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One item that I have been reflecting on last week was the TechVibes.com post about the demise of Marqui. For those of you that don’t know Marqui is (or was) a proprietary web content management system or CMS.

A modern technology. Cool toys out there these days. I just made my self a 'Sprout' in a few minutes. The new release has lots of cool tools and is super easy to use. Great opportunity to make quick and affordable widgets, banners, and promotions for any kind of online marketing campaign, or just for fun.

I'm still a complete newbie to Twitter, and still don't know what the point of it is (nor does anybody, really). But hey, at least the guys at WebProNews have launched their alpha version of a new search site called 'Twellow', at http://www.twellow.com/.

It's no secret that we at VentureWeb world headquarters are keen on outdoor recreation, travel & tourism. From mine and Jim's education background in tourism and sports management, to Olly's unexplainable interest in 'Spirit Moon' wildlife T-shirts, we see it everywhere.

Check out our flickr account for a sneaky peak at our new brand. Website soon to follow.

It was my birthday this week. We had cake in the office and then went for a pedal (Up to Mikes Loop > Of Mice and Men > Value Added > Icy Hole of Death > Shortest Trail in the World > Comitted). After the ride we went to the Watershed pub in Squamish - which is on the river and fantastic. Good times had and thanks to all who attended.

VentureWeb made the long journey to the Vancouver Coast & Mountains’ 2008 Regional Tourism Leaders Forum held in Tsawassen, June 11-12. Despite Jamie’s best efforts to get us lost and subsequent detours, Jim was able to steer us to our desired destination and roughly on time.

I did. I had my doubts, as I watched the Mozilla site experience outages from time to time. And I had my doubts about it's security and functionality as a new browser release. But when co-worker Olly downloaded it before me and flaunted it's features in front of us, I had to go for it. Plus the guilt of having 'pledged' to download if for the world record was slowing kicking in.

JUNE 3, 2008

More than seven out of 10 families plan to travel when school lets out for the summer, and three-quarters of them say they will book their travel online, according to an AOL-sponsored survey conducted by OTX.

Two-thirds of respondents said they had not yet booked their summer travel.

Read an interesting article today "From First to Worst" by David Crane. In it he clearly outlines how Canada drifted from being a leader in broadband infrastructure to instead take up the ranking of 'slow kid in the pack'.