July 2012
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Vancouver, Then and Now: Travel back in time with...
A new mobile app is launching today, and it allows locals as well as tourists to travel back in time by comparing more than 150 old photographs from Vancouver to recent ones, taken from the same spot decades later.
The app is the result of a partnership between the MyCityBefore team and Jeremy Hood, who has been doing then and now comparisons of Vancouver since 2007. MyCityBefore has previously...
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Welcome Wagon: Courtney Mitchell
Web: http://courtney-mitchell.com
Twitter: @cmmitchell27
Work: Fitmapped.com and Pawtrackr.com
What do you do?
UX Lead/Product Manager for a Startup (Fitmapped.com)
Where did you go to school?
University of Washington (B.S. Applied Math), NYU (M.S. Interactive Telecommunications)
Looking or Hiring?
Looking
Beer or Wine?
Wine
Where are you from?
Seattle, currently living...
DigiBC Hosts Summer BBQ at EA's Burnaby Studio
On July 12 DigiBC hosted a summer BBQ event at EA’s Burnaby studio.
The event provided a great opportunity to connect with the Digital & Tech community, including founders, executives, students and industry supports. EA, Microsoft, Vanedge Capital, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Plentyoffish, and Nokia were some of the companies who attended the event. Also, guests were able to tour Motion...
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AT&T and Casual Connect Mobile App Hackathon in...
AT&T Mobile App Hackathon - Seattle — July 20th-22nd AT&T’s Mobile App Hackathon event is geared towards mobile application developers of any skill level to come together in teams of their choice, collaborate on ideas and build a fully functioning mobile application in just 24 hours. Participants will have access to on-site help from experienced mobile application developers as well...
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“It’s always annoyed me that Google Calendar only allows you to enter...”
– www.mcelroyflavelle.com
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Joining Geeks on a Train? Mark Silva explains why... →
GROW is the closest thing to a “Valley” experience outside of the Valley, and Vancouver is one of the most beautiful backdrops to inspire collaboration, discussion and innovation. I’ve never met a Canadian I didn’t like, and I’ll put that challenge to the test when I return to GROW in August!
Pretty awesome review of GROW and Vancouver from our Cascadian friends down in Portland. The whole...
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Welcome Wagon: Georgiana Laudi
Georgiana @ggiiaa sent this in via email and had this awesome note at the bottom: “No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.” The photo above was taken from her attending Demo Camp - on her second day after starting at Unbounce, no less. Welcome to Vancouver, Georgiana!
Name: Georgiana Laudi (LinkedIn) -...
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23andMe acquires CureTogether, funded by... →
Launched in 2008, CureTogether began simply as a way to help people who live with chronic pain fight depression and connect with a community. Starting with three conditions, the startup quickly expanded its scope and today has over 25,000 members, who have shared over four million data points on 576 medical conditions. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, CureTogether’s founders...
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Techcouver: Another game studio bytes the dust..... →
vancouvertech:
Another Vancouver game studio closes and the local tech community is outraged.
The economics of traditional console gaming, combined with the shift in where people are spending their time / money doesn’t lend itself to the game development Vancouver was once a pioneer in.
We don’t know who is behind “techcouver”, but this a great post on the realities of the...
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Welcome Wagon: Teana Tang
Say hello to @TeangTang! As well as just moving to Vancouver, she’s also the first person to self-submit a Welcome Wagon post and add some new questions. Thanks & welcome, Teang!
What do you do? Marketing Professional at an Environmental Consulting Firm
Where did you go to school? Athabasca University
What’s the next event that you’ll be attending if people want to meet you in...
