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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 ‘Everything Else’ Category

A Surprise Visit

Anytime you can take a sip from a cappuccino, look out the window and see the sun shining, it’s a good day. And it’s even better when the city you’re looking out onto is Amsterdam!
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Celebration of Light 2011

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I can’t even remember the last time I checked out the Celebration of Light fireworks show – I guess it’s just one of those things I took for granted living here in Vancouver. Luckily, circumstance brought me down to Kits beach on the last night of competition this year and all I can say is, “Wow!”

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The 1-2-3 Reaction

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I’m kicking off week three of my leave, and I think the reality is finally starting to sink in. Last week, I attended Northern Voice, a personal blogging and social media conference, where I ran into several friends and colleagues from UBC. This was the first time I had seen many of them since announcing I would be taking a year off work, and the encounters made me realize that one of the coolest things about this leave so far, has been running into people I know. What I like most? Nearly everyone I run into immediately smiles.
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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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Taking A Tiny Leap

I’ve started to let folks know about some new and exciting plans in my world: I’m taking some time off from my full-time job and embarking on a leave of absence a tiny leap.

Ultimate Doesn’t Build Character, It Reveals It

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I was reminded today of a saying I first heard in my days playing Ultimate Frisbee: “Ultimate doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” I believe the quote originally referenced “adversity”, but that first word is pretty interchangeable and the underlying message is the same.

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