Calgary

Giving of yourself

Posted by dwalker on February 5, 2008 at 11:28 am

The wife of co-worker of mine is recognizing the anniversary of her mother’s death in a thoughtful and interesting way. She runs a Calgary-based child photography business called Tot Shots and also has Tot Shots Blog. Coming from an enthusiastic, but hack photographer of my own child, I like her style a lot.
She is offering [...]

BarCamp Calgary – Guy Kawasaki

Posted by dwalker on December 15, 2007 at 11:07 am
Guy Kawasaki BarCamp Calgary

There aren’t too many things that can get me to wake up early on a Saturday morning when it is my turn to sleep in, but a BarCamp in my town and seeing Guy Kawasaki are definitely two of them.
Guy decided to rip through both his “Art of Innovation” and his “Art of the [...]

Guy Kawasaki at BarCamp Calgary

Posted by dwalker on November 21, 2007 at 9:01 am
BarCamp Calgary

Mark your calendars for December 15th, because Calgary’s first BarCamp will feature Guy Kawasaki, author, VC, blogger, early Apple employee among other things. I have yet to see him speak live, but have seen several of the recordings online. I think a BarCamp with only about 50 people would be an ideal way to see [...]

Subway’s Miss Teen USA Response

Posted by dwalker on September 27, 2007 at 1:57 pm

Full Disclosure: I work for the company that produced this ad. I wll refrain from saying anything either positive or negative about it. I merely post this in the hopes that it may generate some comment about marketers participating in Internet memes.
[tags] miss south carolina, subway, Miss Teen USA, fresh moments, Venture Communications, Calgary [...]

Nineteen Year-old Jeremy Zhao uses Social Media in bid for Calgary Mayor

Posted by dwalker on September 19, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Jeremy Zhao for Calgary Mayor

Having just moved to Calgary I am not going to pretend I have anything of value to say on the municipal politics front, however I am fascinated by what Jeremy Zhao is doing.
Jeremy is 25 years younger than the next closest candidates in age (44 year-olds Harry Heck and incumbent Dave Bronconnier) for the top [...]