| This is a selection of recent popular blog articles | | | | Café on West 4th due to delinquency in |
| from VancouverIAM where you will find the best | | | | rent. The owner of the restaurant cites |
| blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia as well as | | | | “increased competition, a fast changing |
| video uploads, social networking, rumors, and blog | | | | neighbourhood, Vancouver city council’s |
| authoring. | | | | parking policies” and the fact that |
| Translink and Google to Go For It. | | | | “carbs are bad for you” as some of |
| Urban issue-themed blog Just a Gwai Lo recaps | | | | the reasons for the closure. |
| the Google Transit and Translink collaboration in its | | | | In the post the blogger expresses his |
| latest post. The companies recently announced | | | | condolences, although reminds readers that it |
| plans to display Vancouver transit routes | | | | wasn’t a great restaurant by any means. |
| overlayed on Google Maps. Blogger Richard | | | | “Let’s face it, this was a pretty |
| Eriksson was present when Google engineer John | | | | sh*tty restaurant with bad food and amateur |
| Hughes demonstrated the features. “He | | | | service” especially compared to new |
| presented it very well, framing the service around | | | | competitors such as Gastropod, Fuel, and the |
| stories of people hearing about an event and | | | | Noodle Box. |
| figuring out how to get there” | | | | Master Folders to Converge in Vancouver |
| The post also includes technical questions the | | | | The most recent blog post by Gung Haggis Fat |
| blogger posed to the engineers as well as the | | | | Choy announces the Pacific Origami Conference |
| engineer’s responses. In addition, Eriksson | | | | November 9-11 at the Fairmont Hotel. In |
| asked about Google Bike maps for the region, | | | | conjunction with the conference is an incredible |
| which the engineer states was a “good idea | | | | display at the Pendulum in the HSBC Building (855 |
| if a little more difficult, since many bike routes are | | | | West Georgia) featuring “over 100 origami |
| on low-traffic streets and trails.” | | | | pieces created, designed and folded by Origami |
| Canucks vs. Flames Preview | | | | Masters from 10 different countries.” The |
| A quick preview of tonight’s game is | | | | display will up until November 17th. |
| posted on Waiting for Stanley, where the blogger | | | | The post advises that according to festival |
| posits that a slow start-up would be bad news for | | | | organizer Yukiko Tosa the best day to attend is |
| Vancouver. “The Flames are a quick team | | | | Saturday Nov. 10th from 9 am -6 pm. The |
| and need to be kept to the outside and the | | | | exhibits will be of origami artists from all over the |
| Nucks will have to take it to them early.” | | | | globe and are free to the public. If your |
| The post suggests that the long layoff between | | | | imagination is limited to the boats and cranes you |
| games may mean rusty players. It’s been | | | | learned to fold in elementary school, check out |
| five days since the Canucks’ victory over | | | | the blog for photos of master folders work as |
| Colorado, whereas the Flames have only been out | | | | well as links to Vancouver’s own Joseph |
| for three days. The blogger notes Kesler’s | | | | Wu, who makes a full-time living by designing |
| attitude that “It’s actually kind of | | | | origami. |
| painful having to wait so long between | | | | About VancouverIAM |
| games.” Despite this, as well as | | | | VancouverIAM is part of a groundbreaking |
| Cowan’s injury recently announced as | | | | network of city-focused blog aggregation, user |
| “more serious than expected,” we | | | | generated media and social networking websites |
| should expect a fast-paced, hard-hitting game, | | | | currently rolling out across North America. Each |
| especially if the Canucks “can carry any | | | | IAM website filters and organizes blog content as |
| momentum and lessons learned from the | | | | well as offering video upload capabilities, social |
| Colorado game.” | | | | networking, blog authoring, favourites lists and |
| No Tears Shed for Restaurant Casualty | | | | rumours. The IAM Network is a division of |
| Once again our Urban Diner brings us news of | | | | SoMedia Networks Inc which also operates |
| another Vancouver restaurant closure. This time | | | | Inveslogic.com, Greenedia. |
| the victim is the nineteen year old Chianti | | | | |