed 2009 event.)
Want to be enpowered? Want to participate at a tech event surrounded by your peers - brilliant and fabulous women? You need to read all about it here and then register now and join us on June 26th and be the chick who clicks that you really are, or at least, be inspired by some great insight, conversation and practical knowledge.
I am speaking on a panel with Victoria Revay (skyping in live from Nunavut - totally random, completely awesome) and with the lovely Alex Samuel from Social Signal. We’re speaking about women in tech entrepreneurship, the glass ceiling that’s still relevant, or is it?, being in the Tech Startup land Dude-Fest, the challenges, the differences, the advice given, good and bad, the path, good and bad, the successes, the inspirations, everything we’ve learned as female entrepreneurs in technology - we want to pass it all along and start a smart and healthy conversation around it.
Erica at Ahimsa did a great little post on CWC last week and nicely broke it down for you.
See you next weekend!
Quick Links:
Follow the Conference on Twitter and tag all of your content #CWC09
Follow Denise Smith (organizer) on Twitter @Deetells
Become a fan on Facebook
Read the CWC Blog at chickswhoclickblog.net
Vancouver Digital Week - Get Involved.
Apr 27th, 2009 by Megan Cole
Yet another example of how Vancouver is a Digital Media Mecca: Vancouver Digital Week May 11 - 14 / 09.
Sign up, join the convo, submit your company for Pop Vox. Here are a few channels to get you into the mix and a lovely little vid from our friends and yours at Giant Ant from last years Digi week:
VanDigWeek Twitter
PopVoxAwards Twitter
Submit to PopVox
All of your Van Digi Week INFO
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Current_ on Twitter: It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s True.
Mar 19th, 2009 by Megan Cole
If for some odd reason this player doesn’t appear, it’s right here on Current.
You’re Sitting In A Chair In The Sky
Mar 3rd, 2009 by Megan Cole
“Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy”
Courtesy of this YouTube User (and NBC, Conan O’Brien) and to Cinci who first showed me and Hil who reminded me that it’s worth spreading around.
Help Me Climb 48 Storeys For Clean Air
Feb 16th, 2009 by Megan Cole
The BC Lung Association is holding their 8th annual Climb The Wall: StairClimb For Clean Air next week and I need donations to be able to participate. Please help me get there - I only need $100, but it would be fantastic to help raise money for this organization that does so much tireless work to help us all live a healthier, cleaner life.
DONATE HERE. It’s very easy, just a few clicks away: name, address and credit card and your receipt (for taxes) gets delivered right to you.
I am also thinking of recording it, maybe. The climb itself should take about 10 minutes, or so I’ve been told… Could be a painfully tedious video, but wouldn’t you like to see someone climb a staircase for 48 floors? Compelling content.
Thanks for your help and support for helping me get to the top of Vancouver, and thanks for helping all of those people who need support in medical research, asthma education, clean air initiatives, and programs to help young people live tobacco free.
Update: I ran it in 8:18. (under Mallen not Cole for the record) Wasn’t that bad, even after all of that red wine…
2008 Highlights and Revelations Leads To 2009 Master List
Jan 15th, 2009 by Megan Cole
I write this and put it out there because then I’ve written it and it’s out there.
Personal Highlights in 2008:
- In life, I married the most amazing man on the planet, and get to laugh with him every day.
- In work, I tried some new concepts and participated in some new ventures and cool experiments. I established new working relationships and continue to better understand my business. This is good. :p
- Two nights before my wedding I got to experience Torquil from one of my favourite bands “The Stars” give the official word at 2am NL time that “Barack Obama is the next President of the United States of America!!”. Where were you?
- I saw a ton of great music.
- I did a really fun hour-long webcast on ustream with Jim Louderback from Revision3 at nextMEDIA in Banff. Dodgy Internet though. (pics)
- I had a fun interview with Dr. Richard Florida, “Who’s Your City?” in Banff.
- I finally made it to France. It is heaven on earth.
- I got sick too often. Not really a highlight, but definitely worth highlighting. In December, three times alone. I think I take pretty good care of myself, but clearly not good enough - I need to see someone about that. Any suggestions?
2008 Revelations:
- As a woman, you are nothing without inspiring, trustworthy women in your life. I am forever grateful to mine.
- There is such a thing as “social media fatigue”. I purposefully took somewhat of a “backseat” or an “incognito” position in 2008 to a degree. I was really selective about my participation and took more offline time. My revelation: I needed that, and it’s forced me to focus on what is important.
- Getting married puts you and your mate on some sort of next level of peace. It also puts you in a place where you are completely committed to working your arse off giving it all you’ve got.
- Twitter is just easier and far more immediate than blogging: fact. I like that, but I miss writing.
- Oh my god, where is my creative outlet?!
Those items listed above got me thinking at the turn of the year on January 1st, and into my official another-year-older on January 9th, and have led me to my Master List of 2009, in no particular order or relevance to the above. Call it resolutions, goals, whatever your fancy. I just like to have a list of “positive reminders” heading into another year. And, like the French, I’ll revise and review again in the *actual* new year that begins in September.
1. The small, insignificant things don’t matter. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for, move along.
2. Have compassion, don’t judge.
3. Love, support and encourage PJ in every way possible.
4. Accept people’s short-comings and move on.
5. Continue Laughing.
6. Work hard. No wanker policy.
7. Play guitar again.
8. Play piano again.
9. Go to bed EARLY, wake up EARLY.
10. Be good to my body: run, yoga and potentially a naturopathic Doc?
11. Read.
12. Write.
13. Italian!
14. Level 2 in WSET Wine Course.
15. Moisturize.
16. Floss.
17. Attempt that thing that Tracey and I have talked about to the nth degree.
18. *TRY* to be on time, or even early (a stretch), not 9 minutes late. (Inspired by Phil. Taken seriously.)
Winter Sucks (in this circumstance)
Dec 22nd, 2008 by Megan Cole
arcalife.com: A New Family Community To Store and Share Your Family Experiences
Dec 19th, 2008 by Megan Cole
arcalife is a new online family community where you can store all of your life’s greatest memories, photos, videos, events and moments, while connecting with your family, searching your family genealogy and creating a recorded history for future generations.
arcalife.com is currently in Beta and has a long list of new features, additions and improvements coming very soon. Some of the highlights of the arcalife experience come in a few dynamic ways to showcase your life in several really creative features. One of the coolest tools is called “Time Capsule”. As a member you can store, or “lock away”, memories, wisdom, or anything at all for someone of a future generation to discover. Another neat item is the multi-media “Life Cube”: load up your favourite photos or a specific time line of life photos and view the 3-dimensional animation. (You know that whole Sesame Street segment, “This is the story of your life”? A HUGE fan favourite. “Life Cube” entertains and gives you that same warm and fuzzy feeling.)
arcalife is the brain-child of Vancouver-based entrepreneur, Paul Taylor, and is pieced together by his savvy development team who cranked out what you see now in mere months - there’s plenty more greatness down the road.
Why is arcalife a step well beyond some of its currently more known competitors?
- The Integration piece enables users to pull content from favourite networks online, making content creation easy and seamless. You can import photos from your Facebook collection into arcalife - importing content from Flickr, YouTube and mySpace is soon to follow.
- Engaging Unique Features: ‘Time Capsule’ and ‘Life Cube’ bring your memories to life… even after you’re long gone!
- A secure family community network that brings genealogy into the mainstream - you can search your family history and create a dynamic family tree to share with your loved ones.
- It’s completely free! But if you need to access more storage space or require greater flexibility there are different levels of paid membership to suit your needs.
A quick and easy pop-up exemplifying ways to use arcalife.
Check out arcalife.com and read more about arcalife on Killer Start-ups.
arcalife would like to meet you online and hear about your experiences. Join the arcalife Facebook Fan Page to show your support and start a Discussion Topic to pass along your valuable feedback.
My $199.99 Pan Flute
Dec 12th, 2008 by Megan Cole
Now THIS is the kind of business start-ups should be up to:
