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September 6, 2010

From Advice to Writers on Twitter. Be obscure clearly. – E.B. White.

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New: My Blog Guest

September 4, 2010

My Blog Guest (site blog). A new thing in the guest blog trend, a site where you sign up, add your social media links (get rated on them), add your blog and then begin to have offers for guest posts to your blog. You can also offer your own guest posts for other blogs. Free, [...]

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The End for Vox

September 4, 2010

Did you ever have a blog account on Vox? If so, you should see what you want to save or scavenge there. By the end of September Vox will be gone.  Those who want to migrate their Vox blog can do so by opening up a free Typepad Micro blog. These were set up as free [...]

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Your Favourite Second Hand Bookstore

August 29, 2010

Post photos of your favourite Second Hand Bookstore to this Flickr group. I’m in between second hand bookstores in town. But my favourite is still a half  hour drive away in another town.

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They Move Onto Dance

August 29, 2010

“There’s an inner logic when somebody can’t speak any more, they sing and when they’re too filled with emotion they move onto dance.” – Kelly Robinson, choreographer and stage director. I was watching some old movies last night. In between they talk about the movies, in particular the director. Mostly it was a lot of back patting. [...]

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The Happiest People

August 28, 2010

Posted to Facebook by Krystal Page.‎ “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have.” She also had this one on her profile: “If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” - Les Brown

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Follow Me I’m Canadian

August 27, 2010

Follow Me I’m Canadian. Social networking for Canadians with blogs, sites, and social network links. Every Wednesday.

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FreelanceCampTO

August 25, 2010

FreelanceCampTO – Join your fellow Toronto area freelancers for the first freelancecampTO on Sun Oct 3 at the Ryerson Ted Rogers School of Management. Camp-style events are user-generated conferences that are open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. freelancecampTO will focus on how to be a better freelancer. The event is free, but [...]

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International Food Blogger Conference

August 24, 2010

International Food Blogger Conference – August 27 – 29, located in Seattle, USA.

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Ontario Blogging Women

August 19, 2010

I started a Twibe (a Twitter based group) for Ontario Blogging Women. We can talk about anything but the idea is to get together in real time, have coffee, meet real people in real places. You can bring the digital world with you but lets see some faces.

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Seven by Twenty

August 18, 2010

Seven by Twenty is an online magazine using Twitter as its publishing platform, for readers at home and on mobile devices. Publication is on hiatus until September 2010, and submissions are still open.

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Twitter Party on Tuesday!

August 17, 2010

Tweet Me Tuesday hosted by Mama Bytes.

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Facebook Friday!

August 13, 2010

Facebook Friday is today! Started by Mama Bytes, link your Facebook page or profile and then view the others. “Like” only those you actually do like.

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A Lovely Quote for Stormy Days

August 12, 2010

Found this quote in Mature, Not Senile. “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…. it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”

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Bookshelf Porn

August 10, 2010

Bookshelf Porn – A collection of all the best bookshelf photos for people who *heart* bookshelves.

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