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Tazzu WordPress Camp in Vancouver

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Rastin Mehr
on April 10, 2008
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On Wed. April the 30th from 5:30 to 8:30pm we are getting together at the Network Hub to share and exchange tips and how-tos on Wordpress and blogging in general. We will also learn how to reach a larger audience by using a Wordpress blog in conjunction with other web services and Social Networking websites such as Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, Facebook, and Google Calendar.

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WordPress is perhaps the most commonly used Blogging web application on the web. We blog to express ourselves, share our thoughts, or promote our businesses. WordPress is one of the simplest forms of Social Media Content Management Systems where one or few people write blog posts, and many readers are able to provide feedback through comments. The social aspect of a blog makes it a very effective Communication and Marketing tool. Wordpress is an Open Source software released under the GPL and many aspects of it relies on the wisdom of the crowds. Wordpress comes with a large list of plugins developed by community members. Many successful blogging techniques and methods have also been created as a result of community members who have collectively built on each other’s ideas and creativity.

Many WordPress users are coming from a non-technical background, so a group of community members on Tazzu.com suggested we have a WordPress Camp event to share tips and learn more about this great Social Media CMS.

What is the format of the event?

The Event is 3 hours long. 7 Presenters get 20 minutes each to share their ideas. There will be two 20 min. breaks, so we could socialize a bit and have a laugh.

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April Tazzu Networking Event

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Jen Duguay
on March 27, 2008
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Hear ye hear ye!! Tazzu is proud to announce yet another Networking event to be held at Milestone’s Restaurant, located in Vancouver’s hip & popular Yaletown!

It will be held again in the lounge area, as we found there was lots o’ room to mill around there! Everyone is invited to join us… come network and make new friends. Don’t forget your biz cards!

TAZZU Networking Event

Date: Wednesday, April 23rd
Time: 6:30pm - whenever we’re done!

Place: Milestones Yaletown - 1109 Hamilton Street* (Vancouver)
* public pay parking around back

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>> DINNER MENU

RSVP here - we hope to hear from you, and see you there!

If you are on Facebook please RSVP here

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There is an Open Web Conference happening in town!

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Rastin Mehr
on March 27, 2008
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The Open Web is a conference showcasing open source technologies, communities and culture. We are featuring talks from all areas of open source technologies such as PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, XUL, GPL, Linux, Django, Drupal, HTML, CSS, Javascript and AJAX, XML, Apache, MySQL, Web 2.0, etc.

Unlike the other major conferences, this event is community driven and run by volunteers. This isn’t the first Open Web Conference happening, and in the past it has attracted many audiences from all over the world, and  have featured the biggest names in PHP and related topics and technologies.

Vancouver Open Web Conference

This event will be happening from Monday April 14 - Tuesday April 15th 2008 at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC), 999 Canada Place which is the largest conference facility in downtown Vancouver, located in the spectacular inner harbour.

The Vancouver Open Web Conference

The conference will open with a keynote session featuring Tim Bray from Sun Microsystems, the Co-Inventor of XML, and Zak Greant from Mozilla Foundation and Foo Associates.

A full list of talks is available at: http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/talks
See the talk schedule grid at: http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/schedule

In addition to our three tracks of presentations on both days of the conference, there will be time allocated for attendees to give short talks on topics of interest in a ‘Lightning Talk’ format.

The Open Web is a presentation of the Vancouver PHP Users Association, a registered non-profit association for the advancement of PHP and the Open Web. Tazzu is one of the Media sponsors for this great event, looking forward to see you there.

Registration Information: http://www.openwebvancouver.ca

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Vancouver Joomla Demo Camp review

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Jen Duguay
on March 12, 2008
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Here is a follow-up to the Vancouver Joomla 1.5 Demo Camp. I apologize that it is somewhat late, but hey… better late than never!

The Joomla 1.5 Demo Camp was held by Rastin, Arash, and myself at the Network Hub in Vancouver. Turn out was really good with over 20 people in attendance.

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Vancouver’s first Joomla Demo Camp

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Rastin Mehr
on February 6, 2008
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UPDATE: This event was moved from Saturday Feb. 23rd to Tuesday Feb. 26th

Hello Tazzu Members,

On Feb 26th we will be gathering together to discuss and learn how to setup and maintain a small website using the Joomla! CMS version 1.5 . We will be discussing Information Architecture and Template Design methods, tips, and ideas. You will also get to meet other people and learn about their experiences about the content management systems.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 26th 2008 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Location: At the Network Hub ( 3rd floor - 422 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada ). Our good friends Minna and Robert have been so kind and given us their beautiful work space for the entire day, and we’ll get free Wi-Fi Access too! Thank you Network Hub!

To read more and register for this event, please read the announcement on the rmd Studio website.

This event has been sponsored by:

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Joomla DocCamp - finer than a marshmallow roast!

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Jen Duguay
on January 21, 2008
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Joomla DocCamp Vancouver BC Canada

Well, the Vancouver Joomla DocCamp was a huge success!

More than a dozen of us camped out at Network Hub for the day… and between the free-flowing Timmy’s coffee and delicious donuts - conversation wound its way around Social Networking, Open Source, Content Management Systems vs Blogs, and Drupal, Wordpress, and Joomla of course!

With free wireless access, a beautfully warm & dry place to hang our hats, an extension cord to plug our laptops into (slightly resembling an octopus afterwards), and an exciting new Joomla product, it couldn’t help but be a near perfect DocCamp - all that was missing was the campfire and marshmallows!

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Tazzu’s 2nd Networking Event at Milestones!

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Jen Duguay
on January 14, 2008
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We had so much fun at our last Tazzu Networking Event (Nov. ‘07) that we decided to once again hold it at Milestones (Yaletown) — only this time in the Lounge!

We’ll still get the same great food, and the same great service, only with more room to move around!

Everyone is invited to join us… come network and make new friends. Don’t forget your biz cards!

TAZZU Networking Event

Date: Wednesday, January 30th
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Milestones Yaletown - 1109 Hamilton Street* (Vancouver)
* public pay parking around back

>> MAP
>> DINNER MENU

PLEASE NOTE: We’ll be seated in Milestones Lounge which seats about 30 people, first to RSVP are IN!

We hope to hear from you, and see you there!

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