bryght office 2.0

Back from vacation and in our new office, 1 Alexander, Suite 400. It rocks! My cameraphone picture above doesn't do justice to the space's bright lighting and cool airiness! And it's only going to get more beautiful once the lights are in and all of our furniture is in and all the renos are done!

Thanks to Kris for managing the move. Gastown's total déjà vu-doo :-) for me. A couple of years ago, I worked with E-xact who are just a few blocks away so I am familiar with Gastown but of course things constantly change especially the food scene. I'll post an update on the Gastown lunch scene over on VanEats soon!

We need more space and more people so we are moving in September to 1 Alexander to a gorgeous very large space. More details later but even more importantly, BarCamp Vancouver will be held Fri August 25th 6p.m. to Sat August 26th p.m. at the new Bryght offices at 1 Alexander street in Gastown. Tech creatives, we want you!

From the BarCamp Vancouver Registry page where you can signup for BarCamp Vancouver yourself:

The Details

Who?

Tech creatives: Local technologists, geeks, innovators, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, tech writers, tech managers, bloggers, podcasters, video bloggers and hangers-on. We can only accept ninety people, so register early.

What?

A 24-hour ad-hoc, all-play unconference where everyone who attends participates by presenting or helping out.

Where?

Bryght Offices, 1 Alexander St. (suite TBD); Gastown, Vancouver: Map

When?

Friday, August 25, 6:00pm to Saturday, August 26, 6:00pm

Why?

Because it'll be a fun party and totally informative, all at the same time. Here's the full rundown:
https://barcamp.org/BarCampVancouver

I know we are in Vancouver and not in Silicon Valley but sometimes it sure feels like the Valley is world wide and Bryght is in the thick of it due to how fast stuff travels around due to RSS and this whole conversational Web 2.0 thing. Case in point: Kris videoblogged Martin of AssembleNow and how he made a website and with some voodoo old-skool SEO got his first customer in a couple of hours (Martin: we recommend compelling content constantly rather than voodoo SEO just in case you read this :-) !). Next thing we know, the Bryght Assemble Now Ikea Video  is Valleywagged (Valleywag is the just started Silicon Valley gossip blog from the Nick Denton Gawker empire. Hey Vancouverite, how about a Vancouver version?). Hey we're not in Silicon Valley but yeah Martin, we 100% agree with the Valleywagsters: you need to franchise to the Valley; there's tons of Web 2.0 startups there who are too lazy and don't have the time to assemble their furniture!

I know we are in Vancouver and not in Silicon Valley but sometimes it sure feels like the Valley is world wide and Bryght is in the thick of it due to how fast stuff travels around due to RSS and this whole conversational Web 2.0 thing. Case in point: Kris videoblogged Martin of AssembleNow and how he made a website and with some voodoo old-skool SEO got his first customer in a couple of hours (Martin: we recommend compelling content constantly rather than voodoo SEO just in case you read this :-) !). Next thing we know, the Bryght Assemble Now Ikea Video  is Valleywagged (Valleywag is the just started Silicon Valley gossip blog from the Nick Denton Gawker empire. Hey Vancouverite, how about a Vancouver version?). Hey we're not in Silicon Valley but yeah Martin, we 100% agree with the Valleywagsters: you need to franchise to the Valley; there's tons of Web 2.0 startups there who are too lazy and don't have the time to assemble their furniture!