Northern Voice 2010 kicks off today. Last year I made the trip up to UBC for both days of the conference but this year's date change has made it difficult to take Friday's off so I'm skipping today's adventures and will, instead, watch the twitter stream from afar.

The conference has become a great place to meet bloggers and get some great tips and ideas for the year while also giving me the opportunity to see people that I generally don't see throughout the year (namely local bloggers and social media types). I usually over pack for the day carrying a backpack with more stuff than I really need but this year, I'm going to try the conference on a much lighter note while also putting my N900 to the test. The plan: to pack only the phone, extra batteries, a charger (just in case), my Kodak pocket cam and perhaps, if the weather holds up, my DSLR. Hopefully that'll mean a variety of coverage including more video, perhaps a little live streaming (which I've only attempted twice before) audio and pictures. We'll see how the experiment goes.

If you're looking for full coverage, I advise you stay tuned to Twitter (hash tag #nv10), flickr (images tagged nv10 & northernvoice) and for more in-depth updates like live blogs, I suggest checking out Miss 604.

It's official. Today I registered for Northern Voice and requested Friday, Feb. 22nd off. I'm all set to go!

To add to the excitement, I also got some fancy, FANCY business cards in the mail from one of the other contributors - they're SO darned professional looking! - so I'm pretty much set to go!

Thankfully, the day is nearly done. True, I did get a longer than usual lunch hour but I've been feeling a little rushed and nervous all day. It may have something to do with the fact that I'm heading off to a meet and greet type of soirée tonight. It's all part of a technology conference called BarCamp which I somehow managed to sign up for and then totally forget until Dale told me I'd registered. What a dunce. I get nervous around people I don't know. Once I'm in the thick of things, I'll be fine but the time leading up to it is a bit of a nightmare for my nerves. This will surely come as a shock to some of the readers who I also know in "real life". SURPRISE!

I need to find a better way to manage my time. I've gone down the electronic and paper route and neither works all that well for me. I really need to fix this before classes start up again in September.

Speaking of classes, I just checked my grades and rather surprisingly, I walked away from the Canadian Film Class with an A+. I say surprisingly because I don't think my final went particularly well.

I'd like to apologise for the small KFF this week. I just really like this picture.


Have a great weekend everyone!

So I made the trip out to UBC on a sleeting Saturday morning. It included a 6:30 AM wake up call (on a day off!) but it was well worth the effort. Fun, entertaining, insightful and above all, informative. I'm really looking forward to next year's conference. Scheming already. World domination is SOOOO close! *mwahahaha*

A bunch of online resources are available for anyone interested in blogging on any level:

• Check out the Northern Voice site for all of the info on the 2 day conference (including the non-conference which happened on Friday called Moosecamp).

• Cool pictures (who doesn't love those???) from the days of events are available here thanks to the apparent hundreds of cameras (some of which appeared out of no where).


• Check out the aggregated content of every Norther Voice participants. Dale set this sucker up and it ROCKS.

This morning really sucked. I stood out in the freezing cold waiting for an earlier bus to make sure that I made it to work on time since, you know, we got hit by ANOTHER snow fall. Stupid early bus never showed up and so I figured I'd be OK for my bus but, lo-and-behold, it was late too and when it finally showed up, they both showed up. I got to work 15 minutes late but boss lady was OK with it because she knows I always make the effort to try to get here. It's nice that she's pretty understanding about stuff like that.

I just registered for Northern Voice which is the Canadian Blogging Conference. I'm excited to meet some fellow bloggers and to get some tips and learn some more about blogging in general and, hopefully, blogging for money.

As for the Golden Globes, the sidebar isn't showing it yet but I did write down some thoughts on the movie portion of the awards show. It can be found here. As for the TV side of things, I was happy to see Ugly Betty recognized since it's one of the few new shows that I've gotten into and really enjoyed and Amy will be happy to hear me say that I really like America Ferrara and her little speech was quite nice. In general, I enjoyed most of it and it was nice of Sacha Baron Cohen to makes us laugh. I was also quite impressed with Warren Beatty's and Streep's acceptance speeches. Good for a few laughs. Oh, and I was impressed with Streep's comment on smaller films and how they're not shown on enough screens. I'm pretty sure it probably won't make much difference but it was nice of her to mention it. Everyone looked fabulous (never once did I say "What the hell is _____ wearing!?!?!" which is a ncie change) but I was particularly impressed with Jeremy Irons' little outfit. The show made for a nice evening in front of the TV.

On Agents, Alas, All Too Typical

Talent Agent Lew Grade: Twenty five is ridiculous, I can get you forty. Who's your agent?
Actor: You are.