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by Michael Tippett
Early days of NowPublic, before The Arab Spring
"The tool that is redefining news is the cellphone."
"The Crowd Sourcerer", 2006
Vancouver Startup Weekend
Made in Vancouver
World Economic Forum, Eurasian Media Forum, Almaty Kazakhstan
Interviewing Eric McLuhan
Digital Media Archive
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Brilliant – Rick Mercer rants about the online spying bill – YouTube
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Ayoudo launches an URL Shortener for your To Do list
We launched a cool new feature on Ayoudo today: Need help cleaning up your yard, organizing your wedding, getting the room ready for a new baby? Now you can send out the call…
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You’re Invited to the Vancouver Startup Weekend Alumni Reunion
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MUST WATCH. Seriously if you’re Canadian you must watch
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Where Good Ideas Come From
If Johnson is right that ‘chance favours the connected mind’ then the Internet is more important than we ever imagined. And if you want to keep the Internet free make…
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Mayor to support motion for mobile ‘City App’
Great initiative from Andrea Reimer and The Mayor: Mayor Gregor Robertson will be supporting a Council motion next week to develop a mobile ‘City App,’ which would increase access…
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Shocker! Patch to Begin Layoffs
I’ve said from the get go that AOL’s Patch was doomed. The implosion begins: Patch has implemented a new “One Team One Goal” strategy, with a budget that effectively…
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Learn About Canada’s SOPA At OpenMedia. The Free Internet Is At Stake
SOPA like legislation will crush innovation in digital media. If Canadian’s want to participate in the economy of the future this kind of thing cannot happen. This write…
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The Emotional Roller Coaster of Startup Life
This graph gets a lot of attention in startup conversations but it’s important for anyone working in a new company to understand it and know where you are on the…
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Startup City Mayor
Thanks to The Mayor for supporting the Made in Vancouver initiative. Ayoudo is working with the city and others to make this happen. Here’s part of the release from…
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Ayoudo Team in The Province Today
The Province wrote about Ayoudo and our support for Made in Vancouver: If Internet startup companies are the new band, and entrepreneurs the new rock stars — as Vancouver…
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Ayoudo : the Evolution of Social Media
Today in Vancouver we’re launching Ayoudo. It’s a project I’ve been working on with a great team for the last 6 months. Check it out and let me know what…
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Extreme Startups Launches Accelerator With $7 Million In Funding From Top Canadian VCs
Great to see another Canadian accelerator get some cash: Not to be outdone by its southern neighbor, Canada has been hard at work on its own fleet of tech…
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Hey You With the Totally Awesome Face
The brilliant Jeremy Bailey who will be at The Western Front this week. Hey You With the Totoally Awesome Face (short edit) – YouTube.
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Anonymous Says Theyll Attack Facebook Next
Anonymous Says Theyll Attack Facebook Next.
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Is Vancouver Becoming a Social News Hub?
It was nearly a decade ago that I started thinking about how camera phones and blogs were going to change the news business. Those thoughts eventually turned into NowPublic and…
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This Poodle is Defending Your Internet Freedom
Image(810) | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
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Greenpeace joins Wikipedia in Internet Blackout
Nice to see Greenpeace defending the information environment too. Props. In the history book of bad ideas, the concept of giving corporations the right to censor the Internet has…
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A City Is A Startup: The Rise Of The Mayor-Entrepreneur | TechCrunch
From today’s TechCrunch: The ingredients for a successful startup and a successful city are remarkably similar. You need to build stuff that people want. You need to attract quality…
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Microwave Theatre
The world is insane. Love this guy.
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Cortes Island residents submit petition to stop logging of pristine B.C. forest
Cortes Island Logging Petition Delivery from VancouverObserver on Vimeo. Cortes Island residents submit petition to stop logging of pristine B.C. forest: video | The Vancouver Observer.
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The Tyee – Occupy Movement: Show Me Your Face
The Tyee – Occupy Movement: Show Me Your Face.
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This is what we have pinned on the wall at ayoudo world HQ
See how it’s shaping up by going here.
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AOL Media Business Nearly Worthless Despite Spending 2 Billion on Acquisitions
I’ve got into many arguments with people over the years about the viability of hyperlocal citizen media. My view is that the numbers just don’t make sense if…
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Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth on Hackathons
Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth on Hackathons | Video | Reuters.com.
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6 Part Series in Vancouver Sun about GrowLab
Scott Simpson came down to Silicon Valley with the GrowLab Team and lived to tell about it. His 6-part series in The Vancouver Sun begins like this: SILICON…
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Patriotic Millionaires’ Message to Congress “Tax Me”
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Richard Branson Explains Why He Is The Opposite Of Steve Jobs
Richard Branson on management: I devote most of my time to activities like The Elders [A South-African NGO], but I make it a point to take care of…
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25 Pictures of The Most Comfortably Uncomfortable First World Problems
25 Pictures of The Most Comfortably Uncomfortable First World Problems.
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Where do entrepreneurs get their money?