Articles by Stephen Hui.

Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Raul Pacheco-Vega, Hummingbird604.com

Raul Pacheco-Vega is a well-known blogger and social-media consultant who can often be found live blogging at local technology-related events.
Blog - Quickies

Rock fall closes Grouse Grind; expected to reopen for weekend

A “dangerous rock fall” has closed the Grouse Grind.
Blog - Politics

B.C. Conservative Party leader Wilf Hanni resigns over infighting

Wilf Hanni has resigned as leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, citing infighting among members of its board of directors.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Tatsuya Nakagawa, CEO of Atomica Creative Group

Tatsuya Nakagawa once wanted to be a professional tennis player. Now, he’s the president and CEO of Atomica Creative Group, a Burnaby-based strategic product marketing company that works with manufacturing and technology firms.
Blog - Tech

Twestival goes local this September in Vancouver and around the world

On September 12, Twitterers will again be called upon to support Twestival fundraisers, but this time the cause will be closer to home.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Karen Quinn Fung, Vancouver ChangeCamp

Karen Quinn Fung likes to think of herself as a “community facilitator”. The 24-year-old Mount Pleasant resident is helping organize and will present a session on mapping at Vancouver ChangeCamp, which will take place tomorrow (June 20) at the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s downtown campus.
Straight Talk

Swine flu shuts down Burnaby’s Marlborough Elementary School for one week

The Burnaby School District has shut down Marlborough Elementary School for one week, after the Fraser Health Authority confirmed today (June 16) a fifth case of swine flu at the school.
Straight Talk

Protest against stolen Iranian election to start at 4 p.m. outside Vancouver Convention Centre

Protesters will demonstrate against the disputed results and violent aftermath of the Iranian presidential election outside the Vancouver Convention Centre today (June 14) from 4 to 8:30 p.m.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Jessica Fraser, producer of Mobile Movement

Jessica Fraser wants to connect North Americans with social entrepreneurs in developing countries. She’s one of the producers of Mobile Movement, a microfinance Web site that launched on May 26.
Blog - Politics

PETA links Vancouver's 2010 Olympics to Canadian seal hunt

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee to help stop the Canadian seal hunt.
Blog - Tech

Facebook to enable vanity URLs on Friday at 9:01 p.m.

Facebook will start allowing its users to create vanity URLs for their profiles on Friday (June 12) at 9:01 p.m.
Blog - Tech

Rogers to sell iPhone 3G S in Canada for $199 and $299, rep tweets

Rogers Wireless and Fido will begin selling the new iPhone 3G S for $199 (16GB model) and $299 (32GB) on June 19.
Straight Talk

Nine charges laid against Vancouver student who allegedly posted hit list on Facebook

Nine charges have been laid against a Vancouver high-school student who was arrested after allegedly compiling a hit list of fellow students and staff at Templeton Secondary School.
Blog - Tech

Apple's iPhone 3G S to be released in Canada on June 19

The iPhone 3G S, the latest version of Apple’s touchscreen smartphone, will be released in Canada, the U.S., and several other countries on June 19.
Blog - Tech

Open government requires pragmatic approach, advocate says

Chris Messina applauds the City of Vancouver for endorsing the principles of open-source software, open standards, and open data.
Tech

Q&A: Chris Messina on microformats and the semantic and social webs

Chris Messina advocates for an open Web. He works on the DiSo Project, is on the board of the OpenID Foundation, and helped create BarCamp.
Blog - Books

Run of river power projects put B.C. waterfalls at risk, guidebook says

Run-of-river power projects pose a “new threat” to some of B.C.’s most scenic waterfalls, according to a new guide to cascades and cataracts in the province.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Colleen Coplick, director of social media at Wantsa

Colleen Coplick calls herself a “professional loudmouth”. The 34-year-old is the director of social media at Wantsa.
Straight Talk

NDP MP Bill Siksay calls for coverage of sex reassignment surgery

NDP MP Bill Siksay tabled today (June 3) a motion in the House of Commons which calls on the federal government to take action to ensure that sex reassignment surgery is covered by Canada’s health system.
Straight Talk

B.C. solicitor general orders RCMP to recall M-26 Tasers after failed tests

B.C. solicitor general Rich Coleman has ordered the RCMP in the province to immediately recall all 578 of its older-model M-26 Tasers from service.
Straight Talk

Vancouver student charged after allegedly making "hit list" of Templeton staff and students

A Vancouver high-school student is facing weapons and firearms charges after allegedly compiling a “hit list” of 117 staff and students at Templeton Secondary School, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Maura Rodgers, Strutta and Launch Party Vancouver

Maura Rodgers is an enthusiastic promoter of Vancouver’s technology sector.
Blog - Tech

Conference Board of Canada recalls reports after plagiarism charges

The Conference Board of Canada has recalled three reports on intellectual property rights that it published last week, after initially defending one of them from accusations of plagiarism.
Straight Talk

Vicki Huntington beats Wally Oppal in Delta South recount; results to go to judicial review

Independent candidate Vicki Huntington has won the May 12 election in Delta South, according to a recount by Elections B.C.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Adrian Crook, game consultant

Adrian Crook is living his dream. For the past two years, the 34-year-old North Vancouver resident has been getting paid solely through his work as a game consultant.
Blog - Tech

CATA’s Women in Technology Forum launches B.C. chapter

The newly formed B.C. chapter of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance’s Women in Technology Forum will officially mark its launch with a lunchtime event on June 2.
Blog - Tech

Vancouver Film School hands out first Women in Games Scholarship

Shannon Lee of Toronto has won the Vancouver Film School’s first Women in Games Scholarship.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: John Chow, CEO of TTZ Media

John Chow calls himself a “Dot Com Mogul”. The local blogger, affiliate marketer, and founder and CEO of TTZ Media claims he’s made millions of dollars on the Web.
Blog - Tech

City of Vancouver set to back open source, open standards, open data

Mayor Gregor Robertson and Coun. Andrea Reimer want the City of Vancouver to support open-source software and open standards.
Blog - Tech

New primer introduces Web authors to using RDFa metadata in XHTML

Are you interested in putting your site on the Semantic Web but don’t know how to start?
Blog - Tech

PopVox Awards go to Switch Interactive, Invoke Media, and others

Last night (May 13), the 2009 PopVox Awards recognized the achievements of British Columbia’s digital-media sector.
Provincial Election | Straight Talk

B.C. voters reject single transferable vote for the second time

British Columbians have rejected electoral reform for the second time in four years.
Provincial Election | Straight Talk

B.C. voters reject single transferable vote for the second time

British Columbians have rejected electoral reform for the second time in four years.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Tanya Annicchiarico, development director at EA Black Box

Tanya Annicchiarico works on the Need for Speed video games. She’s a development director for franchise talent at Electronic Arts’ Black Box studio, which will soon leave downtown Vancouver to join the “mother ship”—EA Canada—in Burnaby.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Rebecca Bollwitt, Miss 604

Rebecca Bollwitt is one of Vancouver’s most well-known bloggers.
Blog - Politics | Provincial Election

Solicitor General John van Dongen resigns after licence suspended

John van Dongen has resigned as B.C.'s minister of public safety and solicitor general.
Blog - Politics | Provincial Election

Solicitor General John van Dongen resigns after licence suspended

John van Dongen has resigned as B.C.'s minister of public safety and solicitor general.
Blog - Tech

Michel Dumontier to speak at Vancouver Semantic Web Meetup Group's second meeting

Michel Dumontier will speak about his research on the representation of biochemical knowledge at the second meeting of the Vancouver Semantic Web Meetup Group on May 21.
Blog - Tech | Provincial Election

B.C. Liberals, NDP, and Greens fight for support on Facebook and Twitter

The B.C. Liberals, NDP, and Greens are fighting an all-out social-media war in the lead-up to the May 12 provincial election.
Blog - Tech | Provincial Election

B.C. Liberals, NDP, and Greens fight for support on Facebook and Twitter

The B.C. Liberals, NDP, and Greens are fighting an all-out social-media war in the lead-up to the May 12 provincial election.
Provincial Election | Straight Talk

Spencer Herbert calls on Liberals' Marc Dalton to resign over "disturbingly homophobic" e-mail

NDP candidate Spencer Herbert is calling for the resignation of B.C. Liberal candidate Marc Dalton over “disturbingly homophobic comments”.
Provincial Election | Straight Talk

Spencer Herbert calls on Liberals' Marc Dalton to resign over "disturbingly homophobic" e-mail

NDP candidate Spencer Herbert is calling for the resignation of B.C. Liberal candidate Marc Dalton over “disturbingly homophobic comments”.
Blog - Tech

Tickets for Open Web Vancouver 2009 conference are now available

The second annual event, organized by the Vancouver PHP Users Association, will take place on June 11 and 12 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Blog - Tech

Geek Speak: Melanie Courtot, organizer of the Vancouver Semantic Web Meetup Group

Mélanie Courtot is helping build the Semantic Web through her work on ontologies.
Provincial Election | Straight Talk

Green leader Jane Sterk wants pot sold in liquor-store-style outlets

B.C. Green party leader Jane Sterk envisions marijuana being sold in establishments resembling liquor stores.
Provincial Election | Straight Talk

Green leader Jane Sterk wants pot sold in liquor-store-style outlets

B.C. Green party leader Jane Sterk envisions marijuana being sold in establishments resembling liquor stores.
Blog - Tech

Vancouver Semantic Web Meetup Group to hold first meeting this evening

A new group aims to bring together Vancouverites who are interested in the Semantic Web.
Blog - Tech | Provincial Election

What the B.C. Liberal platform promises on technology

Like the NDP and the Greens, the B.C. Liberals make a few promises related to technology in their election platform.
Blog - Tech | Provincial Election

What the B.C. Liberal platform promises on technology

Like the NDP and the Greens, the B.C. Liberals make a few promises related to technology in their election platform.
Blog - Politics | Provincial Election

B.C. Liberal, NDP election platforms ignore peak oil, but Greens note threat

Even though peak oil may pose one of the greatest challenges facing humankind, neither the B.C. Liberals nor the NDP address this issue in their election platforms.