that canadian girl

Category: Web & Technology

  • Five Years of Blogging: Celebrating with some giveaways

    In April, That Canadian Girl celebrated 5 years of bloggy goodness and, yet again, I nearly missed its birthday. Oops! In reality I’ve been blogging for nearly 10 years – a friend kindly hosted my first diary-style site back in…

  • Events Galore: SMCLondon & Cambridge Geek Nights

    Since organising the first SocialMediaCamp London in October, I’ve been trying to convince myself that I don’t have the event planning bug. No no no, I don’t need to spend time organising events. Must focus on running my new business.…

  • Thmbnls: The Government is Screwing with Your Money (Again)

    I had to resist the urge to use the first post name that came to mind for this one, or it simply would have been “What the f*ck is the government thinking?” But then that would have been too vague,…

  • Heading to Texas next week for SXSWi

    I get the impression that a very large British contingent is heading to Austin, Texas for SXSW this year, based on the few conversations I’ve seen floating around Twitter. I’ll be amongst the masses, heading to my favourite event of…

  • Astroturfing & Disclosure: Where Do You Draw the Line?

    As more businesses start peppering their marketing plans with social media projects, activities that previously were reserved for the geeky early adopters are now coming under scrutiny when used for commercial endeavours. With all this new media growth, there’s no…

  • Five tips to maintain your aluminium MacBook Pro

    Getting a new Mac is a great experience; Apple have worked for many years to make the unboxing experience memorable and special. People talk about it, document it in photos or in video. But what happens when you’ve had it…

  • Twestival: Charity, Water and Music

    Tonight, in over 170 cities across the world, people are getting together for an evening of fun and to raise money for charity:water. After a first successful event in London back in September 2008, brave organiser and fellow Canadian gal…

  • Arriving Smarter: More Than 15 Ways to Get Busy During Dead Time

    Most of us spend at least an hour a day travelling; commuting to work by car, train, bus or flying somewhere for business. It’s time that’s often spent looking out of the window, texting mates or eyeing the cute guy/girl…

  • RSS Feeds: Full Fat or Summaries?

    I love RSS and I hate RSS. It’s both one of the most useful tools I’ve ever used; it allows me to catch up with my favourite blogs, keep up with seldom-blogging friends and find inspiration for my own posts.…

  • SocialMediaCamp London 09: Rallying the troops!

    Earlier this week, I announced that the planning for the second SocialMediaCamp London was beginning to take shape. In October 2008, 100 geeks, creatives and social media’ites gathered for the first SMCLondon, which was both a success and a hell…