Category Archives: Twitter

A Bit of an Update

Well, we made it through the Hump Month of August, and did just about everything we set out to accomplish. We managed to get our Ottawa house on the market – and it sold in mere days for the full … Continue reading

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How I Spent My Twitter Vacation

When Twitter went down with no warning on Thursday morning, my first reaction was annoyance.  I was in the middle of my morning ritual of checking overnight posts, replying and RTing where it made sense, and generally getting up to … Continue reading

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Building Connections, Two at a Time

Not sure how it’s happened, but I am hovering around the 3,000 mark in followers on Twitter.  And I follow just about that many people.  It’s amazing.  And overwhelming.  How can I possibly connect with all these wonderful, smart people? … Continue reading

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Blogathon Vancouver – 24 Hours, Many Heroes

Yesterday, at the ungodly hour of 6am, several of my Vancouver friends plunged into 24 straight hours of blogging for charity.  Blogathon Vancouver has helped support the efforts of some 20 local charities – from the BC Cancer Foundation and … Continue reading

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An Ounce of Prevention…

I like to keep tabs on what’s happening in my adopted city, Vancouver BC, and today my Twitter pal Dixon Tam sent out a tweet about a post by our friend Gus Fosarolli in his Gus Digital blog.  It’s called … Continue reading

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On Twitter? You’d Better Be Real.

A few days ago, my friend and social media maven Irene Koehler wrote a fantastic blog post entitled “11 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Me to Unfollow You on Twitter”.  After I laughed myself silly over #1 (you’ll see why), and … Continue reading

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Twitter: For Me, It’s Not About What I’m ‘Doing’

Early last year, when I first put a tentative toe into the Twitter waters, I faithfully followed  people who responded quite literally to the question “What Are You Doing?” They reported at fixed intervals during the day that they were … Continue reading

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Not Your Typical Fish Story…

Vancouver (and social media) have been very good to me.  In less than four months I’ve met wonderful people, and attended amazing Tweetups, meetups, conferences and fundraising events that have enriched my experience here. Last night, I was privileged to … Continue reading

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I’m Back…and Working for a Good Cause

Hi everyone, Sorry it’s been awhile.  Many things have been happening – lots of them good.  And I’ll be catching you up over the next several days or so. I’m sorry that the busy-ness has taken me away from this … Continue reading

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Angels in the Twitterverse

One of the things I love about social media, and Twitter in particular, is its capacity for good.  I’ve seen it in the continued support I get from people I don’t know, and the countless retweets spreading the word about … Continue reading

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