Ask Ayoudo to do anything.
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
Vancouver Archive
-
The 13 Most Useless Majors, From Philosophy to Journalism
The Daily Beast has a new piece out that charts the economic impact of choosing a major in University. As usual philosophy is on the list of most…
-
Exxon Valdez a decade later.
A great piece on The Observer about Exxon Valdez a decade later: As the Exxon Valdez oil tanker bled 750,000 barrels of crude into Prince William Sound, a child…
-
What is Net Art?
Kate Armstrong, Jeremy Bailey & Faisal Anwar on Net Art. WEB ART : artist-video : Canadian Art School.
-
Do you know Canada’s best young entrepreneur? – Techvibes.com
The 2nd annual FuEL Awards are on the hunt for Canada’s 20 Future Entrepreneurial Leaders. Open to business owners under the age of 30, the FuEL Awards celebrate the successes…
-
New Study Shows How Twitter Gives Activists Advantage Over Repressive Regimes
Image Source: http://www.ustream.tv/syria UBC’s Alfred Hermida has published new research on the impact of twitter during the Arab Spring. Hermida is one of Canada’s leading authorities on the role of…
-
Money Pouring out of China and into Offshore Real Estate
Hey Vancouver real estate watchers, here’s an interesting fact: Between 2000 and 2009, according to a 2011 report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), China’s citizens ranked first in the…
-
Stephen Harper to local green opponents: Shut the Fuck Up
Wow. The Tories continue on with their relentless attempts to stifle opposition from anyone concerned with the environment. Now they’ve effectively banned locals from participating in conversations about their own…
-
Another West Side Tear Down
Crazy prices on the west side of Vancouver have made the existing housing stock totally disposable. Beautiful homes that have been part of the neighborhood for generations are knocked down…
-
Canadian Environmental Groups Respond to Gov’t Attempts to Silence Dissent
Stephen Harper is no fan of environmental groups. His animosity toward them was spelt out very clearly in his last budget where he has been accused to trying to defund any…
-
Space Video Launches!
Kate and I have a new project that is a follow up to Grafik Dynamo. It’s called Space Video. It’s is a 2012 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts,…
-
Yo dawg
Yo dawg, I heard ya like storage so we put a trunk in your trunk.
-
The demonization of dissent – Canadian style
It is important that Canadians pay attention to this issue. The measures the Harper regime is taking to silence its critics are unprecedented in Canadian history and should concern us all….
-
Playwright, librettist, and avid arts advocate Tom Cone dies at 65
I had the good fortune to work with Tom on the board of Cabinet. He was a remarkable man and will be missed by all who knew him. His…
-
Opportunity Fest 2012
Great to meet all the entrepreneurs in training at SFU’s Opportunity Fest. The second annual Opportunity Fest was held on the Mezzanine at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus on…
-
New Chore-Sourcing Website Offers a Helping Hand | Business 2 Community
Another write up of Ayoudo. Vancouver-based Ayoudo launched in February with the belief that, while social media sites like Facebook and Twitter place an emphasis on sharing, liking and…
-
Woah, double rainbow
Albeit slightly stubby
-
Hollyhock Gets a New Website
I’m on the board of Hollyhock, an amazing retreat set in the unspoilt surrounds of Cortes Island, that has been the subject of much speculation and intrigue. But if you’ve ever…
-
Vancouver Among The Startup Capitals of the World
The Startup Genome Project has ranked the world’s top 25 startup ecosystems, ordered by their average throughput. They are: Silicon Valley (San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Oakland) New York…
-
Matt Taibbi : Obama’s JOBS Act Will Hurt Honest Startups
According to one of the business journalists in America, Matt Taibbi, Obama’s new JOBS Act will give fraudsters a massive advantage in starting companies. This is bad news. Matt Taibbi…
-
Now that’s service!
A big step for one of the world’s most profitable companies. Well done!
-
Good Bye Tom
Good bye Tom. You will be missed by all of us. .
-
Get Garden Help & Give Garden Help with Ayoudo’s Social Garden
Check out Ayoudo’s Social Garden.
-
BC Arts Minister Refuses to Say Where Missing Arts Dollars Went
According to critics of the current Provincial Government, a desperately needed $3 million dollars that was meant to go to the struggling local arts community has been given out…
-
The Next Great Canadian Social Network
Note: This piece was originally published on the Startup Canada Website. In his remarkable book, The Last Spike, Pierre Burton, describes the lives of the fearless pioneers who came from…
-
Vancouver’s HootSuite to Swing For The Fences
Congratulations to Ryan and the rest of the crew at Hootsuite. As Ryan says it’s about time Vancouver had it’s own Paypal Mafia. Social media management company HootSuite Media…
-
Cops Believe Commercial Drive Shooting Was Targeted
According to the Cops, A 20 year old man is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the Vancouver Police are investigating after he was shot earlier this morning…
-
Buying City Hall : Vancouver Developer Donated Nearly $1 Million to NPA for City Election
This really is shocking news. The NPA’s recent campaign was almost entirely funded by one guy. It’s odd that there has been very little reporting of this in the…
-
The Rise of the Designer at Startup Weekend
If you want to get involved in Startup Weekend Vancouver let me know.
-
Gastown street art
-
Murder at The Cobalt
Vancouver cops are investigating the death of an adult woman after an incident earlier this morning at the Cobalt Hotel on Main St.