[UPDATE - as of October 09, 2013 a new group of organisers have risen up to #SaveHoHoTO - or as I like to call it HoHoTO: TNG - Dec 19,2013]
5 years ago 13 people connected on twitter and inspired a community to come together in 13 days and raise over $10,000 for the Daily Bread Food Bank. We called it HoHoTO and we had a kick-ass party fo [...]
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HoHoTO Says Goodbye
[UPDATE - as of October 09, 2013 a new group of organisers have risen up to #SaveHoHoTO - or as I like to call it HoHoTO: TNG - Dec 19,2013]
5 years ago 13 people connected on twitter and inspired a community to come together in 13 days and raise over $10,000 for the Daily Bread Food Bank. We called it HoHoTO and we had a kick-ass party fo [...]
Leg 1 – Toronto to Kingston ...
The first step of Lex Go Further – a Ford Escape was picking up the Ford Escape.
Rannie was there when I got it to give me a run down on the Sync & MyFord Touch, Hands-free Lift Gate, and specifically the Active Park Assist Feature which I can’t imagine anyone wanting to try their own for the first time! (But more on that [...]
Snowmagedon and the Ford Blue Party 2...
On Friday in the midst of the biggest blizzard of the year, so far, we bundled up and headed out to attend the Ford Blue Party, affectionately hashtagged #FordBlueTO, a big party hosted by Ford Canada in preparation for the upcoming Canadian Auto Show.
A great group of people braved the weather to make it out and while the place wasn’t packe [...]
HoHoTO – Our 5th Year
As many of you know, I am one of the founders of HoHoTO – “the party that twitter built”. It wasn’t really built by twitter, but on twitter by a group of people who didn’t really even know each other.
It all started with a little tweet. A little spark of an idea, that one person took, modified and sent out to the ether. Another person [...]
More Love Hangover
So… I’ve had my coffee… (unfortunately not the kick-ass coffee I won in the raffle gift basket from RocketFuelCoffee.com because my grinder is broken…) but I digress.
I’ve had my coffee. My 10am call is actually 10am Vancouver time (yay!) and now I can take a moment or two to SHOW you what HoHoTO was like. Unfortunately not my photos since m [...]
Test The Nation Now With Lex, Kate &#...
The 21st century: have you been paying attention? This century is only in its first decade and already there’s a test?
I know many of you don’t watch television… but would you turn on CBC if you knew I was going to be on it? What if you knew, for certain, that I’d be doing something other than shilling CheapEats? How about [...]
Test The Nation Now With Lex, Kate &#...
The 21st century: have you been paying attention? This century is only in its first decade and already there’s a test?
I know many of you don’t watch television… but would you turn on CBC if you knew I was going to be on it? What if you knew, for certain, that I’d be doing something other than shilling CheapEats? How about [...]
The Race to Save the Giant Locust ...
I realized there is absolutely no point in writing up my own description of our Nuit Blanche experience when Rockr has captured it so brilliantly.
We all pretty much agreed that this year, Toronto’s Nuit Blanche was less interesting in terms of exhibits than it was last year. I mean, come on. Three boxes — one vibrating, one vibra [...]
Lex’s Transit Story
Impractical Shoes — Originally uploaded by LexnGer
I just found out that a selection of my photos will be appearing on the screens at subway stations across Toronto all day Saturday as part of Transit Stories!!!
That’s Saturday June 2nd all day.
One Stop Media in conjunction with CONTACT are featuring a series called Transit Sto [...]
Surprised By The Weather
After a winter of very little weather, my return to Toronto was heralded with snow, lots of snow.
It started with a gentle snow at the airport causing us to taxi around and delaying our deplaning. I got home and found a living room set on the lawn, tucked into the snow as if had been an active living room for months.
But there was no time to [...]
A Little Extra Weather
After a winter of very little weather, my return to Toronto was heralded with snow, lots of snow.
It started with a gentle snow at the airport causing us to taxi around and delaying our deplaning. I got home and found a living room set on the lawn, tucked into the snow as if had been an active living room for months.
But there was no time [...]
#68 Let Us Cheer You On aka Photojunk...
Check this out! Photojunkie’s almost one million! Visitors that is.
The goal is to help push him over the edge before the end of the year. [yes, you can sing the song now... Cuz he's - Close - To - The - Edge...]
Sure, sure, by leaving comments or blogging about this or spreading the word like wildfire you can possibly win stuff but [...]
Today’s Lunch: Staff Meal
I lucked out today for lunch. I was part of an Infest Wisely film shoot at le Petit Dejeuner. Johan invited us to join in on the staff meal and then he whipped up a great, simple pasta with beef, sausage and fresh tomatoes.
My dining companions for both the staff meal and for the shoot were my ultra-swank friends Trollo and Rannie. We were [...]
WotS Blogging Toronto 4ways
I spoke as part of Word On The Street‘s Blogging Toronto Discussion Panel.
All the other panelists: Tim Shore of BlogTO, Rannie Turingan of Photojunkie.ca, Sarah Hood of Unknown Toronto and the panel moderator Matt Blankett of Spacing Magazine, all brought cool swag which they shared with the audience (and me!)
The panel went well, tho [...]
Word on the Street Festival – B...
This weekend I was a part of the Word on the Street Festival’s Blogging Toronto Panel along with Tim Shore of BlogTO, Rannie Turingan of Photojunkie.ca, Sarah Hood of Unknown Toronto and the panel moderator Matt Blankett of Spacing Magazine.
It was an interesting and lively conversation about the evolution of blogging, blogging a city a [...]
4 Ways My New Cell Kicks Ass!
it was free. Rannie hooked me up as part of a blogger’s buzz marketing promotion from Matchstick. Free! Now that kicks ass!
it has a built in 1.2M camera. I know, everyone has one now… but did your phone take a video of Tiny Tom’s donuts at the Ex? Mine did.
all my other tech toys that are all metalic grey, but my new [...]
I’m a word nerd
Inspired by Rannie’s recent Vox QotD response, I was pushed to consider the difference between a nerd and a geek. My response was:
Stopping to think about it, I think of “geek” as being “obsessively into <insert subject here>” where as a “nerd is more “completely anal about <insert subject h [...]
Naming Conventions
I suck at coming up with nicknames but it’s important not to embarrass my friends unduely when telling tales online… er… I mean to respect the privacy of the people I’m hanging out with.
That’s why when Creampuff told me about the brilliant Star Trek naming convention, I jumped all over it. Here’s how it [...]
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