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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
You are the Sun | You are the Solar System | You are God
Just some fun and entertaining thoughts that can also challenge some of your most cherished beliefs. Sleep well.
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Achievements| StrataXL | Valerie Arntzen, Assemblage Artist
StrataXL | LiveInStrathcona | LiveinCommercialDrive | LivinginMountPleasant | XLSuite
My work affords me little time to find a singular groove to get comfortable with. I bounce around from assignment to assignment, and brush-fire to brush-fire, when and as required.
We're a small start-up, and being conscious of each others' strengths and weaknesses, we know how to support each other to get the job done. Even then, balls get dropped. Every time we experience these bumps in the road, we also find better ways to do things.
Where our development project is concerned, this has been a particular bonus as there have been significant improvements to some of the processes, usability, and functionality in the back-end, as well as re-publication manipulation. When wanting to create traffic, generate interest, and respect Internet publishing, we also want creative control in the greatest tradition of fair-play.
We give what is due, we give credit to contributors, we help promote their rankings and sites relevancy, and we endeavour to offer a valuable community resource with dynamic and interesting content. Getting people to a site is one thing, but more and more people are choosing homes in various online properties. RSS baby, that and Social Media, that's the way to go.
One of my favourite accomplishments this week, is the next topic, Valerie Arntzen. A feature profile I was inspired to create after meeting her during the Eastside Culture Crawl.
Valerie Arntzen, Assemblage Artist | Eastside Culture Crawl Executive Director
Working on developing content for the LiveIn sites entailed familiarization with neighbourhoods. There are specific quirks, traditions, events, and lots of things about communities that are noteworthy. Strathcona happens to be home of the Eastside Culture Crawl, and Valerie Arntzen happens to be the Executive Director for the past decade or more (I think).
Visiting her to write a piece on the upcoming event, Eastside Culture Crawl, I visited her studio. I'm a very curious sort so I went off topic frequently as I was overwhelmed with fascination at the things in her studio, the life she has lived, the work she has done, the man she is married to, the studio she occupies, and so on. Fascinating woman, fascinating people - her and her husband, Arnt Arntzen.
The other thing to note is that she is a strong voice for the Arts Community here in Vancouver - Strathcona in particular and the entire Eastside area defined by the Eastside Culture Crawl. The Artists are a main force behind the increasing value and popularity of Strathcona as a place to live. Of course, real estate in Vancouver has sky-rocketed all over as well. This gentrification process was inevitable. And it isn't this that really irks the community and the affected artists pursuing their expensive craftsmanship in private toil on modest incomes until they reach their break-through. No, it is the lack of city policy that creates win-win scenarios for urban development.
A property owner is entitled to seek application for redevelopment. Existing long-term tenants have a right to express a concern. A city would be wise to seek the right to protect cultural traditions and events that have created a positive image for the city, the neighbourhood, and benefits the local economy and livelihoods of many. We're not talking about Yes / No decisions, we're talking about developing solutions that seek inclusion and safeguards for segments of our population who have continually had a long-term positive effect on society, culture, humanity, commerce, and property values.
Ladies and gentleman, that's a personal plug in support of one of Valerie's causes: Saving the Artists in East Vancouver. Visit Arntzen's Profile page and check out her cause, and the Save 901 Main Studios.
If you'd like to get involved in any discussions, visit http://liveinstrathcona.com to Register - it's free and your information stays private. Then you can start or join conversations in the Online Discussion Forum. I really do encourage it. Our voices are needed to rationally discuss how we move forward with our lives in community. Look at the senselessness of actions and lack of understanding and accountability that has otherwise been experienced.
My work affords me little time to find a singular groove to get comfortable with. I bounce around from assignment to assignment, and brush-fire to brush-fire, when and as required.
We're a small start-up, and being conscious of each others' strengths and weaknesses, we know how to support each other to get the job done. Even then, balls get dropped. Every time we experience these bumps in the road, we also find better ways to do things.
Where our development project is concerned, this has been a particular bonus as there have been significant improvements to some of the processes, usability, and functionality in the back-end, as well as re-publication manipulation. When wanting to create traffic, generate interest, and respect Internet publishing, we also want creative control in the greatest tradition of fair-play.
We give what is due, we give credit to contributors, we help promote their rankings and sites relevancy, and we endeavour to offer a valuable community resource with dynamic and interesting content. Getting people to a site is one thing, but more and more people are choosing homes in various online properties. RSS baby, that and Social Media, that's the way to go.
One of my favourite accomplishments this week, is the next topic, Valerie Arntzen. A feature profile I was inspired to create after meeting her during the Eastside Culture Crawl.
Valerie Arntzen, Assemblage Artist | Eastside Culture Crawl Executive Director
Working on developing content for the LiveIn sites entailed familiarization with neighbourhoods. There are specific quirks, traditions, events, and lots of things about communities that are noteworthy. Strathcona happens to be home of the Eastside Culture Crawl, and Valerie Arntzen happens to be the Executive Director for the past decade or more (I think).
Visiting her to write a piece on the upcoming event, Eastside Culture Crawl, I visited her studio. I'm a very curious sort so I went off topic frequently as I was overwhelmed with fascination at the things in her studio, the life she has lived, the work she has done, the man she is married to, the studio she occupies, and so on. Fascinating woman, fascinating people - her and her husband, Arnt Arntzen.
The other thing to note is that she is a strong voice for the Arts Community here in Vancouver - Strathcona in particular and the entire Eastside area defined by the Eastside Culture Crawl. The Artists are a main force behind the increasing value and popularity of Strathcona as a place to live. Of course, real estate in Vancouver has sky-rocketed all over as well. This gentrification process was inevitable. And it isn't this that really irks the community and the affected artists pursuing their expensive craftsmanship in private toil on modest incomes until they reach their break-through. No, it is the lack of city policy that creates win-win scenarios for urban development.
A property owner is entitled to seek application for redevelopment. Existing long-term tenants have a right to express a concern. A city would be wise to seek the right to protect cultural traditions and events that have created a positive image for the city, the neighbourhood, and benefits the local economy and livelihoods of many. We're not talking about Yes / No decisions, we're talking about developing solutions that seek inclusion and safeguards for segments of our population who have continually had a long-term positive effect on society, culture, humanity, commerce, and property values.
Ladies and gentleman, that's a personal plug in support of one of Valerie's causes: Saving the Artists in East Vancouver. Visit Arntzen's Profile page and check out her cause, and the Save 901 Main Studios.
If you'd like to get involved in any discussions, visit http://liveinstrathcona.com to Register - it's free and your information stays private. Then you can start or join conversations in the Online Discussion Forum. I really do encourage it. Our voices are needed to rationally discuss how we move forward with our lives in community. Look at the senselessness of actions and lack of understanding and accountability that has otherwise been experienced.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Freedom Promotes Growth | Boundaries Accelerate Focus
If you ever caught a wild creature to keep in a cage, you will have noticed the lack of life and increase of fear in the animal.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Don’t Be Silly | Be Silly | And Sexy
Trying to “fill a role” is tiring, and hard work. It’s much more fun just to let go and be yourself. I don’t know about you; me? I have a wild fun-streak in me that is dying to come alive more often. You know what triggers it? Flirting.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Random Conversations Today | Empowerment
Life is just one crazy adventure. Control what fires up inside, respond positively, remain always “at choice” and you are truly free. You are not bound to anyone. Pick and choose, have fun, no apologies. Human being Human. Love.
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My Mojo is Back | Get Your Poke On
These are good things. Tonight, I had an appointment for a massage with a beautiful red-head, with a wild mane of hair. The massage did wonders for my back and shoulders.
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Friday, January 04, 2008
Van Jones tells Nonprofits HOW NOT TO DIE @ Craigslist camp
at the Craigslist Foundation's "Nonprofit Boot Camp". There may be somebody that feels like their cause is too marginal, their constituency is too desperate, their dreams are too big, their knowledge base is too small, and they just don't know if they're going to be able to pull this one off. If you're that person ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Just a Little Respect Makes Social Media Work for You
Using the Internet to market your business is much more about having the right attitude, understanding of and respect for your customer, and an integrated strategy—than it is about expensive commercial time.
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Friday, December 14, 2007
One Man Can | Achieve Personal Potential - Are You?
Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed, “Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.”
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Native Hopi Prophecy: The Death of America
Take only what you need. I heard this echo in my head recently. Now I watch this video and how it relates to all the writing I've done over the years. Could America be dying?
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