Upcoming shows and musical links

national on Thomas Purves Flickr streamThe National, last I caught them at Great American Music Hall, SF 2006.

# I do believe that this is the truth. Especially the bit about Wilco.

# M asked today if there are shows coming up locally soon, and indeed there are.

# MELIGROVE BAND 4-MAY-07 MOD CLUB (one of the best live shows I saw all last year)

# Tapes ‘n Tapes: 16-MAY-07, LEE’S

# The National: 5-JUN-07, OPERA HOUSE. Their new album is good in a quiet sort of way. Not the anthemic knock-the-roof-off-awesomeness of Aligator. But lovely music to sleep to, or wake to. Pretty girls (well at least one) seem to love this album, so you’ve got that going for it 🙂

# Lastly, if you’re looking to keep up with shows in Toronto, Rotate This keeps a good list, and don’t forget I’ve cobbled together for you an rss feed of this page as well for you which you can have for yourself by copying this secret address.

Toronto RSS Concert Updates http://feeds.feedburner.com/RotateThis

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Reminder: Democamp 13 Tonight

DemoCamp is back with an all new format tonight and packing in the quality content. DemoCamp is the premier event for connecting with the tech community in Toronto. More info, and don’t forget to sign up on the wiki. (Also don’t forget to give Dave and Jay a big thanks, 13 times).

# Invited: Mike Beltzner Mozilla (15 minutes)
# Invited: Betsy Weber TechSmith (15 minutes)
# Break (10 minutes)
# Demos – 5 minutes each (these should not be sales demos)

* Opensource Game Platforms
* NotSoSo
* ViaVol
* ProductWiki
* Hosinux | Ad-Hoc Mobile Networks
* OpenID
* myhood.ca
* TeeVee
* Onyx-VJ

Venue: we’re back at No Regrets. Googly-x-marks-the-spot linky here. 6:30 is the time, but a few min earlier if you want a hope of catching seat and a full beer before the festivities begin.

Tag your photos and posts with DemoCamp, TorCamp and/or DemoCamp13

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Social Media, the Importance of Communities (and how to get one)

Visa Canada asked me to talk about the following topic this morning for 140 mid to senior level execs in the areas of ecom, marketing, finance and risk from online merchants.

Merchant Experiences in Social Media: Insights and tips into the strategies that merchants have taken to successfully harness the power of social media. An overview of recent merchant experiences – what’s worked, what hasn’t, and why.

3rd Annual Visa E-Commerce Summit (for merchants), April 23rd, 2007

It went pretty well! Here’s what I came up with:

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