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Hi! My name is Adrian Liem. I’m an online strategist and web specialist located in Vancouver, BC. I’m currently on a leave of absence from my job at UBC. Here’s what I’m up to in the meantime:

Working

Playing

  • Skiing, climbing, biking, swimming, running and eating
  • Playing hockey and ultimate
  • Dabbling in design, photography, and videography
  • Spending time with my family
  • Writing about the experience
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Archive for the ‘Business Strategy’ Category

DruPress

This is a thought that has been mulling in the back of my mind for a while now. It first dated back to a time when I was involved in selecting a CMS platform for a friend’s project. As is often the case these days, two choices presented themselves: Drupal or WordPress. In the end, we opted to go with WordPress, but a thought lingered: what if there was a way to integrate the two?

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10 Phrases for Project Progression

In both work and my personal life, I have a few projects on the go. And as I work my way through them, there are a few things I’m learning that I wanted to jot down as reminders as I continue along.

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Pop Computing and Generativity – My thoughts on the Future and Solution to an Open Web

About six years ago I wrapped up what I would consider to be my first full year of doing web work. Six years ago was also the inaugural year of Northern Voice, Canada’s first weblogging conference. And even though this year’s NV was the first I’ve attended, it almost feels as if I’ve been along for the ride through the years as the conference, and the web, has matured in this short time.

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Social Media Fundamentals

Last week I attended my first class on Social Media Fundamentals, a course offered by UBC Continuing Studies and taught by Rob and Alex from Social Signal. Opening night covered the basics of social media, and our first assignment was to write a blog post. Given I’m a sporadic blogger at best, I can safely say this class has already helped me out by prompting me to write another post, so here it is!

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