Sam At Large

I’m at Vancouver blogging conference, Northern Voice 2009.  I’ve been looking forward to this for some time as a chance to learn some new things as well as a chance to network with others who are passionate about social media and networking.

Just finished the keynote by Stewart Butterfield, one of the founders of Flickr.  It was a quick overview of his love of the internet and how much technology has changed people into participants and sharers of their experience at that moment.  You can read a live blogging recap by Miss604 here.

I’m looking forward to the rest of the day!

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So a friend of mine is starting a company and he asked me to talk a little about blogging.  I’ve been off and on with this blog for years.  But I am partners with my good friend Jordan Bateman, a Langley Township councillor, in another blog that is pretty popular and that I’m really proud of.  It’s called Langley Politics Dotcom and I’m pretty sure that it was one of the very first political blogs out there.  I’m not saying it was the first, but I’m sure there weren’t a whole lot of them out there when we got ours up and running.

Now, there are thousands of blogs that talk politics.  Whether it’s one person, small grassroots organizations or big media outlets, you can find a blog that talks about politics that affects your life.

Jordan and I discovered that the blog was an amazing tool to connect with voters and residents in Langley.  We also think it was one of the reasons that Jordon topped the polls, beating the next councillor by over 3,500 votes.  I’ll stop talking and let you watch…

I think I come across pretty well.

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So I returned from Edmonton after visiting my brand new niece, Julie.  I’m not biased, but she is the cutest baby of all time.  You just take a look at this photo and tell me I’m wrong.  And if you DO say that I’m wrong (ie. you have girls of your own and feel you are obliged to disagree), I’ll probably just ignore you until you change your mind and say the right thing.

But, seriously, Julie is fantastic and I’m very much going to enjoy being Uncle Sam.

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In the course of an average day, I probably read about a million emails and blog posts and twitter feeds all with information about the interweb, mobile phones, dwarfs and marketing.  Ok, that number isn’t quite right — probably closer to two million.  Anyway, today I’m looking at one of my usual mobile marketing sites and they have one of those annoying banner ads.  You know the ones: “His IQ is 145!  Can you beat that? Take the quiz.” and they have a picture of Bill Gates or Stephen Hawking or Bono.

The one I saw today was especially disquieting because it confirmed what I’ve been wondering for a while: those celebrity IQ numbers are total bullshit.  “Her IQ is 120. Can you beat that?” coupled with a picture of Paris Hilton.  ‘Nuff said.

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We got this really crazy email at the Broadburst office today.  I can’t say who it was from.  I can’t even speak to the substance of the email.  But let’s just say that my grid was blown off its axis and I think our business will never be the same again.  At least, I hope so.  I know that’s cryptic, but that’s just going to be the way it is.

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Julie Charity Anne Zukowski.  I think that’s a fantastic name.

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Phone pic from my mom (way to go on MMS sending, Judy!) as of an hour ago (2pm PST).  Baby Z is just too cute!  I can’t wait to go see her.

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