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CNMA’s: Top 5 Reasons Why Past CNMA Finalists Say “Submit A Nomination!”

Posted by on February 19, 2007 No comments

ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT!! Submit a nomination for the Canadian New Media Awards 2007 by clicking here.

Check out what past finalists have said about being included in and recognized by the CNMA’s:

  1. “Not only did the awards raise my company’s profile on the national New Media front, but they also legitimized years of independent production and non-profit creative passion!”
    Brooke Burgess | Executive Producer | Budget Monks Productions Inc.
  2. “Winning a CNMA is one more thing that gives a client confidence in me. Every little bit helps.”
    Nate Smith | Centre Ice | The Vacuum Design
  3. “My CNMA nomination did a lot to raise my visibility in the industry and in the company I work for. I’ve been booked for numerous speaking engagements and consulting jobs since.”
    Tim Willison | Interactive Engineering | Organic Inc.
  4. “Thanks to the CNMA Website, a Polish executive found out about my work and invited me to work on a project in Poland which allowed me to set a foot in the eastern European market.”
    Tommy Ferlatte | Creator
  5. The prestige of winning a CNMA gave me the recognition instrumental in launching my career forward. No other award I’ve won bears quite the same weight. Norma Penner | Senior Contributor Designer | Organic Inc.

Submit Here.

Heading To Northern Voice

Posted by on February 14, 2007 1 comment

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Northern Voice 2007 is fast approaching, and from the look of things over there, only 20 spots remain. This will be my first year attending. This time last year, I was held up and buried in a Broadcast Centre in Torino. Albeit, Italy won out over NV then, but this is now, and I’m excited to suss this out this blogging, podcasting, videoblogging conference – I’ve heard so much about it, this conference for the commoner?

Register: it’s cheap, should be grand fun, and there’s a purple T-shirt in the loot bag. That’s the real reason why I’m going.

Why Do You Blog?

Posted by on February 12, 2007 4 comments

My friend and guru blogger, Darren Barefoot, is conducting a wee online survey: Why blog? Why do YOU blog? Wait, what’s a blog?

Check it out and take the survey, if you feel so inclined. And if that was the weakest pitch you ever heard, there are prizes involved…

CNMA Blogger

Posted by on February 11, 2007 1 comment

I have just been recruited to blog for the CNMA’s! What the hell is the CNMA’s, you ask? Well, it’s Canada’s premier award show for new media in this technological marvel of a country we live in: The Canadian New Media Awards. This year, the event will be held in Toronto on May 28th – and you can go, and WIN!! But first, you must be nominated, something nice you can do for a friend, colleague or even yourself!

Here is the first post from the new CNMA blog that highlights some important details on the awards and the nominations:

Get Your Vote In!

CNMA's in Toronto May 2006

The nominations for this year’s Canadian New Media Awards is open for business. There are 15 categories, 7 for product and 8 for individual and company – take a spin through the list and check out the categories to nominate your colleagues and friends whom you feel deserves the recognition of a CNMA. Heck, you can nominate yourself as well, if you so wish!

New This Year: Early bird prices you should not miss out on! Get your nominations in now, before February 16th at 5pm EDT, and you’ll save mucho dinero on the nomination fee.

Finalists are announced and notified in mid-April, with the award show to follow, set for May 28th in Toronto.

To find out a little more on the previous winners and nominees of a Canadian New Media Award, have a look at the categories and accomplishments of the 2006 finalists.

Nominations are only open until March 2nd, so let your voice be heard while we’re still listening – submit your nomination now!

Happy Birthday Blog

Posted by on January 31, 2007 No comments

You Are One Today!!

I started my blog one year ago…. since then, well, I’ve enjoyed the blog. I like writing, always have. It has led me to write on a few other sites as well, and I continue to pursue writing for the web. I find writing on this blog cathartic. Yes, it is my online journal, and it truly is just a bunch of my jargon, but this was the beginnings of my online networks, communities and connections, and I can’t say enough about how wonderful this aspect of ‘my life online’ has been, especially when you get those random, sweet comments from around the world, like this one.

I just left my position at Raincity a week ago, and am in the process of molding, shaping, building a whole new site (oh, and business) for myself that will encompass all aspects of what I do: designing, writing, photography, hosting, blogging… all coming soon to a megan portal near you!

But for now, this simple, unchanged and unedited (sometimes neglected!) WordPress blog of which I have grown fond over this past year, will remain my place of jargon for the time being.

Why I Care About What Happens In Bangladesh

Posted by on January 15, 2007 1 comment

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Over the past week, Bangladesh has been in the headlines in and around the 3rd or 4th story. Before 2 months ago, I think these particular clips would have passed me by, in that, when hearing the words, “… And in Dhaka…”, I would have zoned out (“Where’s Dhaka?”), and continued my mental list of things to get done today, as I fed my dog breakfast or frothed my made-at-home Illy latte.

But instead, my ears perk up, I dash to the kitchen counter, lean in, my face inches from the radio, my hand on the dial, cranking up the volume. The 20-second story clues up and I am already scooting over to the computer to surf my various online sources for more details on this news.

Bangladesh has over 130 million people, all stacked in an area about the size of the island of Newfoundland.

My brother is a helicopter pilot with CHC. He is currently stationed in Bangladesh.

Thanks to the advances of technology, I can flip open my skype and have a conversation with him almost every day, as he’s tucked away in his hotel room (more recently between 11pm and 5am because of the implemented country-wide curfew). So I know he’s okay most of the time. I also get the real skinny on what’s happening, and more importantly, what’s *not* happening.

Experiencing life from the extremes of a poverty-stricken people who struggle for survival in Chittigong, to cruising the shores over the Bay of Bengal in search of oil rigs, my brother will have many stories to tell from his version of the front lines, as they were. For me, I can’t express how grateful I am for email, blogging, flickr and my new best friend, skype. Strangely and fortunately, Rob doesn’t seem so far away.

I’ve learned one thing for certain: Though I like to think I hear all that crackles into my kitchen via the radio waves, I will pay closer attention to the world report and the sometimes unimaginable description of some form of chaos from half way around the world, in places I have never been and likely will never know… because inevitably, somebody’s brother is there.

The Birthday Pressie That’s Waited A Year To Find Me

Posted by on January 10, 2007 No comments

My sibs came through in a wonderful way for the big bday… Rob has been wanting to give this gift to me for over a year – I had no idea! I am thrilled… can’t wait for you to come home Rob so we can cruise the mountains with The Capo!! Merci mon frere.

The 2007 Goal List

Posted by on January 1, 2007 2 comments

How Do You Feel Going Into The New Year???

I started my blog a year ago this January, so that my family and friends could witness my 5 weeks in Torino, Italy. It was meant to be a kind of behind the scenes look, from my perspective naturally, at the Olympic Games and life in Northern Italia – the day to day reports and updates of my journey while I experienced working for the CBC on the world stage. I wanted to share that with them. That was the beginning.

Now, at the end of 2006, as we are all about to embark on “the new year”, and, for many, reflect about this past year, I find that I have opened up a lot of my life to the internet, for all eyes to see (admittedly, a phenomenon I find both strange and challenging at times). But I have happily embraced it for the most part and have had many positive experiences, having met a slew of wonderful people, both personally and professionally. That said, I don’t think I will divulge my thoughts and feelings on all that I have gained, loved, lost, learned… that’s too personal.

I’m not big on the whole New Year’s Resolutions thing, but I am big on creating lists and in setting some goals, both short and long, so why not do that at the start of the new year? A woman whom I admire inspired me about a decade ago to start this fulfilling ritual. I hope to do the same for someone else.

So here goes my goal list for 2007, in no particular order of importance (I like to think of #14 as my mantra):

1. Keep Running – always.

2. Listen.

3. Caution whilst on the sloops…

4. Piano – get back on the horse, or stool.

5. Play more guitar… and sing in a pub, just once…

6. Focus on what I am passionate about and what makes me tick.

7. Qualify for Boston.

8. Be true to myself. Make my choices and decisions in life for me, and not for what society says, not for other people, pressures or acceptance. A toughy, but a goody.

9. Be a stellar mum to The Capo.

10. Judge Less – never be quick to dismiss another human being.

11. Play more tennis: competition shape.

12. Stay close and in touch with the family and friends that are so far away.

13. Grace.

14. Enjoy the moment, not the end result.

Le Menu: Bon Appetit!

Posted by on December 31, 2006 No comments

This New Year’s Eve, some friends and I have decided to dine IN – we’re taking over the Dobbin kitchen in St. John’s (and what a kitchen to cook in!) and creating a feast! What better way to bring in the new year than with great food, wine and the best of friends… there are a few of you out there that will not be sitting with us at the table, but know you will be missed…

antipasti:
~ asparagus tips wrapped in proscuitto and romano formaggio
~ Atlantic smoked salmon and Newfoundland salt cod brandad, with fresh-baked french bread
~ Marinated Olives

prima:
~ Portobello and Shitake Mushroom Risotto (with a sundried tomato risotto for those who aren’t keen on the mushies…)
~ Baked chicken with Basil, Almond, Romano Pesto

secondo:
~ Delectable imported cheeses – one is a Porto Stilton! :0

dolce:
~ Sorbet topped with a warm caramelized glaze of mango, blueberries, banana and maple, with a dark chocolate drizzle

vino: a fine selection from canada, italia and argentina and and and….

finito!

Capo & Meg Wishing You A Safe, Happy, Lovely, Wonderful Holi’s!!

Posted by on December 20, 2006 1 comment

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