You can ignore this message. I’m testing the schedule post function because there seems to be a conflict with the server time and the localization settings. Dreary, I know. Skip down and enjoy the AT&T post instead.
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Today we are testing the localization settings for our website and server. There appears to be a disconnect between when we think posts are going to go live and when they actually go live. Rather annoying. So now we’re going to test our theories.
Some days you are the scientist, some days you are the guinea pig.
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Todd Sieling of Corvus Consulting is a Boxcar Marketing officemate with an iPad. We covet the iPad. Todd kindly let us play with it. Then he polished our mucky finger prints off the screen.
Things I like about Apple’s iPad:
Amazingly crisp screen
I already know how to use it (I’m an iPhone user)
The apps are cool, especially Epicurious
It’s in colour vs. Kindle which is black and white
Size and shape is lovely. Apple really gets this right
How would I use it?
Client meetings where I didn’t want to bring a computer but need more than a notebook and pen.
Showing people docs and diagrams. It’s easy to put down flat on the table and gather around.
Watching TV and movies at home and on airplanes
Taunting geeks without an iPad.
Reading ebooks and pdfs.
Playing.
Overall, the iPad is lovely, it’s cool, I want it. I don’t mind waiting for the 3G version and iBookstore Canada so I shall defer my purchase until all the players are in place. I’m looking forward to seeing how people discover the iPad and how they will incorporate it into their lives. Will it be the game changer everyone says it will be?
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What better way to show the world that reading is sexy than through a pin-up calendar that raises funds to support dyslexia?
The Reading Is Sexy Calendar, featuring some of Vancouver’s finest (and sexiest!) readers, is being launched this week. The calendar aims to promote literacy and to raise funds to help kids (and adults) with dyslexia become literate.
The idea for a “Reading Is Sexy” calendar was sparked back in the spring, when Ian Martin (http://www.twitter.com/IanAMartin) of Atomic Fez Publishing (http://www.twitter.com/atomicfez) began goading Emme Rogers, founder of the blog Being Emme, into saying “reading is sexy’ as often as possible on twitter.
The calendar is modeled on a “pin-up girl” style, similar to the one that Bryne Pen created on Salt Spring to raise funds and awareness for The Land Conservancy. In this case, the calendar supports the Canadian Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.
And if you’d like your calendar signed by the men and women of “Reading Is Sexy”, please come out to the Launch Party and Literary Celebration on Thursday.
Local: Gudrun Wine & Cheese Bistro (150-3500 Moncton Street, Steveston, BC) Date: Thursday December 3, 2009 Time: 7 pm until late
Stop by for author readings, calendar signings by the models, and the auctioning of some of Robert Shaer’s photos from the shoot. Plus Gudrun goodies, wine and beer will be on sale.
Oh, and Monique is Miss January.
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BookCamp Vancouver is a user-generated unconference that brings print publishers, educators, community builders and the tech community together - for free! BookCamp Vancouver is an opportunity to explore the present and future of books and book-like technologies. It’s open to anyone interested in the publishing industry and the potential dynamics of the reader/creator/publisher relationship.
Join us for a day of sharing new ideas, radical notions and engaging conversation! We’ll consider the future of the Book as an object; examine its ongoing role as a delivery mechanism for stories, information and entertainment; and examine how publishers can leverage themselves for success in the digital age.
We’re encouraging BookCampers to suggest topics of discussion for the day and to suggest sessions that they would like to lead.
About the Video riiPlay.tv, a Vancouver-based video and web production company, filmed the Internet Marketing Conference held in Vancouver last year, and they have kindly sent me the video embed code for my session on Writing for the Web.
Have you ever missed an event and wished you could attend?
Have you ever held an event and wished that someone was filming it?
Have you ever attended an event and wished that you could send your co-workers links to watch the “best of” clips?
riiPlay.tv is answering this by providing the filming of live events, the production of watchable video segments, and the hosting and delivery of those videos online through free or pay-per-view means.
Friend, colleague and awesome graphic designer Jason Landry created the Boxcar Marketing logo and business cards that we’ve been lovingly passing around for the past couple of months.
The font for the word Marketing is Gotham by Hoefler & Frere-Jones. And the font for the word Boxcar is a custom creation based, although there are similar fonts available. The inspiration for the design was railway tracks and the X railway crossing symbol.
Although you can’t see it clearly in this photo, the cards are a rich burgundy with a red that totally pops.
Thank you Jason!
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