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And you thought you knew everything about Italians
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It’s easy to assume that North American Italian culture is an apples-to-apples comparison to European Italian culture. And if you, like me, assumed that to be the case, you’d be wrong. I recently interviewed a Canadian named Marissa Janzen who lived for two years in Milan for The Expa...
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A new year, some new goals
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At the beginning of every year, I set new goals. I don’t like to call them resolutions — they just seem harder to keep to me that way. Although I kind of conflate the two in the video I made about it this week. Oops. Anyway, I’m getting back in the saddle with my videos. I don’t...
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YouTube tags: I totally did one
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I’ve long been fascinated by the YouTube tag phenomenon. It seems like a good device to use to make a video when you don’t have a topic you really want to discuss. And sometimes, they’re totally funny. So I totally did one. I answered the “17 random questions” tag in...
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Unbreakable Imperator Furiosa
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When I watch a TV show that I like, I become obsessed with it. I’ll watch it all the way through over and over again. It’s really annoying for family and friends. “What do you want to watch?” they ask “30 Rock for the tenth time!” I respond Eyes roll. I bounce ...
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Achievement unlocked: INBOX ZERO
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My work email used to be an oppressive nightmare of thousands and thousands of messages: 21,000 to be more precisely. For over two years, I failed to archive or sort a single message. And so a few weeks ago I undertook a question to sort or delete every messages in there. This video is the […]
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Lessons from VEDA
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I spent most of last month participating in VEDA, or Vlog Every Day in August. The challenge was that you had to post a new video each day, and if you were stumped for content, websites like Savvy Sexy Social provided prompts you could follow. My final VEDA video appears above. Below are some fur...
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My videoventure (a sort-of part-two)
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Last past, I talked about what I’d learned so far on my YouTube adventure. It’s only been a month since I talked about it, but I’ve already learned a ton more. I’ve really been enjoying the experience of producing content, tinkering with my format, and finding out what it ...
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I need your help with some YouTubin’
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I need your help with some YouTubin’
One of the biggest challenges I’m finding with my weekly YouTube videos is coming up with ideas that take my content beyond, “this is what my week was like, pretty neat, huh?” #Junebarrassment month was my first crack at changing it up and keeping things interesting — not just f...
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Figuring out the YooToobs
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Figuring out the YooToobs
I got into YouTubing/vlogging kind of to figure it out. I’ve been at it for just over three months now, and I don’t think I’m any closer to knowing what the “secret sauce” is (Having said that, I’m really enjoying myself and the small community that seems to be...
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Video scares me
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When I embarked on my YouTube journey, a lot of the process involved me starting at a camera and freaking out about publishing my full-motion face on the internet. I never actually pressed the record button. I just looked at the device, and wondered what the hell I was thinking. Then I’d le...
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Shooting nerds
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My Nerd Nite Edmonton partner — Wade Kelly — and I were asked by the cats at Derks Menswear to be part of a photo shoot for Elements Magazine. We needed a nerdy location, so we shot at the Low-Temperature lab at the U of A. Take a bit of a look behind the scenes […]
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A little late with the resolutions…
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When it comes to New Year resolutions, I usually completely tune out. I’m one of those idiots who says, “I resolve never to make a resolution again.” Then I walk away with a shit-eating grin on my face. This year, I earnest made the resolution to figure out how to become a YouTu...
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Walking the walk
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Walking the walk
Last year, I made a conscious decision to walk more — to use my legs and feet as my primary means of conveyance throughout the city. But some well-intentioned friends have, in a weird and kind-hearted way, made doing so very difficult. I grew up in West Edmonton, far from many walkable amenities....
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What I learned after 126 days of campaigning
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What I learned after 126 days of campaigning
With Edmonton’s municipal election campaign now a distant memory (in campaign-time, anyway, which is definitely a thing where a day feels like a week), I’ve had some time to reflect on what it was like to be part of Don Iveson’s campaign team, and what the campaign landscape was...
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Trying something new
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I’ve always had a fondness for online video. And as my YouTube subscriptions increase, I wanted to try it out for myself. So this week marks my first ever video blog. I’m going to try and do one every Monday. Tell me if you love it or hate it OR IF IT’S TOO SOON TO […]
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