Ramblings The Net

The All-New UGM.ca

Since 1940, Union Gospel Mission has been bringing hope to the hungry, hurting and homeless in the Metro Vancouver area. Now, in 2008, UGM is unveiling the newest tool in its continued efforts to bring light to the dark corners of the Lower Mainland: the all-new UGM.ca. Through this completely renovated website, UGM is harnessing current technology to bring engaging […]

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The World Is My Office

One of the nicest thing about making a living by blogging is that you can do it from anywhere in the world. The freedom this gives you is simply amazing – the world really is your office. Right now, I am typing this post from the Aberdeen Centre mall, but I could just as well be in Shanghai, China. As […]

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Would You Travel 8000 Kilometers To Blog?

This post was guest blogged by Mike Henry of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 blog. Around 2005 I read about a blogger who made a lot of money blogging the Athens Olympics. It gave me an idea to register a domain and start my own blog for the Beijing Olympics, three years away. At the time I was working a […]

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On The Cover of The Province Newspaper

I made the cover of today’s The Province newspaper. I am featured along with Markus Frind of Plenty of Fish and super domainer, Kevin Ham. This has to be one of the fastest photo to print interviews I’ve ever done. Both the interview and photo session was done on Friday in time for the Sunday edition. The Province interviewed myself […]

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Competitive Niche? Bring It On!

This post was guest blogged by Alan Johnson, who has just started to accept private ads over at The Rating Blog. I’m sure you’ve heard your share of opinions from people who say that a competitive niche shouldn’t be approached, since your chances at being successful are slim to none. I’ll spare you the boring introduction and will get right […]

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Dot Com Burger Day Meetup

With the pending closure of Wally’s Burger, we decided to forgo the normal Dot Com Pho to do a Dot Com Wally’s. However, there were some disagreements in the ranks. Many of the fellow dot com had already been to Wally’s upon hearing about its closure. Stephen recommended we all hit Tops Restaurant instead of Wally’s. Since Tops was just […]

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Miscellaneous Ramblings – 3/8/2008

In The Sunday Province I will be in tomorrow’s edition of the Vancouver Province newspaper. Along with the Vancouver Sun, the Province is the city’s other major newspaper and the Sunday edition is their biggest issue with a readership of over 400,000. Getting old world media coverage is one of the best way to increase readership and expand your brand. […]

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Using The Santa Rosa Macbook Pro

Yesterday, the Fedex man dropped off a package from Apple Computers. Inside was a brand new Macbook Pro. Anyone who know me know that Apple isn’t on my list of favorite computer makers. To me, Apple is a music company that happens to make computers as well. The new Macbook Pro is the first Apple laptop to make use of […]

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