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Re: Team Diabetes: In Memory of Daniel Hurtubise

Raul — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:07:12 -0000

Thanks for sharing this Buzz. Tragic ending, particularly since it had nothing to do with the diabetes itself, but it was caused by an irresponsible driver. My thoughts and condolences go to the Hurtubise family. I will be Blogathoning 50% for a cancer cause and 50% for a diabetes cause (members of my family have succumbed to both diseases).

Re: Review: babyeats (baby eats) in North Vancouver’s Lynn Valley

Raul — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:06:45 -0000

Great review, and great photos of Jen and Z! You know, one of the things that the Metro Vancouver area could use is MORE family-friendly, baby-toddler-oriented type places, for sure.

Re: SteakCamp 2008 on 95Crave

Raul — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:21:14 -0000

Aww. Too bad Mostly Lisa didn't like it, I was quite happy she showed up. And, as you know by my blog review, I beg to differ. And apparently, so do the rest of the crew (10/12 people liked the place in one form or another).

Again, I do actually appreciate the challenge, because it gave me a chance to build new friendships. Thanks Buzz! :-) Looking forward to seeing you at the next event!

Re: SteakCamp 2008 on 95Crave

Raul — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:42:59 -0000

Thanks for this Buzz! I had missed the opportunity to hear it live on 95Crave, so I am very glad you posted this! See you hopefully on Monday!

Re: I Dare You to Eat at The Brave Bull

Raul — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:27:31 -0000

Maybe it will be a DotCom Steak then :-) Lots of bloggers AND twitterers seem interested and willing to come along with me!

Re: I Dare You to Eat at The Brave Bull

Raul — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:58:19 -0000

Hi Buzz,

I saw you yesterday at Joe Solomon's talk but you left early and I didn't get a chance to say hi. I'm in. I'll review the Brave Bull :-)

Best,
Raul

Re: Tax Refunds Can Be Free Money for Charity

Raul — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:04:38 -0000

Actually we *might* be able to raise that much money, maybe not through tax returns. Last year, Rebecca Bollwitt and I did the Blogathon (she blogathoned for Surrey Bank Food and I fundraised for A Loving Spoonful). But maybe we could have split fundraising goals and offer some of our raised funds to Team Diabetes. My grandfather died of it, and I have a family history of diabetes (two uncles currently living with the disease).

But on the other hand, I'm also strongly compelled to raise funds for cancer. Local friends are currently battling it, as well as one of my aunts, and some of my family members have died of this evil disease. So, maybe I should plan to Blogathon for maybe two causes: diabetes AND cancer.

Great post, Buzz

Re: What To Do When Ads Don’t Work Anymore

Raul — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:53:58 -0000

WHOA. $ 450 a week for a ReviewMe post? I *really* ought to find a way to do that... cash would come handy, for sure! I commented on Miss604's post that I also knew for sure that a lot of people had visited my restaurant review for The Cascade Room (on 10th and Main), as well as the one for Ebisu in Richmond. Would that warrant that the owners of the Cascade Room or Ebisu give me complimentary dinner certificates? Not sure, but I'm tempted to ask, hehehe :) (just kidding)!

Re: What is Facebook good for?

Raul — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:58:06 -0000

I refuse to be on Facebook.

Re: Irony alert: Facebook Catch-22

Raul — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:05:54 -0000

Hi Matthew,

I don't use Facebook even though I am on every other Web 2.0 application. Ordinarily, I would agree with you (since I do like your thoughts and writing). But I disagree here. Facebook is primarily used as a social networking (friend) application. The government can engage in dialogue using non-Facebook Web 2.0 tools (Twitter, blogs, YouTube, etc.). I frankly would not take the Government of Ontario engaging with me using FB as a platform. If, of course, I were on Facebook!

Re: Twitter: The personal becomes public

Raul — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:47:35 -0000

Mathew,

Excellent post. The truth is, twitter meltdowns are happening very, very open. My concern is that they become the norm rather than the exception and that newcomers to Twitter decide that just because people can have social drama over Twitter, they should refrain or protect their tweets or use some other form of non-openness. That would detract substantially from the enormous value of Twitter.

Re: cvxn

Raul — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:42:36 -0000

Brilliant, Hez. Brilliant.

Re: cvxn

Raul — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:11:36 -0000

Hez,

Virtual electronic hugs for you. This post also moved me to tears...

Re: cvxn

Raul — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:58:20 -0000

Great After Shot!

Re: PlayTheWeb.org: exploring content reuse.

Raul — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:55:29 -0000

Completely agreed, David. I still don't understand how some people can say "oh I don't attribute because it's a hassle". It's unethical and really makes people lose credibility.

I'm also following your Bill C-61 posts (I've written a couple in the past on my blog), but I'm sort of concerned that people aren't keen on those public policy issues. Why is that?

Re: We need to vote our self-interest for democracy to work

Raul — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:40:24 -0000

I completely agree on the need for voting. Last week I complained about the lack of focus of Twitterers and bloggers on our local and national politics, but it looks like things are going to ramp up. Great post, David.

Re: PlayTheWeb.org: exploring content reuse.

Raul — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:42:12 -0000

Ok, so you have a thought that is related to "An Inconvenient Truth". Being a specialist in environmental issues, and a geek-in-training, I'm all ears... how can we combine Bill C-61, content reuse, educating the population, Web 2.0 and environment? (or not environment). E.g. what can Raul do to help?

Re: Pointless Video Blogging - Lazy bloggers or Vanity - David RD Gratton

Raul — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:56:12 -0000

Well, having read the blog post, now I understand MUCH better why you feel the way you do :)

Re: The need for an attribution trail

Raul — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:40:56 -0000

David, et al

Guys, this is a great article. I wonder if we could do attribution as follows:

"Photo by Squeaky Marmot on Flickr. Originally seen on Miss604.com"

And then hyperlink to Squeaky Marmot's original Flickr photo and then Rebecca's article that links to this. I know that this requires a lot of work, but you guys are really touching on something key and relevant. Good stuff.

Re: Northern Voice 2009 – Vancouver’s Finest

Raul — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:27:02 -0000

We really didn't get to talk much, I don't think, but I'm gld you enjoyed Northern Voice!

Re: Northern Voice: Missing Big Conversation, Loving Small Example

Raul — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:53:56 -0000

Hi Kim,

Not sure if you attended the Coping Digitally panel, but that one was one that I think was very much mind-blowing (again, that's just my opinion). You can read some of my liveblogs and maybe some of the content you weren't able to check in other rooms might be useful to you.

http://hummingbird604.com/tag/northernvoice09

I'm in no way defending (or speaking for) Northern Voice 2009. I was very willing not to show up, but I think that in the end, I gained more by actually attending. A lot of the points you make are points I will make sure to raise to the committee next year (regardless of whether they invite me to sit on the committee or not).

Conversations were extremely limited but the truth is, I am guessing this was because they had over 200 submissions for a very small number of panels. Maybe we needed a four day conference? As someone who regularly organizes academic conferences (and give papers at those), I found this one particularly refreshing.

Re: 2009/01/06/twitter-follow-fail/

Raul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:15 -0000

A friend of mine wrote a very similar post (although she published it before you did, hehehe) Anyways Reason # 11 for me is - I can't possibly follow more people right about now. I could in the near future but right now I feel overwhelmed.

Re: 2009/01/26/twestival-mashable/

Raul — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:30:54 -0000

Awesome initiative and great to hear that Mashable is supporting Twestival!

Re: HOW TO: Organize a Successful Tweetup

Raul — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:58:42 -0000

Honestly, I can't believe I read this on Mashable.

Re: Finding Your Social Media Purple Cow

Raul — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:04:43 -0000

This was great, Darren.

Re: Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter

Raul — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:22:51 -0000

Bad as it may sound, why not promote myself - so, you missed me on your list - my research twitter account is @raulpacheco and my personal twitter account (which is less enviro-focused, but still I throw some stuff there too) is @hummingbird604

My research blog is at Raul Pacheco.Org

Re: Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter

Raul — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:23:46 -0000

Re: Using Twitter to Respond to a PR Crisis - Amazon.com Failed To Act

Raul — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:03:57 -0000

I agree, Jeff. My latest blog post deals with this.

Re: Social Media is No Place for Robot Behavior

Raul — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:52:26 -0000

I was just writing about the "social media as an echo chamber" and this post does remind me of it (don't take this the wrong way, Chris. I respect your work a lot and my Vancouver social media friends all speak about how awesome and sweet you are. All the folks from Vancouver who met you at BlogWorld Expo speak very highly of you and I look forward to meeting you in real life sometime soon).

The post I am writing is still in draft form, but I'll send it to you. The reason being that even though I've read no less than 5 posts about why auto-DMs suck (several of them from my friends, more recently from Tris Hussey), I still enjoy reading YOUR perspective.

That is to say that, even though I've read more than enough posts about why auto-DMs suck, it's always nice to read others' perspectives. And that's why you add so much value, Chris. Because regardless of what the echo chamber is saying, you put your own perspective in it. And for that, I am grateful.

Be well.

Raul

Re: I’ve redesigned

Raul — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:38:02 -0000

Much cleaner, Robert.

Re: Build your Social Web: Social Media Marketing Starts

Raul — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:48:33 -0000

The part of 'being part of the conversation' is the one that most people seem to forget about! :)

Thanks for the link love as well! :)

Re: Happy Work-iversary to Me!

Raul — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:04:50 -0000

Happy Workiversary!

I see that you (like me) have succumbed to WordPress :)

Re: Yes, it really was.

Raul — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:15:45 -0000

I will NEVER live in a place that has - 22 oC as their temperature. EVER.

Re: Thoughts on a Flight From Edmonton to Yellowknife

Raul — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:16:52 -0000

Hi Beth,

How do you do the really cute footnote effect? I'm new to WordPress (I just moved from Blogger about a month ago now), and have loved it when you do it. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Re: Nom Nom Nom

Raul — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:01:59 -0000

There are issues with Blogger and issues with WordPress. No platform is perfect. I just switched to WordPress recently from Blogger, and there are a number of good things about WP that I've really enjoyed - browsing comments, replying to threads, seeing my blogstats directly, etc. Sorry to hear you've had issues with WP. So have I, for the record. But I still think Matt Mullenweg is totally cute.

Re: Earth Hour

Raul — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:04:20 -0000

Beth,

Earth Day was supposed to be exactly that (lights and unnecessary appliances), so it's not BC Hydro being lame. I agree that it *should* be ALL lights as opposed to UNNECESSARY lights, but that's how the program was promoted/designed.

Another good green blog is TreeHugger. I would promote mine as a good environmental blog, but it's not really... it's more the Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment :) And yeah, it's a very random blog (peppered with some environmental stuff.

Re: Earth Hour

Raul — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:47:23 -0000

No, hadn't read Green is Sexy, but will have to get on with it. I do enjoy reading your blog, as your path of experiences mirrors mine *oh so much* ... really. Plus you have funny posts quite often. I found the footnotes give the blog an "academic" feel (after all, it's Dr. Beth Snow, isn't it ;))

Have a nice weekend!

Re: Thoughts on a Flight From Edmonton to Yellowknife

Raul — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:10:01 -0000

Thanks for the tip Beth!

Re: I amuse me

Raul — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:29:10 -0000

How many people FB-messaged you "congrats Beth" or "Holy s**t ... what are you going to do about it"?

Re: I amuse me

Raul — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:40:37 -0000

Holy smokes, Beth... it looks like we academia-folks are late sleepers!

Re: FB - that's why I don't have FB.

Re: http://www.drbethsnow.com/2008/04/10/715/

Raul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:49:08 -0000

I *love* Diet Pepsi with Ginseng and Caffeine!

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Raul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:09:31 -0000

I think sleep is definitely in the cards for me too :) once I finish four journal articles and two grant proposals and two comments back for an evaluation of a project I'm doing. Ah, and blogging too :)

Hope you're doing well Beth.

Cheers,
Raul
http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hummingbird604

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Raul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:51:14 -0000

Oh I forgot to respond to that. They also clap for me at the end of my courses. But that usually comes after I've given them a speech (which is very heartfelt) about how much I care for their future.

Re: Ramblings about Coffee

Raul — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:31:08 -0000

I'm with Raincoaster on this one too. Unbelievable! A meal at Timmy's cheaper than a coffee at Starbucks. Hence why I refuse to drink Starbucks. Unless absolutely, entirely, completely forced to do so.

Re: Things I Will Do Once This Course I’m Teaching is Finished

Raul — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:45:20 -0000

@ Student A - My OWN students read my personal blog. And it's true, they find it refreshing. It gives them a perspective they couldn't have gotten otherwise.

@ Beth - papers not writing themselves :( boohoo

Re: Happy Earth Day… sort of

Raul — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:22:22 -0000

I also got my free drip coffee.

Re: The Skirt

Raul — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:21:29 -0000

I love the skirt, as a matter of fact!

Re: Annoyingness & bad spelling, together at last!

Raul — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:04:15 -0000

Beth, if you read my blog, you should know how much I hate FAcebook. So much that I am NOT on Facebook ;)

Re: Looking for a hot science nerd?

Raul — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:39:54 -0000

Yeah - not too happy with the science geek market over at this Science Connection. But maybe we ought to just do a "Science Love Fair"

Re: Tweet 800

Raul — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:20:25 -0000

And I'm one of them followers :)

Congrats on your 800th Tweet!

Re: The tax person cometh

Raul — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:30:08 -0000

Beth, you're officially a geek. And I think you're awesome.

Re: D’oh!

Raul — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01:33 -0000

You use Microsoft Outlook?

Beth, that's so 2004. Google Calendar is the new pink :)

Re: Saturday’s rant is brought to you by the letter M. For marshmallows.

Raul — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:02:27 -0000

Canada Post = FAIL!!!

Re: The Tale of the Two Blue Bottles

Raul — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:37:44 -0000

WOW. Glad to hear it was just a scare!

Re: Summer Shoes

Raul — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:24:27 -0000

Happy warm weekend, Beth!

Re: Bananagasm

Raul — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:24:49 -0000

Bananagasm. Best new word, ever.

Re: How often do YOU wash your hair?

Raul — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:50 -0000

Ok, I'm a hair delinquent. I wash my hair twice a day. Not sure why, I just do. But my shampoo is very, very kind to my hair (which is very thin).

Re: Never too busy to tell you how busy I am

Raul — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:43:27 -0000

This post was great. Kthxbai

Re: Good luck, Raul!

Raul — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:53:23 -0000

Thank you Beth - and yay! I passed!!!!

Re: Good luck, Raul!

Raul — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:02:28 -0000

Thank you, thank you very much (he says in his best Elvis voice!)

Re: http://www.drbethsnow.com/2008/05/18/793/

Raul — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:40:49 -0000

@ Kalev - +1 on that. I mean, seriously...

Re: Because impatience loves company

Raul — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:13:37 -0000

International shipping, FAIL. It delays great pleasures. I am already waiting with baited breath ... what kind of shirt? Color? Any details please?

Re: Prime Ministerial Series Blog Posting – Now With 87% More Facts!

Raul — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:57:06 -0000

Great post. I don't know what you're talking about, Beth. I *love* your PM series!

Re: She Has A Name!

Raul — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:58:02 -0000

After hearing that you have named your Treo Hermione, I am tempted to name my iPod Dylan. Just 'cause I love that name. Thoughts?

Re: I couldn’t leave well enough alone

Raul — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:15:04 -0000

Ok. I am glad I didn't see it :)

Re: She Scores!

Raul — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:16:27 -0000

:) Score on the score!

Re: She scores… again!

Raul — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:05:23 -0000

Skillz. Dr. Beth has them. :)

Re: To See or Not to See

Raul — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:30:03 -0000

I have also considered eye surgery. We should chat about this sometime. Although I don't have 8, I think my eye is considered technically blind in Mexico.

Re: "Behind every successful man there is a surprised woman"

Raul — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:27:24 -0000

If I got married I wouldn't take my partner's last name either. My mother would simply cut my .... and disown me. My last name is hyphenated because I add my Mom's last name to my Dad's.

And yes I do feel more informed now :)

Re: The Shirt You’ve All Been Waiting For

Raul — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:14:54 -0000

Awww. Great shirt, and you look *so* hot in it ;)

Have a great weekend!

Re: Am I going to write a blog posting about P.M.#15, Pierre Trudeau? Just watch me!

Raul — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:43:10 -0000

Very much a great Canadian. And he has two sons that are SO HOT.

Re: Am I going to write a blog posting about P.M.#15, Pierre Trudeau? Just watch me!

Raul — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:33:18 -0000

I actually thought Michel was super hot too (all three are hot). I am really saddened that Michel passed away, even if it was a while ago. I don't think any of his family members recovered from it.

Re: Weekend Update

Raul — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:31:48 -0000

Happy birthday, Dr. Snow's Dad :)

Re: Beth fall down go boom

Raul — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:21:37 -0000

Sorry to hear about hurting yourself. HOWEVER... you went to YPF and you did NOT take me? What's up with that? :(

Re: This above all: to thine own eyes be true

Raul — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:54:18 -0000

I can liveblog the surgery if you need me to :)

Re: Making Me Feel Like a Slacker

Raul — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:24:16 -0000

Oh. Right. I am guessing 15 yrs old - junior high - 30 yrs old - post-secondary. What do you think?

Re: Making Me Feel Like a Slacker

Raul — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:49:16 -0000

I finished at 20

Re: If I Cut My Hair, Will I Still Be A Girl?

Raul — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:13:51 -0000

AWWWW... I *love* my nieces. Hope you have a wonderful visit!

Re: You know it’s a slow newsday when…

Raul — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:12:30 -0000

:) Priceless :)

Re: Happy Belated Father’s Day and other, unrelated Monday news

Raul — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:38:20 -0000

Skillz. Dr. Beth has them.

BTW - you're not to be trusted with knives. Nor with blogs. You made me laugh at 11.30pm. That's SO wrong on SO many levels :)

Great post!

Re: Booked it!

Raul — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:19:19 -0000

I'll liveblog the surgery - unless you want to do it yourself.

Re: Booked it!

Raul — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:34:57 -0000

@ Kalev - Dude, I seriously need to get you to guest-post on my blog. Personal grooming - WHOA. This warrants a full post! FWIW (for what is worth) I get ready in 16 minutes. I once broke a record and got ready in 9, but my Mom had already ironed my clothes, I had chosen what I was going to wear and she was standing right by me to help me fix anything that could possibly go wrong (I was on my way to give a dance exhibition). Nine minutes. Beat that. :)

Re: The Grouse Grind…. again.

Raul — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:34:20 -0000

Awesome!!! :)

BTW Thanks for the link love and for coming to the movie with us! :) (or shall I say, for obeying the instructions, hehehehe)

Re: A Weekend In Pictures

Raul — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:14:46 -0000

Wow. You DID manage to summarize your weekend in ONE post. I have six and I haven't published even half of them :( Boo. Raul = FAIL. Summarizing skillz. Dr. Beth has them :)

Re: Comps

Raul — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:09:34 -0000

Congratulations to Erika!

Re: A Blog Post in Pictures

Raul — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:52:31 -0000

WOW. Seriously, this TOTALLY beats BlogDesk. Handwriting, FTW!

Re: Blogger’s Block

Raul — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:10:14 -0000

AWWWW

That's awesome. I am having blogger's block too. And a weekend away from computers, hopefully. :D

Nieces are adorable, and yours is totally awesome!

Re: I am sleepy

Raul — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:03:19 -0000

Your niece is like, the cutest EVER

Re: A Weekend In Pictures

Raul — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:30:34 -0000

Told ya, the world is REALLY small.

@ Melanie - And since my name is officially out on the net (because I appeared on the 24 Hrs newspaper twice last week), now everyone knows that I am ME. Funny how things go, I worked on the science outreach thingie that Beth was a leader of (and I didn't know), so technically, I worked for Beth and I didn't even know her at the time!

Rachel I knew from Green College, but Melanie and I met in RMES (and then of course, Green College stuff - besides, we are very good friends!)

Re: Happy 7/7!

Raul — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:26:19 -0000

I'm confused.

Re: Do You Go By Your Real First Name?

Raul — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:13:11 -0000

I have more than one first name, and Raul is actually the second in the series :)

Why? Not sure. My parent's fault. They started calling me Raul even though my very first name isn't Raul :P Go ask them! ;)

Re: Happy 7/7!

Raul — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:58:21 -0000

I just couldn't understand where the footnotes were screwy. They looked fine to me.

Re: Socratic Irony

Raul — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:54:23 -0000

You read the dictionary. For fun. Weird ;)

Re: I need a power suit

Raul — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:56:46 -0000

You look ultra hot in this photo. Just sayin'

Re: Pitch My Blog

Raul — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:18 -0000

Beth's blog is the online repository of the crazy thoughts of a fashionable, funny, science-y, geeky, sporty and social gal. Often showing an extreme amount of wittiness, it can also contains items that may (potentially) be serious in real life.

Summary enough?

Re: http://www.drbethsnow.com/2008/07/20/983/

Raul — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:52:44 -0000

You rule my world.

Re: BlogHer 2008

Raul — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:43:25 -0000

You ruled BlogHer :)

Re: Brain Cells

Raul — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:54:54 -0000

Awww. So cute. I want to see the others (the cold, ebola, etc.)

Re: I heart my new keyboard!

Raul — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:44:47 -0000

I'm envious! Have someone send me a wireless keyboard. Actually no. Have them send me a full MacBook Pro! With STATA and SPSS and EndNote included! :)

Re: Shout Out to the Blogathoners

Raul — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:27:34 -0000

Thanks for the shout out, the guest post and hope you win your game! :)

Re: Buh bye, sweet Scrabulous

Raul — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:35:21 -0000

I am really really sorry for your loss :-)

Re: My BlogHer/Feminism Rant

Raul — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:24:51 -0000

Ok, so I have to say that I expected a different rant but I loved this one. Darn it. You *are* good.

Ok, so a bit of history - I am one of five boys in a 7 people household (Mommy, Daddy and 5 brothers). My Dad used to be annoyingly macho and decided we didnt' need house-working skills. Mom said "well, if they don't learn house-working skills, they'll be totally useless when they're on their own".

First brother moved out and found himself totally useless. Same with second, third, etc... One day I am making dinner for my brother and he looks at me with sweet brotherly eyes and says "Raul, you are amazing - you know how to cook/clean/sew your own seams/do laundry and I am so totally useless".

Moral of the story - not all men spend only 14 hours a week in house chores. Some (like me) spend substantially MORE.

Re: My BlogHer/Feminism Rant

Raul — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:32:12 -0000

Whoa. Dude - way to start up the conversation.

@ Beth - Not sure what I expected, my own complaint of BlogHer if I had gone would have been "hey don't any single men come to BlogHer just out of curiosity?" Being as I am a single young man who DOES want to have children but is currently child-less, I am sure I'd find some panels interesting/amusing. Anyways, not sure what I was expecting but I loved the rant.

As for my Dad - He wanted to never do house-work. But then my Mom got a PhD, a career of her own and told my Dad she would never help again with his legal stuff (both my parents are lawyers) and ... Dad started making lunch for us every day and other household chores :)

@ Dan - Given that 100% of my Mexican friends are currently married with children, I face the same issues that you do with respect to 1, 2, 3, 6, 8. Unfortunately, I DO want to have children, but it's not a MUST, it's a WANT.

A few weeks back I talked on Andy's blog about how the iPhone was a WANT and not a NEED. Same goes for children. I WANT children, I don't NEED children.

Re: My BlogHer/Feminism Rant

Raul — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:37:10 -0000

Agreed.

One point that is important to remember is that parenthood may indeed define some people. My brother and my sister in law just became parents recently (last year, late in the year) and they feel as though in many respects, they are no long S and B but they are L's parents. To me, they are still individuals, but to themselves, they are L's parents. It's an interesting change of perspective.

Sometimes, when I am angry at the way my brothers educate their children, or my brothers respond to my Mom or Dad, I get this response "you are not a parent, you wouldn't understand". And my blood boils. But the truth is, there are experiences I haven't had as a father, and I can't speak to those. However, and in complete agreement with Dan, the fact that I am not a father doesn't mean that I am not able to understand certain things. I may not have the experience, but I can kind of get it.

Fatherhood is something, as I mentioned before, that I cherish and want but that I don't necessarily need, much less to be defined by it.

Re: Geek Cred

Raul — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:48:55 -0000

You are TOTALLY bloggable!

Re: Why Couldn’t It Have Been Gummy Octopi?

Raul — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:30:45 -0000

Dr. Beth.

You know I love you, right? But I am SO sorry, even though I am an arachnophobe, I *love* gummy spiders. You can hate me now :)

Re: Who You Gonna Call?

Raul — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:24:52 -0000

Wow. At first I thought the Demon Spawn (the child of the Hellions, my neighbours) was an actual entity. After reading this I think it's more like a ghost! And a very noisy, at that!

Re: A major flaw in Tony Clement’s claim of "harm addition"

Raul — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:44 -0000

One of my best students at UBC did a paper on Insite that I should share with you. I actually happen to think that Insite does a great job.

Re: Routine

Raul — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:43:22 -0000

I love posts on routines. Here is mine.

- When I use contacts, take them off.
- Proceed with bodily function to ensure that there is no liquid remaining in the body during sleep.
- Brush my teeth. Floss.
- Check my to do list for the next day.
- When I used to drink coffee, prepare the coffee maker for the next day and set the clock.
- Set my alarm clock.
- Read half of a page of the 24 Hrs newspaper.
- Sleep.

Re: Guess who’s running?

Raul — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:14:36 -0000

I hate it when websites don't work with FireFox. IE is eeeevil.

Re: Happy BDay, Almost Dr. Dan!

Raul — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:43:06 -0000

Happy birthday Almost-Dr. Dan :)

Yeah, Dr. Beth has a way of making people smile :) Speaking of which, I should point out that I'm totally up for a Snow, Gillis, Pacheco et al (2008) paper on something funny :)

Re: I have 20/20 vision

Raul — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:28:16 -0000

Congratulations on your new eyes!

Re: Wanted: Nutrition Ideas

Raul — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:54 -0000

Fad diets - total protein vs. no protein, total carbs vs. no carbs.

Re: Sarah is Here! Sarah is Here!

Raul — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:02:01 -0000

I heard that Sarah's PPP skillz are mad and that's she's awesome. It may only be hearsay, but we all love you Sarah on account of having undertaken your PPP role with strength and courage :) Enjoy your visit!

Re: Nom Nom Nom at the Naam

Raul — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:32:57 -0000

Your eyes are still beautiful.

Hi Sarah! Hope you enjoyed your visit :) Too bad I wasn't in Vancouver, otherwise we would have gotten to hang out and do a lot of shenanigans with Dr. Beth :)

Re: Dr. Beth, Truck Driver Extraordinaire

Raul — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:51:05 -0000

And he has a cute smile, so I figure that driving around with Kalev would actually do wonders for your soul. Reciprocally, anyone who can spend any amount of time with you should feel him/herself blessed :)

Congrats on the new desk!

Re: My New Desk

Raul — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:20:32 -0000

I love these photos :) And the post is most excellent. I want to ask a question though. Who takes the photos when you're in them?

Re: Yay! I get to mention David Emerson again!

Raul — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:41:22 -0000

Going political, are we Dr. Beth? :D

Re: 100

Raul — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:30:27 -0000

Congratulations, Beth!

I'll have to congratulate you on day 200, 500 and 1,000 respectively!

Re: I can has votes?

Raul — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:32:31 -0000

Voted! :)

Re: $40 "plus other fees" WTF?

Raul — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:12:50 -0000

Because everyone who works in marketing loves to lie :)

Re: Blog Posting From the Bus

Raul — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:14:48 -0000

Holy smokes, Darren was fast!

On the research geeky side - What kind of data would you use to show causation? In the social sciences, causation is perhaps the toughest proof of them all, particularly because most explanations for specific phenomena are of a multiplicitous nature.

Re: Update on Amor

Raul — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:30:27 -0000

Amor de Cosmos means love of the universe in Spanish.

Re: What’s a Blog?

Raul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:35:12 -0000

Guy in the right is super hot. I want him. NOW

Re: Read Airdrie’s article!

Raul — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:41:18 -0000

When I broke up with my ex, the help arrived two months too late (yay UBC Student Health Services). By then I had already overcome the toughest part of my depression (not sure if it was actual depression, but it felt like it). I am glad it worked for others, but for me, it arrived too late. I had already survived the breakup thanks to the friends and family who were there to support me.

Re: RIP DFW

Raul — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:53:39 -0000

What an amazing post, Beth. I also went through what I think was a depressive episode, but I was given help well before I went into a clinical depression (by my friends and family).

Rest in peace, DFW

Re: Happy Birthday, Dr. Raul!

Raul — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:40:14 -0000

Thanks Dr. Beth! I really appreciate it :D

Re: Hockey Team #2

Raul — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:56:27 -0000

Um. I want more "rampant consumerism" posts :)

Re: More new shoes

Raul — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:32:13 -0000

Why isn't this post tagged with rampant consumerism if you did indeed buy something? eh? :)

Re: O, woe is me to have seen what I have seen, [now] see what I see [slightly less good]!

Raul — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:37:03 -0000

Creepy image!

Re: BarCamp 2008

Raul — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:01:52 -0000

Self hosted is the way to go! I am sorry I missed you at BarCamp, I didn't go as I was feeling horribly ill.

Re: Stupidest Tongue Injury Ever

Raul — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:45:40 -0000

Ouchie :(

Re: I received this in the mail yesterday

Raul — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:51:32 -0000

Best. Video. Ever.

Re: Who Doesn’t Love a Graph With a Spike?

Raul — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:52:01 -0000

I don't usually talk about stats (as you know) but since I am trained as a quantitative researcher, I gotta say, I love me some stats! I should write about hotties to see if I get lots of views! :)

Even if short-lived, Beth, congrats on your high traffic! It will go up again, I am sure!

Re: Children Love My Footwear

Raul — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:09:50 -0000

Your mom rocks! I still not sure why this post is not rampant consumerism ;)

Re: Conservative Brochure #2 – Update

Raul — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:50:27 -0000

I was somewhat taken aback with the fact that rubbing alcohol didn't help with the fiber degradation. Shocked that vinegar did. We could have probably distroyed the brochure had we had access to sulphuric acid, don't you think?

Re: Science and the Election

Raul — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:50:21 -0000

@ Kalev - Yup. Apparently social sciences aren't needed in Canada. These government agencies are moronic!

Re: Why Do Americans Have to Register To Vote Over a Month Ahead of their Election?

Raul — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:11:39 -0000

@ Beth - Federalism is different in each country, and Canada's system (fully federalized, where Provinces have to establish intergovernmental accords with the Federal government, and where they actually may have more influence over certain portions of the policy process) is very different to that of the US (hence states have a little bit of power over certain functions, and a lot over others).

I don't think I explained myself very clearly but Demonweed and Kalev did. Blame it on my being overdosed on NeoCitran.

:D

Re: Hockey Updates

Raul — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:19:44 -0000

Research methods, FTW!

Re: The Candidates of Vancouver Quadra

Raul — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:27:30 -0000

I did my Masters at UBC Commerce, and I don't think all of them are evil.

Re: Election Night

Raul — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:41:27 -0000

I am disappointed in Canada, definitely :(

Re: Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty

Raul — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:44:57 -0000

That is a common problem here - trying to solve a problem by tackling the symptom, not the cause.

Awesome Blog Action Day post! :)

Re: Unfortunate Truncation

Raul — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:38:42 -0000

Aaaawkward :)

Re: What to Wear to the Madonna Concert?

Raul — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:27:29 -0000

I am green with envy. Kthxbai.

:D

Re: Third Tuesday

Raul — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:09:11 -0000

@ Kalev - I would NEVER pay that much money. Ever.

Re: Resident Expert

Raul — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:14:39 -0000

My tummy hurts since 4 days ago. What's happening to me?

Re: Thank goodness for Akismet!

Raul — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:39:49 -0000

I can't get over the fact that you are SO CLOSE to having 1000 posts. Can't wait. :)

Re: Gender Analyzer FAIL

Raul — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:48:57 -0000

Well, it thinks that I write like a man :P

Re: Gender Analyzer FAIL

Raul — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:49:46 -0000

And For The Record (FTR) I think you write like a woman. A very bright, funny and awesome woman. Just FYI.

Re: Grammar Snob: Presidential election edition

Raul — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:17:29 -0000

Did you see that I fixed it ;)

Re: Some of my favourite tweets

Raul — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:00:15 -0000

Um, I, too, did a list of some of my favorite tweets too, a few months back! You *never* read my blog (*pouts and starts crying*) Heheheheheh. :-)

Re: Some of my favourite tweets

Raul — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01:31 -0000

I was just kidding, you know that :) heheheh. Although, yeah ... truth be told, I should be posting a bit less. 49 times a day sounds about right ;)

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

PS.- Went shopping to H&M today and *almost* had a chance to write a "rampant consumerism" post :)

Re: I admit it. I like Nickelback.

Raul — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:35:28 -0000

I admit that I like Nickelback too! Great minds think alike!

Re: Research Methods Rule!

Raul — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:23:18 -0000

We should have an in-person chat. I've takend both (quantitative AND qualitative) and I've taught them too :)

Re: Follow or foe?

Raul — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:50:44 -0000

Liz,

I followed Ari's twitter stream for a while. For a while there we followed each other reciprocally. Then he unfollowed me and after a while, I unfollowed him too. Then he did the whole "ultra follow everyone" and then the "ultra unfollow everyone". I did exactly the same thing. I followed him back, interacted for a bit, then he unfollowed me - I made a decision then on whether I wanted to follow him despite the unfollow, and I decided against it.

I am connected to Ari through Facebook. He's been kind to me and I enjoy occasionally going to his Twitter stream and reading what he's up to. The fact that we don't follow each other doesn't mean that we don't respect each other (all of this is to say, I agree with the fact that unfollowing someone shouldn't make us feel bad - heck I've been unfollowed by the amazing number of 3,400 people).

I follow 582 people now and I'm followed by 2,702 - I wish I could follow more but physically, I can't. But sometimes, some social media "stars" do engage in bitchy behaviour. They do, and I can list names but that would be bitchy in and of itself. One of the nastiest behaviors I've seen is saying "I'm going to unfollow everyone". Becomes an adversarial, "in your face", "I don't give a damn about what you say" kind of interaction.

I don't do social media for a living, I just use it for fun and to build great friendships. But I think those who DO do social media for profit/as a way of making a living could do very well helping newbies learn about Twitter without being all diva along the way.

My 2 cents.

Re: Vancouver Crowd Putting the Social in Social Media

Raul — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:36:32 -0000

Thanks for the interview Buzz!

Re: Rogers Responds to iPhone FAIL

Raul — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:35:49 -0000

Thanks for this update, Buzz. The question is - shouldn't they have been prepared for something like this? I'm just saying. Let's keep it on the positive side of things. Now, lots of Vancouverites DO have iPhones, and that's a good thing :)

Re: Consumers Fume over iPhone

Raul — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:18:44 -0000

Good non-edited piece. Sometimes the final cut erases relevant bits and pieces. Good stuff :)

Re: No Unlimited Plan Planned for Rogers iPhone

Raul — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:03:50 -0000

The worst part is that, many people will indeed buy the iPhone simply because they haven't bothered doing the due diligence. For them, 400 MB and the pricing will sound about alright. Why do I say this? My best friend is a geek, and he said that he would buy the iPhone no matter what :( If he thinks that way, I worry that many more people will too!

Re: 24Hrs: Blogosphere Buzz 06-25-08

Raul — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:36:46 -0000

Thanks for the mention too, Buzz - I would have sworn I left a comment saying thanks but clearly my brain is not functioning properly. Or I might have left it on your restaurant reviews of the Lynn Valley restaurant. Will check :) Thx again.

Re: Let Them Drink Coke

Raul — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:52:50 -0000

I've been thinking about adecuate policy designs to avoid exactly what Ryan is suggesting will happen (a shift from bottled water to soft drinks). Green taxation seems like a good enough recourse, but it merits further inquiry. If we had enough good water supply at facilities like parks and so on, I am guessing more people would be encouraged to drink water from the tap. The photo you included is quite graphic.

Re: September 1, 1993

Raul — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:15:19 -0000

Wow. 15 years. Congrats!

Re: Research Methods Rule!

Raul — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:29:57 -0000

Also, I'd be happy to guest-lecture if you want me to! not that I know anything about exercise science!

Re: My First Book!

Raul — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:03:05 -0000

Congratulations, Beth! :)

Re: My Terrible Memory

Raul — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:36:51 -0000

If you ever get lost, call me. I'm good at navigating this city.

Re: My Best Excuse Yet

Raul — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:11:40 -0000

Dude,

I can't believe you hurt your hand. It's such a bad omen! I hate injuries the night before Monday! :(

Get well soon :)

HUGS

Re: Merry Mexmas!

Raul — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:08:02 -0000

Feliz Navidad, pastafari :)

Re: Two Week Warning

Raul — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:06:23 -0000

I will be prepared for your birthday, Dr. Beth Snow

Re: OMGIhateUSAirways!

Raul — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:27:28 -0000

I am so sorry to hear about this, Dr. Beth :(

Re: This Freaks Me Out

Raul — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:54:16 -0000

I read the Vancouver Sun story, and I can completely understand why you'd be freaked out. But the thing is, I think the coverage has exacerbated a very negative perception of safety in Mexico. You guys are ok (thank God!) and I can assure you, this is not a common occurrence!

Re: http://www.drbethsnow.com/2009/01/06/2128/

Raul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:46:47 -0000

You are famous :)

Re: It’s Bethmas Eve!

Raul — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:47:45 -0000

OMFG you have a category for rampant narcissism. I knew you rocked, but now you rock even more!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETH!

Re: 101 in 1001 for my 1000th post

Raul — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:11:05 -0000

Please DO notice that she never mentioned "Shop for MacBook Pros with my friend Dr. Raul"

*pouts*

Re: Welcome to my new site!

Raul — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:13:41 -0000

Second! Well, I would have been first but I figured it was up to Kalev to be first. Yay! Congratulations on self-hosting!

Re: And so endeth another blogging streak

Raul — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:10:10 -0000

I'm with Derek. In my books you're still good to go

<abbr>Raul Pacheco’s last blog post..Giant Ant Media Open House Liveblog</abbr>

Re: Taylor Pyatt, Taylor Pyatt, TAYLOR PYATT!

Raul — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:23:35 -0000

I, too, would have his babies. Sadly, I have no way to do so. But if I did, I would :)

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Dumbing down the resume to get a job?</abbr>

Re: My Greeny Valentine

Raul — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:02:22 -0000

Fun! I'll be drawing the winner later today! (ran out of time this morning!)

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Happy Valentine’s Day!</abbr>

Re: My Greeny Valentine

Raul — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:03:41 -0000

And... Happy Valentine's Day, Beth!

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Happy Valentine’s Day!</abbr>

Re: I Won!

Raul — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:11:50 -0000

Congrats on the win! Boo to the fact that your Valentine is not in town that day :( but hey it's still great that you won!

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Happy Valentine’s Day!</abbr>

Re: Scientist Hotties

Raul — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:05:35 -0000

Hey, why am I not mentioned as a hottie scientist? Eh? Eh? :)

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Chip is Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile Launch and Video Contest</abbr>

Re: =) =(

Raul — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:25:04 -0000

I was sleep deprived and frankly I had to have a nap, so I did! :) Hugs, Dr. Beth!

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Re: NVIVO 8 Workshop

Raul — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:39:38 -0000

I have used NVIVO to help me with the coding (the research method I used was grounded theory), but frankly, I much rather code on my own than using NVIVO.

<abbr>Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD’s last blog post..Update on Mental Health Camp - space sponsor confirmed (WorkSpace)</abbr>

Re: NSERC Cutting Masters Scholarships To Just One Year

Raul — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:18:41 -0000

That pisses me off as well, it's insane! NSERC doing this and SSHRC earmarking stuff for business. Great. Research gone to hell

<abbr>Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD’s last blog post..International Women’s Day and Watchmen’s female superheroes</abbr>

Re: Analog Twitter

Raul — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:02:31 -0000

Isabella Mori and I were tweeting on paper...

moritherapy : "Do you realize that we are both organizers of meetups and we both struggle with space in personal and online?" SENT VIA Paper because my laptop is sick.

hummingbird604 @moritherapy "I know, it's hard... by the way I love tweeting on paper" SENT VIA Paper

We are nerdy

<abbr>Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD’s last blog post..Crime Pays: Fundraiser for the Federation of BC Writers - March 16th, 2009</abbr>

Re: Old Fridge, New Fridge

Raul — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:21:36 -0000

Awesomesauceness! Congrats on the new fridge!

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Re: The Mental Health Commission of Canada Wants To Hear From You!

Raul — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:01:34 -0000

I will link to this post on the MentalHealthCamp blog.

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Review - Vancouver Opera - Rigoletto</abbr>

Re: Workiversary Chocolate

Raul — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:08:13 -0000

Happy workiversary!

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Re: Hockey Champions For the Second Year In A Row!

Raul — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:56:23 -0000

Skillz, Dr. Beth "Champion" Snow haz dem.

Massive congratulations!
<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Congratulations to Ianiv and Arieanna! Anniversary and a new little Blogaholic coming! :)</abbr>

Re: Light At The End of The Tunnel

Raul — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:59:46 -0000

It's time for me to send you much love and hoping that you'll be able to sleep soon!

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..On a personal note</abbr>

Re: Exam Invigilation

Raul — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:53:12 -0000

I love invigilating exams for my own students. I get to see them sweat profusely and almost cry.

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Happy birthday, Andy Peatling!</abbr>

Re: I Heart Gmail

Raul — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:47:02 -0000

You forgot to mention that Gmail allows us to chat any time we want, Dr. Beth :)

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Amazon Fail : Motrin moms Redux?</abbr>

Re: My blog is b0rked

Raul — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:21:29 -0000

There's something wrong with the way you have configured the landing page. But I can read this post, of course.

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Amazon Fail : Motrin moms Redux?</abbr>

Re: My blog is b0rked

Raul — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:21:58 -0000

There's something wrong with the way you have configured the landing page. But I can read this post, of course.

Re: Hockey Hotties – Playoff Edition

Raul — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:11:18 -0000

Unfair. No photos of hotties?

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Don Guacamole (West End - Robson Street)</abbr>

Re: I Heart Gmail

Raul — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:27:56 -0000

Technically i should be commenting on the Crank post to demonstrate that yes, indeed I'm caught up with my RSS feed and your blog posts, but I can't say anything about the movie. It sounds bad :P

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..The Vancouver Sun Run goes all Web 2.0</abbr>

Re: You Can Do Anything You Want?

Raul — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:11:23 -0000

And that's why we did PhDs, Dr. Beth! Because we like research!

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Today is my 3 year blogiversary</abbr>

Re: Mental Health Camp 2009

Raul — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:35:11 -0000

Thanks for the shout out! :)

Re: I Can Has Sympathy?

Raul — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:20:28 -0000

I am sure you know that Mexicans are all around-Twitter suffering jokes about a specific kind of flu! :)

Get well soon, Beth!

<abbr>Raul’s last blog post..Interview me - Catherine Novak (WordSpring)</abbr>

Re: How To Use Pandemic Panic For Fun And Profit

Raul — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:56:09 -0000

:) I am coughing right now so that people think I have the swine flu ;)

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Re: A Not So Brief History Of Cars I’ve Owned

Raul — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:16:20 -0000

Take ME for a ride, ME, ME, ME, ME!

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Re: Alicia’s Bachelorette

Raul — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:55:14 -0000

Um. Did Negar recently finish her PhD? Because if she did, then she is MY friend Negar! We did our PhDs under the same supervisor.

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Re: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Raul — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:17:37 -0000

Awesome! Congratulations, and such a good post, Beth!

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Re: My Mid-Week Weekend Update – Part 1

Raul — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:32:58 -0000

I want to take the Albion Ferry! :(

Re: My Mid-Week Weekend Update – Part 2

Raul — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:35:47 -0000

Ah, awesome - glad to hear Almost-Dr.Dan is in town :)

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Re: Look At Me, I’m Guest Blogging!

Raul — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:57:19 -0000

Um, you still haven't guest blogged for me. No, I lie. You have - you did for Blogathon 2008. I love you :)

Re: Comtemplating Blogathoning. Wanna write a guest post for me?

Raul — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:58:01 -0000

Last year you guest-posted for me. I think it's only fair that I offer to guest-post for you. Although it wouldn't hurt if you guest-posted for me too!

Re: Welcome To Blogathon 2009!

Raul — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:54:32 -0000

My God, we are all crazy now (wait, wasn't that a song?)

Re: Blogathon Vancouver 2009

Raul — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:22:41 -0000

That's awesome! Welcome onboard!

Re: Nominate Your Favorite Writing Blog for 3rd Annual Top 10 Blogs for Writers Contest

Raul — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:32:34 -0000

Holy mother of god, that's a lot of comments.

I do love Michael Kwan's Beyond the Rhetoric (http://btr.michaelkwan.com). He provides LOTS of useful suggestions on writing.

<abbr>Raul's last blog post..Septiembre, Mes de la Patria</abbr>

Re: The Audacity of Free

Raul — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:37:24 -0000

Dear Chris, thanks so much for linking to my post. I am delighted to see that we agree on the principles and on the fact that giving away things for free results in people devaluing our work.

I'm proud of the work I've done for free for the social media and tech community in Vancouver, and I've earned my badge of honor. The consulting I do costs because my brain needs protein and carbohydrates to function, and those aren't free. They have to be bought. It's a transaction :)

Thanks again!

Re: In defence of newspapers and serendipity

Raul — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:21:44 -0000

Mathew,

I just shared with you on Twitter one of the best pieces I've read lately, Todd Gilpin's article on the five werewolves of American journalism. I am, as you know, keen to understand what is behind the decline of the newspaper industry. Not only from the academic viewpoint but also from the social media and new media angle.

I don't know if I buy is the serendipity defence of newspaper, but I would recommend you to give it a revisit after having put on the glasses of Gilpin's analysis. It's a good read.

I did, however, thoroughly enjoy this post (as I almost always do with your writing!).

Best wishes

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