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WordCamp Victoria 2009 – Victoria BC Nov 14

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:05:39 +0000

In slightly more than a tweet, I wanted to plug the upcoming WordCamp Victoria event. After what sounded like an excellent event in Vancouver a couple months ago, some engaging folks on this side of the water have put together an event for Victoria’s Social Media/Networking/Blogging, groups.

Looking for Events in Victoria

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:45:34 +0000

A somewhat shameless plug to follow the local Victoria crowd on Twitter. Even if you don’t have a twitter account a look at the list of posts for the Victora HASHTAG (#yyj) is available to anyone.

You can also check out the many great twitter post by simply going to the users page on the twitter website. Its no big deal – give it a try

The Meetup Victoria Google Calendar is also Availble at http://www.meetupvictoria.com

What’s On in Victoria?

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:07:54 +0000

Victoria is a wonderful place to live but, in my experience, not always an easy place to get to know. I was here for 3 years before I even figured out major events such as Symphony Splash and Feast of Fields. In the last couple weeks I’ve had been two additional experiences.

One was trying to find out when the Victoria Day Parade was (Stop - Even I got that the Victoria Day Parade happens on Victoria Day). Meaning what time did it start..

The second was seeing a sign in the middle of Oak Bay Avenue for the Oak Bay Tea party. Which I had no idea was happening this weekend.

In the first case I couldn’t find the parade start time with a lot of searching. In the second I didn’t think to look. Both convinced me I needed another information source.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are some great sources out there like; Calendar of Events (linked from City of Victoria), Events Calendar (tourismvictoria.com), and Harbourliving. What was missing for me was a way for this information to get in my face. I wanted a way to have these events show up in my desktop, on my iPhone, and in the daily reminders that ‘bing’ on a daily basis.

While I would love someone to step up and provide a solution, this week I tried to build something to solve this problem. In the short term, I’ve rolled up a solution with Google Calendar that I’m sharing at www.meetupvictoria.com. We’ll see how it goes.