Category Archives: Tech

Project updates… tra-la-la!

By Julie Laurin | Published: July 24, 2010

What a year 2010 has been so far… and despite all of the personal challenges I’ve encountered, I’m feeling more motivated to work on my projects than ever before. Here’s a bit of an update: 1) HER VOICE (http://hervoice.ca – coming in the next two weeks): Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hervoicecanada As a lot of you [...]

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…of the day: websites I visit frequently

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 14, 2010

It’s amazing how little I have to write about now that my average weekday involves eating, sleeping, working from home, reading, light exercise and the occasional film. When your mind is wholly preoccupied with just getting the basic things done on a daily basis (work, medical tests, pain management), you just don’t even think about [...]

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Dear arts-related and non profit websites: why do you suck?

By Julie Laurin | Published: February 9, 2010

Why do artists suck so much at marketing themselves? More importantly, why do arts-related non-profits suck at marketing themselves, too? I’m asking because I’ve had enough. While researching ideas for my 101 in 1001 list, I ended up browsing the web for various arts organizations that I might want to volunteer with or work with [...]

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The Age of Gadgetry

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 27, 2010

“I must have it”. Whenever I hear this, I always wonder what it is that the person has to have and most of the time, it’s some sort of gadget. Often, it’s a gadget made by Apple. I saw a great quote today about utility and luxury and that Apple products mostly exist as luxury [...]

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…of the day: some news and photos

By Julie Laurin | Published: December 30, 2009

Let’s start with some site news: I now have a local installation of WordPress on my computer with server et al. This means that I’ll have the power to make changes to my site and more or less preview them before actually changing anything “live”. For a PHP newbie, this is going to be super [...]