FaceBookCamp is going to be massive

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Thomas Purves

260 people signed up on the wiki already and still a week to go. Significant amount of media and corporate engagement as well. This will make an interesting “camp”. It’s no joke that Toronto is crazy for Facebook.

Are you signed up yet?

I’m on the list but it also falls on my vacation time at the cottage -arg. This may be worth coming down from the dock for. Should I bring my beaver?

UPDATE Michele and I won’t be at FacebookCamp though we’ll be sad to miss it (don’t worry too much for us we’ll be out sailing in Muskoka). This is a major development in the evolution of the (TorCamp) community in Toronto. have fun all. Note Alan sez:

“Just a quick reminder about FacebookCampToronto tonight and some of the logistics.

The maximum capacity of the MaRS main auditorium is 350 so if/when we reach maximum capacity MaRS is going to setup a 2nd Room with an additional 70 person capacity and an audio/video feed.

The main room should be available @ 6pm and it will be first come, first serve until capacity.

We’re looking for some volunteers to help with directing people and some of the logistics. If your interested and available at 5:30pm today contact me directly via Facebook or at csmillie [at] gmail.com.

Thank you and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone tonight”

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Has Facebook killed blogging?

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Have you noticed the blogosphere growing quiet? The pros and the a-listers and the corporate blogs are still at it as strong as ever. But tumbleweeds blow through the empty feed folders of personal friends. Flickr too is fading away. Maybe it’s just summer and we’re all outdoors, as we should be, instead.

But I think it’s Facebook, first twitter, but now much more powerfully Facebook is sucking all that personal stuff, all that social presence and ambient intimacy behaviour and desires (usecases for you techies) out of the blogosphere and in to it’s fearsomely purpose-designed boxy blue and white world.

There’s a flavourshift in the blogosphere. The olde flavour of blogging is leaving us.

When you think of it, (personal) blogs never really caught on anyway.

Compare this one data point, my blogroll: 21 my FB Friendlist: 249

Blogs as dead media. At least as we once (hardly) knew ye.

Blogs are for pros, facebook is for friends

blogs dead. long live blogs.

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Stars

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Stars’ new album comes out on CD in September, but is available now legally, cheaply and for DRM-free digital download at the arts-and-crafts store $11.86CAD / 10.98 USD / 5.54 GBP / 8.87EUR and just today from Zunior.com only $8.88CAD and eMusic.com cheap if you have a subscription, or free if you don’t. [hint: run don’t walk. so to speak.]

Dashed hopes of jetpacks notwithstanding – isn’t living in the future grand?

Down with CDs.

Did I ever mention Stars is the best Canadian band in the history of ever?

p.s. I am working on another seasonal podcast. honest. Stars will be on it.

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