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Events: Net Change Week, Social Gaming 2009 and Search Engine Strategies Toronto

By Duane Brown | Published: May 23, 2009
Looks like June is going to be a busy month on top of me taking my last class at Ryerson. There are 4 events I’m looking to attend on top of Web Analytics Wednesday. Net Change Week: June 8 -12th, 2009 Net Change is a week-long event designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change. [...]
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Event: Web Analytics Wednesday – Fionn MacCools

By Duane Brown | Published: May 19, 2009
I’m be attending my first Web Analytics Wednesday in Toronto at Fionn MacCools on June 3, 2009.  Please join us for Toronto’s premier digital measurement networking and social event. Host: Patrick Glinski Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 6:00 PM Venue: Fionn MacCools Address: 181 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, Toronto Ontario (Venue | Map | Group) I started digging more into [...]
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Events: Vancouver Digital Week

By Duane Brown | Published: May 9, 2009
I leave for Vancouver Digital Week today. Having never been to Vancouver let alone out West. I’m going to spend the weekend getting to know the city and what all the fuss is about out there. Then on Monday I’m taking the bulls by the horn and learning with some of the greatest minds in [...]
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Events: Mobile Monday @ MaRS

By Duane Brown | Published: May 4, 2009
I’m heading off to the Mobile Monday @ MaRS event in a few hours. If you are attending, be sure to come and say hi. Michael J. O’Farrell is going to be our speaker tonight with the goal of learning about: About the booming mobile Internet economy in Canada and world wide How to get actively involved [...]
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Events: PodCamp London & Digital Media: Experience Design Workshop

By Duane Brown | Published: April 23, 2009
I’m going to be at PodCamp London this Satuday (April 25, 2009) and I hope to see some of you there. On Tuesday night I’m heading over to my school (Ryerson) for their Digital Media: Experience Design Workshop event. Both events are stacking up to be really great.
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Meet Tara Hunt (Whuffie! Power!) Today!

By Duane Brown | Published: April 15, 2009
I had the great opportunity to meet Tara Hunt today. I learned more about Whuffie power and can’t wait to read her new book shipping next week. I’m going to do a great write up in the next feww days… YEAH!
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Skittles Scandal: Tracking the Skittles Experiment [Friday March 27th]

By Duane Brown | Published: March 27, 2009
Besides the Transplant the Rainbow video keeping up with the results from the week before. There is not much else to report on the Skittles campaign. On April 3rd I’ll be giving my overview of the last month and what I think Skittles could do to improve their efforts. YouTube (views) Transplant the Rainbow: 14,068 Skittles – Tailor: [...]
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Personalization: Know Who You Are Talking Too

By Duane Brown | Published: March 17, 2009
I got a weird call from an insurance company today. However, the lady on the other end called me Greg. I told her my name was not Geg and it was Duane. I lost interest the minute she got my name wrong. Lets forget that she started the call by being unsure of what to [...]
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Blogs I Read: Imprint TALK: Asian Pop Culture

By Duane Brown | Published: January 22, 2009
Something I love about the internet is discovering new blogs/websites dealing with business, marketing and
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Happy New Year & Best Posts from 2008

By Duane Brown | Published: January 1, 2009
Happy New Years to everyone on Twitter and who read my bog. It has been a crazy journey and I can’t believe we are already a couple hours into the 2009. Here are some of the best posts of 2008: Tipster Thursdays: How To Use Twitter In 5 Unique Ways How Mainstream is Second Life Really?
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