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Who are you letting stand in your online footprint?

Published on April 15, 2009 in social media. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

All the buzz for the last little while has been on social networking technology, and how enterprises can exploit it.

My challenge is usually to look at an ambitious idea and determine where risks lie in terms of getting in trouble; and then to determine either how far one can go, or how to skirt the risk.

One of the questions I’ve been looking into is how a standard legal risk manifests itself in this new domain of Facebook, blogs, YouTube, etc.:  Vicarious or Third-Party Liability.  (Speaking of liability, don’t forget to read the disclaimer at the end of this article – I am not a lawyer.)  Just how closely do you have to monitor those who, through your adoption of Web 2.0 technologies and paradigms, may appear to act in your name?

Let’s look at an ideal, though potentially very risky, example.  Ideal yet very risky?  Follow me… Continue reading ‘Who are you letting stand in your online footprint?’

Joomla Training Class in Vancouver

Published on January 31, 2009 in Announcements, Rastin Mehr, joomla and social media. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

There is a Joomla training event happening in Vancouver and we would be happy to spread the word for our good friend Steve Burge from http://alledia.com

You can find our more details here: http://www.joomlatraining.com/vancouver

They’ve got enough sign-ups already to confirm that the class is run. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Steve via steve@alledia.com or call on 678-516-4410.

To participate in the forum discussion you may go here

Class Details

Date: Friday March 27, 9am to 4pm
Place: On-Track Computer Training, 1600 – 650 W. Georgia St
Price: $299

Subjects Taught

You’ll learn how to build a Joomla website, from content and user organization, to working with extensions and basic web marketing:

  • Part 1: Introduction to Joomla including 1.0 and 1.5.
  • Part 2: How to setup and organize content on your Joomla! site.
  • Part 3: Choosing and working with components, modules and plugins.
  • Part 4: Choosing and working with templates.
  • Part 5: Building community websites with Joomla!
  • Part 6: E-Commerce for Joomla!
  • Part 7: Search-engine optimization for Joomla!
  • Part 8: How to manage Joomla! websites professionally

Additional Items Provided

  • Lunch and coffee / snacks throughout the day
  • 6 months of free Joomla support after the class
  • A flash drive full of tutorials and best-of-breed Joomla components
  • Free membership to the alledia.com SEO Club. ($99 value)
  • Free copy of the Alledia.com Bolt Template. ($60 value)

Vancouver Joomla Day was a major success!

Published on June 19, 2008 in Announcements, Networking, Rastin Mehr, WordPress, joomla and social media. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Vancouver Joomla Day

I should have made this post on Monday, but we were still recovering from the event and catching up with the lost work hours for our client’s projects.

For those of you who missed this event, it was held on June 14th in the Vancouver Public Library. To learn more you can read this blog post.

Vancouver Joomla Day

I guess the pictures from the Vancouver Joomla Day speak for themselves, we did have a great time all together. There were concerns in the past that Joomla! wasn’t nearly as recognized as WordPress or Drupal in the Vancouver area, and this event busted the Myth! Based on the multiple counts, we had about 120 people show up. The ratio of ladies to gentlemen were about 1 to 3; we certainly hope to have more ladies involved in these type of events in the future.

Vancouver Joomla Day

Based on the community feedback, about 11 people showed up (correct me if I’m wrong) at the last Joomla Day held in Toronto, so I think it is safe to announce the Vancouver Joomla Day as being the largest one ever in Canada so far.

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