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Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA receives a free sample bottle at Vitamin Water Giveaway at the corner of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver
Peter Davies, Event Reporter of AHA MEDIA was pleased as punch to receive free sample bottles of Vitamin Water from the Giveaway in front of the London Drugs at the corner of Georgia and Granville Streets in Vancouver.
One great thing of note is that even some familiar Vancouver Downtown Eastside neighbors of ours, were able to enjoy the great free sample bottles of Vitamin Water!
Thanks to Vitamin Water for quenching our thirst on this hot sunny day! 🙂
AHA MEDIA is pleased to present BOB’s local Green Inner-City Cluster Kickoff Event
Green Inner-city Cluster Kickoff Event
Join Building Opportunities with Business and local green business leaders such as Toby Barazzuol of Eclipse Awards and Louise Schwartz of the Recycling Alternative to learn how being green can be a competitive advantage for your business. Topics covered will include:
- Marketing Sustainability
- Greening Your Business
- Green Buildings and Green Roofs
- Recycling and Waste Reduction
- Collaborating to increase efficiency
- Urban Agriculture
There will be presentations but also peer learning opportunities where attendees can share what has worked most successfully at their own business.
Time: June 10th 10:00-2:00
Location: Japanese Language School, 487 Alexander Street
Cost: Free (includes lunch, coffee, etc.)
RSVP: andrew.mckay@bobics.org
See what efforts are already underway to green Vancouver’s inner-city at the blog we started.
** NEW UPDATE **
We are pleased to have Councilor Andrea Reimer giving the opening address. She is a leader in BC’s environmental movement and a member of the Mayor’s Greenest City Action Team.
AHA MEDIA to be Media sponsor for Vancouver Bloggers Meet – May 28th at St. Regis Hotel
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608 Dunsmuir
Vancouver, BC V6B 1Y6
604-696-5558How to find us
“It’s in the Regis Room (downstairs) in the St. Regis Grill & Bar (Anducci’s)”
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Who is organizing?
Raul
LOCATION, DINNER, DRINKS AND RELATED STUFF ANNOUNCEMENT
I booked the Regis Room downstairs in the St. Regis Grill & Bar (formerly Anducci’s). The St. Regis Hotel is at the corner of Dunsmuir and Granville. It’s directly located outside the Dunsmuir exit of the Skytrain Granville Station, so it’s plenty accesible, and in a downtown location.
I’ve been warned that it might be noisy as the kitchen is right besides the room, but we’ll have to test how things go.
I’ve also been asked whether everybody will want to place dinner orders at the same time. I said that my bloggers were usually very flexible with that.
Drinks and dinner are usually placed on separate bills for each participant (you don’t have to buy dinner OR drinks, but I’ve noticed that many people ask for that, so that’s why I wanted to make sure to hold the meetup at a restaurant/bar).
I hope everyone will like this option. I’m going to be testing different locations through time.
Below is the agenda for the meetup. Starts at 6:00pm (SIX) regardless of when the Meetup.com site says it starts.
Just FYI.
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.
AHA MEDIA is learning more about Livestreaming from Jean Hebert of Mobile Muse
AHA MEDIA is very happy to announce that we will be learning to becoming better at livestreaming from Jean Hebert of Mobile Muse http://www.clicknoise.net
The livestreaming software we use is calle Livecast from Mobile Muse http://www.mobilemuse.ca
As members of AHA MEDIA have been working as Livestreaming Camera Operators for Fearless City Mobile http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile and W2 http://www.creativetechnology.org we are pleased to learn more about the development side of the software Livecast.
In this photo, Jean Hebert is teaching Peter Davies and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA how to livestream more effectively 🙂
AHA MEDIA in keeping up wth our learning and progression of our skills from livestreaming the events at Vancouver Digital Week, we have built a separate and dedicated site at http://www.ahalivestream.wordpress.com for future events.
We have created a twitter account to live twitter and associate with our livestream site ( we aim to give a real life account of our experiences)
@Live_stream or www.twitter.com/Live_stream
Our Flickr is http://www.flickr.com/photos/AHALivestream
Our Youtube is http://www.youtube.com/AHALivestream
The livestreaming software that we are working with is called Livecast from Mobile Muse http://www.mobilemuse.ca
In this photo Hendrik Beune livestreams with an HTC Touch cameraphone
Livestreaming is an amazing tool for community interaction and engagement as we are able to broadcast in REAL time our experiences to a mobile screen at an event or even onto the internet where you can watch anywhere! 🙂
In this video, Hendrik Beune and Peter Davies demonstrate livestreaming 🙂
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.
AHA MEDIA at the PopVox awards 09 for Vancouver Digital Week 09
AHA MEDIA livestreamed, did photography/videography and live twittered for Fearless City and W2 at the PopVox Awards with Suez Holland – VJ electrabelle 🙂
In this photo, April Smith kisses Buzz Bishop, MC of the evening hello 🙂
In this video, before the #PopVox09 event starts at Workspace in Vancouver, I film Hendrik Beune and Peter Davies livestreaming while Suez Holland sets up the VJ equipment.
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, before the #PopVox09 event starts at Workspace in Vancouver, I film Hendrik Beune livestreaming with Buzz Bishop at the crowded event
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, during the #PopVox09 event starts at Workspace in Vancouver, I film Hendrik Beune livestreaming with Buzz Bishop and Gillian Shaw at the crowded event.
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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Below is a photo of our screen where VJ electrabelle used our livestream, and live twitter to animate the scene
Below is a photo of Kirstin Richter, Producer of PopVox Awards 09
In this video, I film Kirstin Richter thanking us for coming to #PopVox09 before announcing the winners!
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 photo, we’re gearing up for the announcements of the winners!
Here’s the full list of PopVox winners:
Best Digital Animation
“Pride of Frankenstein”
Jibber Jabber
Best Digital VFX
Inside Out
Switch Interactive
Best Digital Learning Initiative (Technology)
The Film Lab
thesubstream
Best Digital Learning Initiative (Instructional Design)
Comix 101
Zeros to Heroes Media
Best Game
A Puckoff Christmas
Switch Interactive
Best Mobile Application
Georgia Nicols 2009 Annual Forecast
Best Social Media Application
Hootsuite
Invoke Media
Best User Generated/Crowd-sourced Content Site
Pixton—Interactive Web Comics
Best Company Use of Social Media
I Love Heartland
Zeros to Heroes Media
Best Viral or Digital Advertising Campaign
Zombie Singles
Noise Digital
Best User Experience (Website)
Interior Designers Institute of BC
Switch Interactive
Best Design (Website)
BC Business Online
Best Do-Gooder (Social Change Initiative)
O-Vert
Switch Interactive
Best Start Up
Hootsuite
Invoke Media
Best Student Project
Tiki Wiki The Art Institute of Vancouver
Individual Stand Out: Industry Advocacy
Danny Robinson, managing director of Bootup Labs and cofounder of Launch Party Vancouver
Individual Stand Out: Digital Education
Gerri Sinclair, executive director of Masters of Digital Media Program
Individual Stand Out: Social Media
Kris Krug, president of Raincity Studios
Individual Stand Out: Visionary Leadership
Michael Tippett, founder and chief marketing officer at Now Public
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In the following photos and video, Kris Krug accepts his award 🙂
In this video, Kris Krug jokingly leads us to believe that he was chosen to be the leader of an dangerous expedition going to Antarctica, and that’s why he wasn’t able to make it to #PopVoxAwards09!! He is thankful for the recognition and wishes he was here with as he going to “Media that Matters” on Cortes Island.
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 photo, Hendrik Beune shakes Michael Tippett’s hand 🙂 http://www.nowpublic.com
AHA MEDIA is very happy to support PopVox Awards with our livestreaming, photography, videography and live twitter! We congratulate all the winners this year! 🙂
AHA MEDIA – Left to right- April Smith, Hendrik Beune, Peter Davies 🙂
To view our livestreams,
http://www.sifttool.com/channel/195516
http://www.youtube.com/rtanglao
To view 109 photos of PopVoxAwards09, please see our flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157618185838388/
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