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What we’re thinking about here at Raised Eyebrow these days. You can subscribe to our blog by RSS, or sign up for email updates.
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We're Hiring: Part-Time Admin Assistant
September, 8 2010 CommentsHey folks, we're looking to hire a part-time Administrative Assistant to help us serve the needs of our expanding roster of progressive clients in the non-profit, government and progressive business sectors. Job description follows:
Part-time Administrative Assistant
You'll be working in our renovated, heritage Gastown office with a small, friendly team of experts who love what we do and are committed to fostering a positive, healthy work environment. (That means no overtime, great clients, and stimulating work, among other good things.)
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Calling all social change geeks: It's NetSquared Camp Vancouver
July, 15 2010 Comments
A month from now, on Saturday, August 14, I'll be attending Vancouver's first NetSquared Camp, a day-long event for people who work at the intersection of social change and technology. The goal of the event is to build skills and capacity through peer learning, and invites the participation of "nonprofits, activists and social entrepreneurs [along] with their friends and allies in the world of technology and communications." -
Provincial Government Funding for New Technology Training Could Help Offset the Cost of a New Website?
June, 21 2010 CommentsDepending on the size of your organization and whether or not you have previously applied for this program, there is a BC Government initiative which your organization may be able to use to offset some of the cost of your website (re)design and development project.
Information about the program and the one page application form are available on the Ministry website: http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/workplace_training_program/welcome.htm
In brief the eligibility requirements are:
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Being Curious for a Living: WordCamp Vancouver presentation
June, 12 2010 CommentsI spoke today at WordCamp Vancouver - a one-day conference for people who work with WordPress (including developers, designers and users). It was a great event, thanks to the hard work of the organizers. The presenters shared lots of very useful information on design and coding as well as about social media and web culture.
I chose to focus my 25-minute talk on what I think lies below the surface of the work we do as web designers and developers, and that's a more consultative and strategic role that we can play if we choose to (and if our clients let us).
The session was recorded on video, and I'll post that video when I get the link that video is posted below, but for now I thought I would at least share my slide deck - particularly for those in attendance who requested it.
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Password Overload and CRMs
June, 4 2010 CommentsWhen I used a PC, I found this utility that I used to keep track of my passwords. Roboform
is this happy will green dude who sits in your utility tray and keeps a list of all of your login accounts, their URLs, usernames, passwords and notes. Launching an account is as easy as clicking on Roboform and selecting the account you'd like to launch and voila the site launches and Roboform fills your username and password and automatically logs you in. Roboform works with a master password, so when you login to your computer to launch Roboform you need to enter a master password. You can set how often you want to be prompted for the password. -
Our new digs
June, 1 2010 Comments
A few weeks ago, we moved out of the Flack Block and relocated a mere two blocks away to another beautiful heritage office building on West Pender: The Duncan Building. Much as we'll miss our neighbours in the Flack Block, we're excited about the bright & airy space (and the hardwood floors!) that our new office affords.We're still settling in, but I wanted to share a few photos to give you a flavour of our workplace. Please pardon the bare walls and the boxes in the corners…
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Hey, Web Geeks With Hearts of Gold: We're Hiring.
May, 28 2010 CommentsWe're excited to announce a new opportunity at Raised Eyebrow. Our little-web-studio-that-could is growing again, and we've got an opening for a Front-End Developer/Themer to help us build awesome websites for fabulous, mission-driven clients.
This is a position for someone with solid technical skills -- someone who can rock HTML and CSS, who prides themselves on attention to detail and clean, elegant code. You'll be turning design comps into themes for Drupal and WordPress sites, so experience with one (or both) of those CMS's is preferred, but if you're confident in your coding skills and are new to Drupal & WordPress, don't let that stop you.
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International Women's Day at Raised Eyebrow
March, 8 2010 Comments
Happy 8th March, by lucaNRT on Flickr
Today, as we do every year, we're closing our doors on March 8 to celebrate International Women's Day. It isn't a stat holiday here in Canada, but we like to honour it as a pseudo-stat, for several reasons.
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A Hiatus for Emira
February, 1 2010 CommentsIf you've spoken with us recently, or visited the office, you'll already be aware that my business partner Emira is beginning a new chapter in her life, as a mother. Her baby is due about two weeks from now (and yes, we do have a pool going, so feel free to chime in with your date picks), and Friday was her last day in the office for a while. She's taking a few months of maternity leave -- we're not yet sure how long she'll be away, and we're just going to leave it up to her to decide when she's ready to come back. (I suspect it won't be too long before her curiosity gets the better of her and she can't stand not being up to speed on our clients' projects any longer… but our hope is that she takes all the time she needs to settle in and enjoy her time with her newborn.)
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Socially Conscious Geek: Makin’ Money While Doin’ Good
January, 14 2010 Comments
Two years ago, Emira & I went to South by Southwest (AKA SXSW) for the first time, and presented a panel called “Boss Lady” that featured tips for online business owners from several of the savviest women entrepreneurs we know: Vickie Howell, Jenny Hart & Alex Beauchamp, all of whom appear in the pages of our book, The Boss of You. We had such a good time that we knew we wanted to go back as soon as humanly possible, though last year we were too busy getting our book out the door to attend the conference.
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