I Spy Joy 
is a sweet website where people post about their moments of JOY. Check it out, and bookmark it to click to when you’re feeling a little down on things and want to see what simple things are bringing joy to other people.
I Spy Joy
April 20th, 2009 · BOOKMARKS, for fun
free drawing lessons!
April 18th, 2009 · BOOKMARKS
Hundreds of drawing lessons, all FREE! The lessons are beautifully done, clear, articulate, some are interactive. Categorized by level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and they also supply a drop-menu so you can pick a specific drawing skill to work on. Amazing!
CDN site
All lessons created by Brenda Hoddinott, a Nova Scotia artist, and Drawspace art instructors.
being five
April 15th, 2009 · for fun, twitter
I’m subscribed to this fairly new online comic strip called Being Five because that’s my approximate age. Here’s me:
local eagle cam
April 15th, 2009 · videos
This one is in Sidney, BC (Vancouver Island). Three eggs last week, this week 3 eaglets hatched. The babies look like they’re wearing sunglasses. If you wait a while, the mom and dad change shifts to take their turn at nest-sitting and feeding the babies. One of my email buddies said they saw Mom bring a live gopher to the nest!
Here’s a tip. Leave the page open in the background with the sound on. You can hear the eaglet when he’s out; sounds different from the background birds. And when the parents change shift, there’s some loud eagle sounds.
BC hummingbirds up close
April 15th, 2009 · my world, videos
I just found this bird video site. Hummingbirds are one of my favorites. This video features a group “that have been getting fed and returning to this location on a regular basis for over thirty years” near BC Ferries’ Saltery Bay terminal.
Here’s the link to the original site if you can’t see the video here on my page:
ageism? or not?
April 15th, 2009 · my opinions, commentary
On Global news last nite they reported that the current provincial election campaign is using social networking to reach young people.
The Vancouver Sun, too:
“But it’s all about finding new ways to discover those people and contact them. You have tools now like Facebook and websites. When you go on the B.C. Liberals’ campaign websites, there are links to Twitter and YouTube, and it asks volunteers to become a ‘digital activist.’” http://is.gd/sBgF.
And the Province:
“Taking a page out of the Obama campaign, the B.C. Liberals are launching a digital hub in a bid to reach out to the “next generation” of voters.” http://is.gd/sBg3
I’m a 60 yr old who is deep into digital media and knows many others of my age group who are, so my gut reaction was that this is all sounding a little ageist. Why is using social media about young people? Haven’t they all seen the recent reports that the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is women over 55??
BUT! Then I got to thinking, maybe it’s me who is being ageist thinking these reports are ageist. I need to remember that age 60 IS young these days. I’m young. So ya, BC Liberals and all you reporting media, we young folks are appreciating that you’re finally getting in touch with us where we live.
Eric Rolfsen, our local news guy who’s Canada’s finalist for The Best Job In The World (you go, Eric!) says,
“The Liberals had the right idea by bringing social media into the campaign, and to be honest their so-called ‘Open Platform‘ isn’t a bad piece of work. It just needs some real people on it.” http://is.gd/sBdU
Here I am, Eric, and I’m real. And I’m following @g_campbell. And I’m young.
a new post on a new blog
April 13th, 2009 · whatever
this is all I have to say: I hope this wordpress theme works out because I’m really tired of surfing for a theme that meets all my wishes and needs!
the 1 million buzz
April 17th, 2009 · my opinions, commentary, twitter
What's it all about, tweetie bird?
Yesterday the twittersphere was all a-buzz about the first person to reach 1 million followers — Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) won the competition with CNN (@cnnbrk ). Today the global media is all over it.
The best part: Kutcher, CNN, and Oprah have all pledged to donate thousands of mosquito nets to fight the spread of malaria.
Something else that impressed me about the whole event: the global community aspect!
Where else, even on the internet, can you experience millions of people all chatting live, together, in the same interface, at the same time, about the same thing?! We have so many ways to communicate with others around the globe, but twitter is clearly unique in this way.
Looking at twittervision 3D is like watching the earth talk to itself in non sequitors. Yesterday, though, the earth was united in its tweet-topic.
Talk about a global party line! Makes me know that tweeps can make a difference, can make change happen, if we all get together and talk about it. Er, tweet about it.
Vancouver is hosting the 2010 Olympic Games! (Please tell the rest of the world about it!)
2010 Olympics: Let’s make this the next twitter blitz. Twitter users in Vancouver & BC, tweet this:
(I heard those stats on Vancouver’s Global TV news)
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