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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 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

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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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

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

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Below is a photo of  @BMann chatting with friend

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Below is a photo of @AgentWill and @Hummingbird604

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Below is a photo of @KK and @Rtanglao

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Below is a photo of @GreSco and his TwitterBootcamp class

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

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To see all 60 photos on my Flickr

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

AHA MEDIA at One Cool Word 2nd annual “Spring Fling” Release Party at Biltmore Hotel Vancouver

May 22, 2009 Leave a comment

 

April Smith of AHA MEDIA was honored and pleased to be invited by Rob Jones, a Vancouver Music blogger as his supportive  multimedia content producer for the One Cool Word  2nd annual “Spring Fling” Release Party happened at the Biltmore Hotel in Vancouver. http://www.onecoolword.com

Please read the write up of the event!!!

The following was covered and contributed by Rob Jones of The Delete Bin on behalf of Miss604.com.

http://tinyurl.com/rd484w 

Below is a photo  Rob Jones  http://www.clippernolan.wordpress.com holding the handbill of One Cool Word

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April Smith of AHA MEDIA  was honored and pleased to be the mobile new media photographer, videographer, test livestreaming cameraphone operator, and live twitter caster to support  Rob Jones’ writing on behalf of Rebecca Bollwitt aka Miss 604 http://www.miss604.com

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To see 87 photos of the event, please see our Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157618500005861/

To see videos of the event, please see our Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/AHAFILM

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“ the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees ”

When:
May 20th, 2009 – 8pm

Where:
The Biltmore, 395 Kingsway

The cherry blossom’s are blooming and ocw’s 2nd annual “Spring Fling” Release Party is almost here!

Featuring:

The Contemporary Lovers www.myspace.com/thecontemporarylovers
Creaking Planks www.myspace.com/creakingplanks

Analog Bell Service www.myspace.com/analogbellservice

Fur Bearing Animals www.myspace.com/furbearinganimals

…and special guest models from

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School! Bring your sketchbook!

AHA MEDIA is learning more about Livestreaming from Jean Hebert of Mobile Muse

May 19, 2009 Leave a comment

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 🙂

Jean Hebert teaching Peter Davies and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA

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

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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 gets interviewed by Animal Mother Films

April 25, 2009 Leave a comment

 AHA MEDIA was pleased to be interviewed by Animal Mother Films at One Stop Shop Cards and Games http://www.onestopshopcardsandgames.com in Tinseltown Mall in Vancouver.

Animal Mother Films is a full service film production company based in Vancouver BC, dedicated to making provocative and engaging films that aren’t ashamed to have a social conscience.  Working with some of the most creative minds this city has to offer,  AMF strives to tell stories that resonate with audiences well past the last frame and compel them to make a difference. http://www.animalmotherfilms.com 

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AHA MEDIA met Andrew Lavigne and Jon Ornoy of Animal Mother Films during projects for Fearless City Mobile. http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile 🙂

AHA MEDIA wishes to thank Animal Mother Films and crew in interviewing us for their upcoming film 🙂

AHA MEDIA attended the Plan-It event at Aisle 45 by BOB ( Building Opportunities with Business )

April 17, 2009 2 comments

AHA MEDIA attended the event  where it was a presentation by UBC students on :

“How can BOB work with the community to revitalize the Hastings corridor between Main and Cambie?”

After an introduction to the evening’s presentations by CEO Shirley Chan of BOB http://www.bobics.org , we heard:

Topics to be presented on:

1) Social Enterprise & Informal Economies
2) Celebrating Community
3) Lighting the Corridor
4) Save on Meats, an institution
5) Using Branding for Revitalization

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The highlight of the evening was when Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA won  free entry into a golf tournament sponsored by

EMBERS on Thursday, June 25th

for their “Against All Odds”

Golf Tournament Fundraiser

http://embersvancouver.com/golf_tournament_27.html

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