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I am glad I can finally announce that Raincity Studios has acquired Bryght. Needless to say I am stoked and already enjoying working with my new colleagues. Working with Bryght has been great, the best job of my life and I am sure it will be the same at Raincity.

From my Raincity acquires Bryght story on bryght.com:

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We can finally take the wraps off something we have been cooking up for a while. Raincity Studios has acquired Bryght (press release)! The expanded company will operate under the Raincity Studios banner and the Bryght name will live on through the hosting products (i.e. Bryght Light Sites and Bryght Virtual Private Servers will continue). Raincity Studios will also continue Bryght's work in leading edge technology like Jabber / XMPP and OpenID. And of course, all Bryght guys are now Raincity guys!

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The Moose is Loose in 2008!

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Very thought provoking equation for online communities. Read the whole thing!

FROM Architectures for Conversation (ii): What Communities of Practice can mean for Information Architecture » SlideShare:

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Cultivation = Motivation / Moderation

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[Cross posted from my Bryght blog]

Here's the video (35 minutes 36 seconds shot on an Nokia N93 phone) where everybody but myself introduced themselves from last night's Social Media Vancouver launch. I came away energized by the energy and passion in the room but also aware of how far we have to go to make this Social Media aka Read Write Web aka Web 2.0 a meaningful force in everybody's lives like email is today! Also, please check out Mark Schneider's awesome coverage on Now Public.