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5,000 Volunteers Helping The Homeless In San Francisco, Sounds Like A Good Idea To Me

February 5, 2011 / Charity

There are 6,500 homeless people on the streets of San Francisco. Yet, the money they invest doesn’t represent the whole picture. Many non profits such as “Rock For Hunger”, “The Giving Spirit” are acting to help develop the support programs for homeless and also provide them with the basic nutritional needs they deserve. Another San Francisco non profit is “A Good Idea” is also working to help provide help to the homeless. What is A Good Idea? from Jared Paul on [...]

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“Sharing The Love” Video By Krystyl Baldwin

February 5, 2011 / Lifestyle

Yesterday, I wrote a post on my first meeting in Union Square with Krystyl Baldwin. Well, the video has just been released. Enjoy! Be sure to follow Krystyl on Twitter.

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Krystyl Baldwin Spreads The Love In Union Square, San Francisco

February 4, 2011 / Lifestyle

I met up with Krystal Baldwin (pictured left) today. Krystal was spreading the love in Union Square, San Francisco with the help of people visiting Union Square. She took photos of people (including myself) holding a sign which said “LOVE!”. I decided to grab Krystal for a quick interview. Grab being the operative word because she is so energetic (and by the way, did I mention, AWESOME!) :) Here’s our quick one minute interview: Subscribe to her Youtube account to [...]

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Pop17 Party At Social Media Week In San Francisco

February 3, 2011 / Entertainment, Live

The “Who’s Who” of Social Media are due to descend on San Francisco next week for “Social Media Week”. Events will be running throughout the week, including interesting panels with Girls In Tech, The Next Web and many more. Pop17 is no different. We are having a party at the Bamm.tv studios in San Francisco. The event is taking place on Wednesday 9th February, starting at 6pm. At the video salon, we invite you to come for live music, drinks, [...]

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Girl VS Gadget: MacWorld 2011

February 1, 2011 / Featured, Technology, vid

Our greatest challenge yet is not just one gadget, but an entire conference for Apple fans. MacWorld 2011 takes a win after a challenging fight. The conference had some pretty cool gadgets and a silly iPhone app, but all and all Apple fans live on victoriously. It’s a great conference for Apple fans to come out and celebrate their favorite products and accessories.

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The History Of Jeans

January 30, 2011 / Featured, Lifestyle, Style, vid

If you love jeans then watch this video about the history of denim in America. There is more to denim than meets the eye. Be sure to fan us of Facebook, follow us on twitter, and subscribe to our youtube for more of my reports.

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BoxerGirl Unboxing Sony Bloggie Touch

January 26, 2011 / Featured, Technology, vid

Big thanks to Sony for giving me this Bloggie Touch to unbox for Pop17′s new mini series, BoxerGirl. Check out the Sony Bloggie Touch. One thing I want to point out, that I didn’t talk much about in the video, is Sony’s unique firmware. It has the ability to tag videos and photos as it uploads them to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube just as soon as the device is connected to a computer. Thank you so much to youtube [...]

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Do The Vast Amount Of Non Profits Affect The Level Of Donations?

January 24, 2011 / Charity, Featured

Charitable giving from individuals accounts for one of the largest percentage of donations a non profit gets each year. However, hypothetically speaking, do we have a supply and demand problem between non profits and donors? It seems wherever you look, there is ten non profits supporting the aid of animals, ten supporting the aid of children and ten supporting cancer research. Some of these groups may operate within a few miles of one another, others may operate in the same [...]

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Crunchies Winners: Twitter Wins Best Startup

January 24, 2011 / Entrepreneurs, Featured

San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts hosted the Crunchies 2010 award ceremony and after party on Friday night. I went with Hermione Way, pictured above, but we didn’t get into the award ceremony even though we had tickets. We both were given VIP tickets, whatever that means, yet we were not admitted because they oversold capacity. There were about 40 of us who waited in the lobby for the awards show to finish and the after party to start. Time [...]

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Interview With Adam Millard, Developmental Director At Imagine1Day

January 23, 2011 / Charity

Imagine1Day was one of the non profits I featured on Pop17 last month. For those who aren’t aware of Imagine1Day, they are a Vancouver based non profit who have set a goal to provide quality primary education to children in Ethiopia by 2020. Shortly after featuring Imagine1Day last month, I decided to get in contact with Adam Millard, developmental director at Imagine1Day. The following is a 30 minute conversation between myself and Adam. Adam was a very interesting guest, who [...]

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Connecting Rural Communities To The Internet

January 20, 2011 / Charity

Rural communities are missing out on the resource we take for granted. A stable and fast internet connection. An internet connection opens up a world of opportunities to those fortunate enough to have access to it. I believe that we must support the growth and development in rural communities in order to improve economic prosperity, build richer community relations and help individuals achieve great things. It can be something as simple as enabling a telephone mast to give individuals mobile internet [...]

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Girl VS Gadget: Unboxing Asus Eee PC

January 19, 2011 / Entertainment, Technology, vid, Videos

Microsoft was generous enough to send me this brand new ASUS Eee PC Seashell Karim Rashid Collection – 1008P. Thanks Microsoft for asking me to be a brand ambassador this year! Some of the features of this netbook include a mini keyboard, LED backlit screen, Intel Atom processor, and 3MPXL camera. Will this laptop beat the girl in the battle of the tech? Watch and find out.

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