Vancouver (and beyond) Tech Community Update
created on Thu, 2008-08-14 09:35 
Gnomedex approaches
The almost-legandary geekfest is a single-track extravaganza where you can screen drop on Dave Winer, party with Marc Cantor and schmooze the people making the Internet (and other revolutions) with their bare hands.
Chris and Ponzi cultivate an "everyone's a VIP vibe" with parties, conversations and great food. Krug shares photography tips on Friday and will be snapping throughout the event.
Bonus: It's Geeky Fun! (song by Derek K. Miller).
Tip: Get in front of KK's lens to get the best profile pics ever.
Meet Workspace's new owners
Our pal Bill Macewen took his acumen to Boston but first left Workspace (a Raincity Studios client) in experienced and passionate hands who grok WS's important role in the community - plus Dane is still making the finest coffees in this city of excellent brews.
Visit: Stop by Workspace tonight (Thursday Aug. 14th) at 5:30 for a meet and greet with the new owners. Congrats and Welcome!
Speaking at Net Tuesday
The affable Mr. Boris Mann and other open source savvy geeks are stepping up to present at NetSquared's Net Tuesday event organized by social media for social change strategist Joe Solomon. The topic? Need you ask? Drupal of course.
Details: Aug. 26th 5:30 at Workspace - check Net Teusday on FaceBook if that's your thing. (Note: I sure enjoyed presenting at Net Tuesday about podcasting for social goodness - with funny hats and everything).
Techvibes is tuned-up
This Canada-wide, Vancouver-based technology industry news outlet spruced up their interface making the valuable info easier to find.
Their events calendar and jobs board are handy references for all Canuck geeks plus the start-up indexes and other reports are great research tools for VCs and pundits.
Congrats to Rob, Greg, et al - Looks great!
Photo Credits
Drupal Camp at Workspace by Ariane
Thanks Dave. We're pleased
Thanks Dave. We're pleased to get the new Techvibes up, and send the old Techvibes out to retirement in the Okanagan, where it will live out it's days golfing and winemaking.
and wearing black socks with sneakers
for sure
Gnomedex next week
I'll see you and our fellow Vancouverites there.
Your head won't be so huge this year!
Stoked to see ya there Derek! Last year, your freakishly huge head onscreen scared me and scarred me ;-0.