In the Sphere: Babies, Parties, and URLs

We’ve got a little bit of everything for today’s speedlink session, so hold on to your hats as we blaze our way through the blogosphere.

Paul Mudhar is expecting a new bundle of joy and he couldn’t be happier. His wife is eight weeks along now, meaning that the “embryo” has graduated to “fetus” status. This is going to be a very exciting time for Paul and Mira. We wish them all the best and here’s looking forward to a happy and healthy baby.

Rebecca Bollwitt is one of the more popular Vancouver bloggers, because she has an intense local focus on her blog. While a lot of other people are focusing on the Olympics, Rebecca reminds us of the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad too. There are events happening all across the city for two solid months of entertainment. This is a multicultural town, so soak in everything that they have to offer.

Bob Buskirk was hard at work at the Consumer Electronics Show last weekend, but he knows how to have a good time too. He was at the Night Before CES Party at the Palms Place, as hosted by Futurelooks, Cooltronics, and Redux. Open bars and big giveaways are always a huge draw at parties like these. See you next year, Bob!

Keith Dsouza approaches a topic that should be of interest to any bloggers in the audience. Do you verify short URLs from the people who leave comments on your blog? Do you ensure that they aren’t linking to malware and other nasty places that you do not want associated with your blog? Services like bit.ly and TinyURL can be a blessing and a curse.

Sean Cranbury steps in for Joseph Planta from The Commentary as the latter takes a short vacation overseas. Sean takes a moment to interview Kris Krug, a man known as a “globe-trotting photographer, technologist, blogger, social media savant and cultural provocateur.” Listen to the conversation as it approaches a wide range of subject areas, including the arts scene in Shanghai.

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