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AHA MEDIA at Launch Party Vancouver 7 at Steamworks Pub hosted by BootUpLabs and Strutta in Gastown, Vancouver

June 3, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

April Smith of AHA MEDIA was delighted to attend the Launch Party Vancouver 7 on June 2, 2009 and do mobile media production – photography, videography and live tweets through twitter all through cameraphones and netbook during the whole evening. 🙂

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Launch Party Vancouver 7 was hosted By

Bootup Labs Entrepreneur Society

A non profit organization dedicated to increasing the promotion, growth, and education of the entrepreneurial community in
Vancouver and BC
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“As usual, we will have a great line-up of start-ups for you to check out. Come mix and mingle with other entrepreneurs, investors and social mediarati and show some love for the Vancouver tech scene.

7 companies have been selected to demo at LPV7, a crop of promising startups that includes locals and a few “guest stars”
from out of town as well.

Here is the crop of companies that you can check out at the event:

Foodista (Seattle) – www.foodista.com

Lets Go For Dinner – letsgofordinner.com
Muttu – www.muutu.com
Wantsa – www.wantsa.com
Protagonize – www.protagonize.com
MakeGood – www.makegood.com
Tynt (Calgary) – www.tynt.com

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In this video, all 7 of the startups are showcased during a walk through of the busy evening

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

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In this video, Gregg Scott talks about his Twitter BootCamp http://www.twitterbootcamp.ca to be held at Workspace in Gastown, Vancouver

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During the course of the evening, I was able to see, meet and chat with many wonderful folks 🙂

Below is a list of amazing people that I will list by their Twitter Handle 🙂

Thanks to the following for making the LPV7 event so excellent and memorable for me! 🙂

@launchpartyhq
@BootUpLabs
@Strutta
@SonsRyan
@JordanBehan
@BMann
@Maurar
@Raincoaster
@Hummingbird604
@CathyBrowne
@BenjaminLuk
@GregEh
@Rott1058
@RichardWolak
@OLMMark
@JohnBiehler
@AtomicFez
@AgentWill
@Sherrett
@Beaudine
@Rtanglao
@Cognoscento
@ColleenCoplick
@TrisHussey
@KK
@FierceKitty
@UncleWeed
@Gresco

To anyone else, I missed here, I apologize and I will hopefully see you next time! 🙂

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Some photo highlights of the evening 🙂

Below is a photo of @Raincoaster and @AtomicFez

Below is a photo of @BenjaminLuk and @AtomicFez shaking hands! 🙂

Below is a photo of @BMann chatting with friend

Below is a photo of @AgentWill and @Hummingbird604

Below is a photo of @KK and @Rtanglao

Below is a photo of @GreSco and his TwitterBootcamp class

Below is a photo of @GreSco and @Maurar – founder of @Strutta

To see all 60 photos on my Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619112113543/

AHA MEDIA is proud to be the Media Sponsor for the Vancouver Bloggers MeetUp at St. Regis Bar and Grill in Vancouver May 28, 2009

June 1, 2009 ahamedia 3 comments

AHA NEDIA was pleased to be the Media Sponsor of the Vancouver Bloggers MeetUp at the St. Regis Bar and Grill in Vancouver May 28, 2009.

The Regis Room located downstairs at the St. Regis Grill is a very spacious, welcoming room. Food highlights of the evening included the huge plates of Nachos in which many bloggers took multiple photos to remember.

Chef Gerry Kleinhout and his friendly kitchen staff went beyond their normal duties to help secure a power cord for our tech tools to charge which was very much appreciated 🙂

Raul Pacheco with fellow speakers Lorraine Murphy, Colleen Coplick and Shane Gibson on a social media etiquette panel to help educate Vancouver Bloggers

AGENDA

6:00-6:15 pm – Welcoming remarks (Raul)
6:15-7:00 pm – Shane, Lorraine and Raul opening commentary
7:00-7:45 pm – Discussion and moderation (Colleen and panel)
7:45-8:15 pm – Open discussion

Raul Pacheco http://www.hummingbird604.com

Shane Gibson http://www.closingbigger.net/

Lorraine Murphy http://www.raincoaster.com

Colleen Coplick http://www.missmanifesto.com/missmanifesto

ABSTRACT

Rules, Norms and Web 2.0: Etiquette in an Era of Evolutionary Social [Dis]Organization

Etiquette is frequently seen as a constraining set of behavioral rules, delineating what behaviors are appropriate within a certain social arena and which are not. But in a context of online multiverses, each with its own culture and demographic, what is truly the “right” thing, and how can we know it? Culture clashes and rapid evolution of social norms are ubiquitous in social media: why? What is appropriate etiquette? Is it portable across platforms? What are the ‘right’ kind of rules and norms in an unruly arena such as the online social media world? The participants in this panel will engage in a conversation about what constitutes etiquette, whether or not it relates to a moral imperative, whether it emerges as self-appointed leaders create specific sets of norms and discuss the evolution of etiquette in emergent social media. The implications for codes of behavior and etiquette in Web 2.0 are also discussed.

Many thanks to Chef Gerry Kleinhout’s own personal warm hospitality and attentive staff at the St Regis Bar and Grill helped to make a stress free and successful Vancouve Bloggers MeetUp.

Below is a photo of Chef Gerry Kleinhout graciously giving April Smith cheesecake after filming an informative evening of social media etiquette. The lucky folks who were able to sample the cheesecake remarked that it was very delicious!

To see 41 photos, please see our Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157618966470046/

To see 10 videos of the Social Media Etiquette Panel, please see our Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

“Tweets and Eats” at Fets Bar on Commercial Drive in Vancouver

May 18, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA decided to go out and enjoy the beautiful May long weekend weather by celebrating on Commercial Drive.

We chose Fets Bar and Grill for their patio in the sun.

http://www.fetsbarandgrill.com/

AHA MEDIA is now combining food reviews with Social Media and cellphone technology 🙂

Please see our Fets Bar photos and post at http://www.tweats.wordpress.com and follow our Live food review commentary via twitter – @Tweets_and_eats

http://www.twitter.com/Tweets_and_Eats

Thanks very much! 🙂

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Commercial Dr, Dining out, HTC touch, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Mobile Media Production, Restaurant Review, Social Media, tweats, tweets and eats, Twitter, Vancouver

AHA MEDIA visits La Casa Gelato and uses Twitter to tell about the experience in real time in Vancouver

May 16, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA took trip to La Casa Gelato near Commercial Drive in Vancouver http://www.lacasagelato.com/.

We wanted to treat ourselves after working very hard at Vancouver Digital Week doing livestreaming, live twitter, mobile new media photography and videography with our social media connections.

Keeping with our new lessons from the week, we decided to keep using Twitter, a fantastic social media tool to keep interacting with each other and our community. We have a very strong desire to stay connected and keep learning 🙂

We picked La Casa Gelato as it was near our area of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES). Our purpose was two fold – to eat some great ice cream and to use “Twitter” to “tweet” or give live updates on our dining experience. 🙂

We created on Twitter a new account: @Tweets_and_Eats

We combined the two words of “Tweets and Eats ” to make a new word called “Tweats” and built a new and separate Food Review site for our dining experiences in Vancouver

http://www.tweats.wordpress.com

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Here is a photo of Peter Davies trying to “tweet and eat” at the exact same time.