Richard Eriksson
Baseball fan.

Introducing Beer && Code: A monthly event where people who're currently working on their own tech projects in Vancouver, BC get together for a FREE tasty beverage and work on some portion of their project. This event is for anyone who is able to satisfy at least ONE of the following criteria: You currently building a tech product for...

Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

The Eastside Culture Crawl is coming up fast and I'm very excited as I prepare new work to share. Come visit me at 1660 East Georgia Street, just west of Commercial Drive.

The Culture Crawl is the weekend of November 18th to 20th. Studios are open Friday evening from 5 to 10 pm, then Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 6 pm.

To check out the work...

Join us for the 15th annual Eastside Culture Crawl!

Over three amazing days, more than 300 artists in Vancouver's eastside freely open their studios to 10,000 people.

Get a glimpse of how and where artists create the work you generally only see in galleries and stores. Because the artists are in their studios during the Crawl, you can ask...

ApacheCamp Vancouver is a BarCamp-style event affiliated with ApacheCon North America 2011. The event is free and will have space for 100 people. Like most BarCamps, there's no agenda beyond bringing together a bunch of interesting folks, and giving them space and just enough structure to facilitate awesome discussions. Not familiar with...

Join us for the 17th annual The Word On The Street Vancouver.

WE HAVE NOW EXPANDED TO A THREE-DAY EVENT!

FRIDAY
Events and book signings at Historic Joy Kogawa House and Banyen Books & Sound.

SATURDAY
A full day of workshops, readings, and talks at the Carnegie Centre on the downtown east side.

SUNDAY
The main event that you know and...

Over a half million spectators will be out to celebrate Vancouver’s Pride Parade starting at noon. With parade entries including colourful floats, musical marching bands and community groups, Pride takes over the streets. With hosts Joan-E (Denman/Davie at The Boathouse), T (Denman Mall), Conni Smudge (Denman/Robson at Safeway).

The night is part of I Love Transit Week taking place July 11-15! This is a week to celebrate what we love about transit. There will be some food (you’ll be responsible for your own drinks), fun, games and prizes during I Love Transit Night. Transit fans of all ages are welcome, and we expect to have a bus on hand to play games.

Join the Foodtree Team at the Farmers Market! Win prizes including market money, food truck food, and swanky new Foodtree swag!

At 10am on July 2nd at the Trout Lake Farmers Market, we’ll be introducing a free mobile phone application that allows users to interact with growers, producers and food at our local farmers markets.

We’ve asked a...

Inaugural Pub Standards! It's a bit like Web Standards, but our only recommendation is to drink beer (/wine/evening beverage of choice) and have a good chat.
So turn up, have a pint (or two, or three) and talk about all the fun webby things you're getting up to. (Other topics also permitted.)
Pub Standards traditionally is a...

Car Free Vancouver, a fun people-powered event, is completely volunteer-run. Once a year we take back the streets. Join us!

June 19, 2011, we'll take over the streets in these neighbourhoods:

Commercial Drive: between East 1st Ave. and Venables

Main Street: between 32th and 16th Ave

West End: on Denmen, between Robson and Davie streets.
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Dropping in to the HP Store in Vancouver -- the first one in Canada.

Nokia N8: Direct and Project… coming to an art gallery near you!

People of Vancouver… this one’s for you.

Nokia N8 Direct and Project is a competition which will see talented local film makers direct a minute-long movie with a Nokia N8… and then project it through the device onto a big screen, in front of a live audience.

This screening...

We will be hosting a Drupal 7 Release Party Potluck at The Jibe's office space on the 7th of January. Bring your favourite dish or snack to share with other Drupalers. If you decide to drink, please bring your own beer or alcohol and plan a safe ride home!

See Google Speadsheet for Dish List: http://bit.ly/d7rp-vancouver-dishes

Where? The...

Join us at 6:30pm on Thursday November 25, 2010 at Jibe Multimedia (Unit 200) for our November meeting and feature presentation: Node.js – Perspectives from a Drupal Dev by Mike Cantelon. Mike, a Drupal developer for the Georgia Straight, will give a introduction of Node.js and a quick how to get started. Node.js, a method for running JavaScript...

Ben Holt from The Jibe Multimedia discusses how to match your site's requirements against hosting options like VPSs and dedicated servers. After Ben's presentation you're invited to share your own hosting experience by giving a "lightning talk" (2 to 4 minutes) on your host or some aspect of Drupal hosting.

Buzz: #200. If...