Posts by Rob
Temporarily Me in Toronto
Samantha is a 27 year old married mother-of-two that works in the construction industry. During the day she (sometimes) wears a hard hat, coveralls and steel toed boots on downtown Toronto construction sites. But at home, in the evenings, she gently constructs beautiful social nets – she blogs and builds pretty web buttons that bind…
Read MoreFive Blondes in London
Erica grew up on a farm in western Ontario with four younger sisters – they are all blondes. Throughout their childhood, they’ve always been ‘the family of five blonde girls’ and that fact defined them. Today things are different. They don’t live together in an old farm house and share one bathroom anymore. Now Erica,…
Read MoreThe Conveyor Belt in Vancouver
Terri Potratz started her blog back in September 2007 to post portfolio pictures online and attract potential employers. After seeing the surprising daily traffic stats, she decided to continue and rebrand the site as her own blog. Eight months later, she’s glad she did. The Conveyor Belt is not a personal web log. It’s fashion…
Read MoreSocial Capital Value Add
Michael Cayley is a web entrepreneur that studies culture and communication and prognosticates on the future of social networks. Those of us who read the scraps of wisdom he leaves lying around in his posts hope to profit by actualizing his ideas. I met Michael Cayley on Sept 4th 2008 at Timothys coffee shop in…
Read MoreProduct of Newfoundland
Robert Hiscock lives in Gander, Newfoundland and writes a perfectly styled East Coast music and culture blog that’s peppered with beautiful original photos. The text is direct and confident as Robert blogs with purpose and a good sense of his own importance. Product of Newfoundland is the first and best place to find out what’s…
Read MoreDead Robot in Downtown Toronto
Ted is a 43 year old fountain of wit. He’s a good photographer, and a skilled graphic artist. A barrel chested weekend warrior, this robot is very much alive. He writes with a sharp keyboard, and a keen eye on queer happenstance, local Toronto events, arts and culture. His blog explores web development, new technology,…
Read MoreBlack Sheep Reviews in Montreal
Joseph Belanger writes about movies in a snappy review blog with cute seasonal banners. Black Sheep Reviews was born in September 2005 just after Joseph realized that he could combine his love of writing, and his love of watching movies in a recipe for success online. This blogger’s natural passion for cinema, and his literary…
Read MoreCanadian Heroes
A digital cenotaph, this is the best place online to remember and honour the Canadian soldiers that have died during Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. Each fallen hero is presented in some detail, and eulogized as he is laid to rest. But this respectful Canadian blogspot is also filled with pictures of the living. In some…
Read MoreOne Old Green Bus
Matthew James Didier lives in west end of Toronto, but his readers would never know it. He seldom writes about the city. When he pens his blog, Didier escapes the GTA and hops around Canada (and back in time) profiling Canadian authors and showcasing vintage film clips he finds on YouTube. He writes about old…
Read MoreCariboo Ponderer in Northern BC
Vic Grace is an expert on many subjects relating to life in Northern British Columbia. She lives in a very remote, ultra scenic region of Canada; her blog posts are filled with gorgeous VIA Rail quality calendar shots of rock strewn rivers under the Rockie Mountains. Cariboo Ponderer chronicles the life of Vic Grace, a…
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