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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

Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category

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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Graeme Menzies of VANOC on Planning Online Communications

“The smartest planning for online communications has to include knowing that something else is going to happen four or two or three years from now that you don’t know about yet.” – Graeme Menzies, Director of Online Communications, VANOC