There is a small business expo with 70 tables in Murrayville (Langley). This is a great way to network with other small business owners. If your in the area drop-in for a visit, I know I will be making an appearance.
When is the event happening?
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 10:00 AMÂ to 4:00Â PM
Where is it happening?
Murrayville Hall 21667 48 Ave Langley
Registration
You do not need to register and admission is free.
The Vancouver Bloggers Meetup continues to grow larger and larger. Join and network with other bloggers in your area. Networking is the number one way to grow your blog and learn from others on how you can improve your own blog.
When is the event happening?
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Where is it happening?
TBA – Vancouver
Registration
You need to register here.
Javascript is a powerful language, there’s no argument there, however, it can also be a complicated language. To achieve the potential benefits of Javascript (such as Ajax and some animation), a large amount of code is required. Additionally, not all Javascript is standardized (some is browser-specific) and not all versions of browsers support Javascript in the same way.
To alleviate these downfalls, Javascript frameworks (also called libraries) have become popular in recent times. Javascript frameworks aim to simplify and shorten certain benefits of Javascript, while also dealing with all the browser-specific code in the background. Javascript frameworks are basically a set of wrapper functions to more complex and daunting Javascript code. For example, a simple AJAX GET call in Javascript may take 20 lines or greater in straight Javascript, may only take one line of code using a Javascript framework.
Javascript frameworks are based on the same fundamental principle as Javascript is, nesting on the Document Object Model. Using these Javascript frameworks will save you a fair amount of time and code. In the coming weeks, we’ll be going over the Javascript framework I use, jQuery.
When you hear the name Tag Heuer, you probably think about the nice timepieces that come out of that company. As it turns out, Tag does more than just watches. During my journeys through the Internet, I came across a post on JournalDuGeek.com highlighting a new product from Tag Heuer and while it may be certainly fashionable, it most certainly isn’t something you use to wear on your wrist or to tell time.
I didn’t see a mention of a specific model name or model number, but effectively what Tag Heuer has decided to do is to combine three products into one modular device. First, you get the Bluetooth headset. This doesn’t look like anything too out of the ordinary, but you can slot the Bluetooth headset back into the overall device so that it can perform its second function. When in place, you can remove the cap and use the device as a USB charger for your headset. Third, that USB connector and the overall block can be used as a USB flash drive. Three functions, one unified product.
The Bluetooth headset weighs in at about 40 grams and comes with 4 hours of talk time and up to 4 days of standby. The USB drive side of the equation handles a reasonable 4GB of documents, music, and other important files. None of these specs come flying off the page as astounding, per se, but the same could be said about the spec sheet of a watch, right?
Not surprisingly, Tag hasn’t made any formal announcement regarding price, so you’ll need to ask your local dealer for more information.
Last week we worked on adding keywords to our sites so we can improve search engine ranking for those keywords. As the Internet evolves you will see more people wanting to do local searches and one way they will be doing that is through Geotagging. This week we will add Geotags to our site making it so search engines that use Geotagging will be able to direct the proper traffic to our site.
All of the Geotags go into the head section of your home page (between <HEAD> and </HEAD>). To begin open your home page in your favorite editor. The first one to add is your Longitude and Latitude using geo.position…
<meta name=â€geo.position†content=â€49.11;-122.68″ />
<meta name=â€ICBM†content=â€49.11,-122.68″ />
If you have a GPS finding your Longitude and Latitude is pretty easy. If you do not have that surf over to maporama.com and enter your address. The site will provide you the details to enter in the above tag. Next add the following tags which are pretty self explanatory…
<meta name=â€DC.title†content=â€Your Site Name†/>
<meta name=â€geo.country†content=â€CA†/>
<meta name=â€geo.region†content=â€CA-BC†/>
<meta name=â€geo.placename†content=â€Surrey, BC V3S 8Z6, Canada†/>
For the geo.country and geo.region be sure to use ISO 3166 standard codes. The next part uses the Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names. Go to their site and enter in your City into the Find Name box and enter City into the Place Type. If they do not list your town try entering the largest local city. Once you find your city you will see an ID which you can copy and paste into the the following tag…
<meta name=â€tgn.id†content=â€7013135″ />
Like above the bellow should be added and are self explanatory…
<meta name=â€tgn.name†content=â€Surrey†/>
<meta name=â€tgn.nation†content=â€Canada†/>
Save your page and upload. Now that you have these details you can submit your page to GeoURL and GeoTags. If your adding these details to your blog you can add your blog to feedmap. I also found a Geotagging WordPress plugin which you can install as well.
If you get stuck let me know in the comments.
Do you have plans for the Victoria Day long weekend? Are you taking your first trip of the year to the family fishing hole or are you the type to hang out in the city, sipping on a mocha or latte? Whatever the case, feel free to kick back and relax for the next few days. Let’s see what else is going on in the blogosphere this week.
Fortune Watch kicks us off with a look at some millionaire pets. These are some of the richest dogs and cats in the world, including a German Shepherd named Gunther IV who is worth over $300 million. He inherited the fortune from his dad, Gunther III.
Blogging Tips knows that we have increasingly short attention spans these days, so you need to grab your reader’s attention right from the first word. How can you write the subject line that captures readers? The first tip? Keep it short and sweet.
Zac Johnson is one of the most respected gurus in the realm of making money online, so when he has monetization tips, you should be listening. One of the more underutilized sections of many sites is the footer, but Zac has ideas for making money from your blog footer to help bump your bottom line in the right direction. No pun intended.
Mostly Lisa needs a hug. While she is usually quite chipper and cheerful, she just experienced the worst day ever. She dropped her iPhone in the toilet, missed two important appointments, and lost her keys. Head on over and show her a little love.
PsychCentral might have a little help for Lisa, since that blog has just listed ten more stress-busters. If you find yourself biting your nails and ripping out your hair, it may be a good idea to de-clutter, be grateful, and even lower your standards.