Blog & Free Advice: News
Congratulations to Crissy Campbell
Boxcar Marketing's project manager extraordinaire is off on a new adventure as the Web Content Specialist for the Centre for Digital Media. She'll be writing and managing their website, blog and social media networks to promote the Master of Digital Media program and the Centre itself. Crissy has been a valuable part of the Boxcar Marketing team for 3 1/2 years so she will be sorely missed but we certainly wish her well in...
We’ve Moved to 7 East 7th Avenue
Thanks again for all the support after the office fire in our previous building. I’m happy to announced that we moved into our new office on Tuesday and have spent some time this week getting back up and running. There’s still a ton of things we need to replace like our office chairs, shelving, stationery and business cards, but we have some interim furniture and are well on our way. Here...
We’ve Moved to 7 East 7th Avenue
Thanks again for all the support after the office fire in our previous building. I’m happy to announced that we moved into our new office on Tuesday and have spent some time this week getting back up and running. There’s still a ton of things we need to replace like our office chairs, shelving, stationery and business cards, but we have some interim furniture and are well on our way. Here...
Yes We Had a Fire
There was a fire in our building last Thursday night and our beautiful space is ruined. We know that roofers were doing renovations all week and that the fire started Thursday night at 8 pm, but we don’t know yet if the roof work was related to the fire. Nobody was in the building at the time, which is very lucky, and Crissy and I both had our computers and monitors at home. The...
Books & Technology Roundup
Book publishers have been on our minds since our post on 25 Lessons Publishers Can Teach Startups. In particular because Digital Book World took place, then O’Reilly Tools of Change, plus the National Book Count data was released and our client Canadian Bookshelf announced today that Amazon.ca will be its lead sponsor for 2012 and they are rebranding as The 49th Shelf. Here’s the big news in books. Digital Book World Conference ...
Schedule Posting Test
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.
Testing Localization Settings
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.
iPad At the iOffice
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...
Reading Is Sexy Calendar 2010
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...
Register for BookCamp Vancouver
Registration for BookCamp Vancouver 2009 Unconference: Exploring New Ideas in Books, Publishing and the Future of Reading is now open. The free unconference will be taking place on Friday October 16th at Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver. Sign up now. Seats are going fast! 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...