Congratulations: Christopher Wins the Pull a Face for PutPlace Contest

Congratulations to Christopher who won the Pull a Face for PutPlace Contest for 100 GB free data storage and a $200 Amazon gift certificate. Yay!

July 3: Monique’s first post and her “oh no, I lost data” face.

Pull a Face for PutPlace: Vote on the Winning Entry

July 3 we announced the Pull a Face for PutPlace contest and the 5 finalists have been selected.

putplace.com/pullaface to vote.

And, if you want to avoid pulling a face because of lost data. Back up baby!

PutPlace is one option and you can get 2 GB of free storage in their limited time offer.

BC Book Prizes Launches New Website

Boxcar Marketing is pleased to announce the launch and re-designed of the BC Book Prizes website.

The BC Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. The seven Prizes, plus The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala in April. The Prizes are administered and awarded by members of a non-profit society who represent all facets of the publishing and writing community.

Finalists in each category were announced on Thursday, March 6. To view the BC Book Prize finalists visit the 2008 BC Book Prizes webpage.

Tickets for the April 26th Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala are on sale now for $70 and can be reserved through the BC Book Prizes website.

Boxcar Marketing would also like to thank Joslin Green of PLAYER Industries, who designed the site, and Eric Barstad of Shadow Box Creative Media Ltd., who handled the programming.

Canadian Geothermal Energy Association Launches New Website

Congratulations to CanGEA, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association, who have just launched their new website.

See the new site at http://www.geothermal.ca

CanGEA—the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association—is a non-profit association promoting the development and use of sustainable geothermal energy in Canada. Sustainable energy that works in partnership with nature.

CanGEA members are leaders of the Canadian geothermal energy industry ...

CanGEA joined the Work Industries’ client list in August, and we worked with them to determine the website strategy, the content architecture and design. We used Expression Engine to run the website, and you’ll notice there is a News blog and Events blog, available via RSS, as well as standard pages.

Work Industries would also like to thank Joslin Green of PLAYER Industries, who designed the site, and Eric Barstad of Shadow Box Creative Media Ltd., who handled the programming.

Congratulations again to our friends at CanGEA.

Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Holidays Launches New Site

Work Industries is pleased to announce the launch of the new website for Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Holidays.

Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Holidays is a Canadian company based in Whistler, BC. They offer luxury motorcycle tours through Western Canada and down to California. These are all-inclusive trips with knowledgeable guides, a safety/chase vehicle, incredible routes, and the best hotels and dining options known to man.

Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Holidays offers trips ranging from 5 blissful days to 13 incredible days that will change your life. Guests call it the “trip of a lifetime.” And based on the trip photos I wonder why I’ve never learned to ride a motorcycle.

We live in an incredible place for mountain views, deserts, lakes, canyons and twisty roads--all of which are perfect for the nimble Triumph motorcycles ridden by Rocky Mountain guests.

If you’re a motorcycle enthusiast with vacation time this summer, check out the 20% discounts on last minute bookings.

This website would not have been possible without the design and programming expertise of our friends over at Hop Studios.

Visit the new site, http://www.rockymtnmoto.com.

How do you Think Salmon?

A client who we’ve been working with extensively lately is Think Salmon. What is Think Salmon?

Think Salmon is a way of life. It’s how we think, learn and act. It’s how we protect and conserve the rivers and places where salmon and humans live.

• Think about salmon. Share your salmon story with others.
• Learn about salmon. Ask questions.
• Act by sharing. Share a story. Share some time. Participate.

Think Salmon is also a place to learn about salmon, to connect with salmon in your community and to make changes in your life to help salmon and salmon habitat.

One of the main focuses of the site is to get people to share their salmon stories. Through those stories, each of us can see that salmon matter to us: culturally, economically, socially and deliciously.

So I invite you to visit Think Salmon and share their salmon story. Comment on a story. Ask a question of Professor Salmon. Drop in to a salmon event.

Don’t think you have a salmon story? I bet you do. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘salmon?’ Do you have a favourite story about catching salmon? Seeing salmon in a river? Eating salmon? How about a story about a friend and salmon? A salmon photo? Some salmon-inspired art?

Those are all salmon stories. Our landscape and our culture here in the Pacific northwest is made of those salmon stories. We need to be proud of it, to foster it and to protect it. In a way, we are all part-salmon. Without salmon we don’t have forest, birds or bears. We don’t have the things we rely on to live. We’re loosed and disconnected from our natural world.

So Think Salmon. And protect salmon. And save the lands and waters they depend on for their survival.

Jobs I know in Vancouver

In the last few days I’ve been sent a number of jobs from folks I know. Since I’m not looking for a job (though I’m always looking for work!), I thought I’d post them to see if anyone else can connect the seekers and the sought.

SXIP Indentity is looking to fill 2 developer positions: Firefox Developer and Web Developer. Here’s the snippet of skills they’re looking for:

• You have a proven track record in developing software.
• You thrive on solving difficult problems and want to have an impact through the delivery of cutting-edge technologies.
• Your extensive programming experience will leave you well-positioned to thrive in our high-velocity, creative and passionate
  environment.
• For the Firefox Developer: you’ve already got experience in Firefox add-ons, XUL, JavaScript and the usual web technologies.
• For the Web Developer: you’ll need to be experienced and skilled in web technologies (CSS, XHTML, Perl, PHP and JavaScript) and multiple operating systems (FreeBSD, OS X and Windows).
• Full job listings and to take action, check out SXIP careers.

A video game company is looking for a strong Product Manager with a background in mass-market consumer products who also knows software. En plus, that individual will have these responsibilities:

• supervise development of consumer qualitative research (focus groups, product reviews)
• work with development team to define product positioning, feature sets and licensing applications
• work with the Marketing Director to develop and execute the Franchise Marketing Plan, which includes product positioning, target market identification and analysis, volume forecasting, budgeting, category & competitive analysis and pricing analysis
• provide expertise and knowledge to studio producers and developers and influence development of concepts and features
• develop relationships with key licensors and retailers for advertising, promotions and packaging
• present at quarterly sales meetings
• Take action on this one by getting in contact with me and I’ll pass you the right contact information.

Lastly and most loosely, if anyone is involved in software channel management marketing let me know. I have people I know looking to hire in the new year. Same goes for a general accountant and a communications specialist for a non-profit.