Archive for January, 2010
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 22nd, 2010 | Categorized as Ward 19
Plus tôt cette semaine, j’ai répondu à un tweet par @timyull demandant de Toronto Tech communautaire pour créer un événement de levée de fonds utilisant les médias sociaux pour Haïti Earthquake Relief.
Les choses se regroupent principalement par Twitter.
Cette vidéo rapide a été enregistrée devant le restaurant des Caraïbes Lakay au 613, chemin Kennedy, à Scarborough.
J’ai [...]
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 22nd, 2010 | Categorized as Videolog | Tagged as Earthquake Relief, HaiHaiTO, Haiti, Lakay Caribbean Restaurant, Social Media, Sponsors, timyull, Twitter, Volunteers
Earlier this week I answered a tweet by @timyull asking Toronto’s Tech Community to create a fund raising event using social media for Haiti Earthquake Relief.
Things are coming together primarily through Twitter.
This quick video was recorded outside the Lakay Caribbean Restaurant at 613 Kennedy Road in Scarborough.
I popped into Lakay to begin the conversation about [...]
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 21st, 2010 | Categorized as Colbert Bump | Tagged as Books, Colbert Bump, Heritage, History, Maps, Memories, Photographs, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Stephen Colbert, Toronto Archives
Stephen Colbert!
HiMY SYeD needs The Colbert Bump!
Recorded outside the Toronto Archives building on Spadina Road below Casa Loma and above Dupont Station.
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 20th, 2010 | Categorized as Videolog | Tagged as 519 Community Centre, By-Election, Cathy Crowe, Dalton McGuinty, Glen Murray, Heath Thomas, Pamela Taylor, Stefan Premdas, TorCen, Toronto Centre
We attended the All Candidates’ debate in Toronto Centre at The 519 Community Centre.
It was standing room only by the time we arrived.
There was an old time Town Hall Meeting feeling to the evening.
Though this is a provincial by-election, the public’s concerns during the Question and Answer session were surprisingly heavy on municipal issues:
Crime and [...]
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 19th, 2010 | Categorized as Videolog | Tagged as Adam Giambrone, Adrian Heaps, BikeTO, Biking Toronto, Cycling, Gord Perks, Joe Mihevic, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Cyclists Union, VoteTO, Yvonne Bambrick
The Toronto Cyclists Union in collaboration with The City of Toronto and numerous other partners and sponsors presented the 2nd Annual Toronto Bike Awards in The Gladstone Hotel earlier tonight.
Evolution Green interviewed me on why I think Cycling is important in Ward 19 and how it fits into my campaign. We’ll link to it when [...]
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 18th, 2010 | Categorized as Colbert Bump | Tagged as Colbert Bump, CTV, Highway 401, Highway of Heroes, Scarborough, Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert!
HiMY SYeD needs The Colbert Bump!
Recorded on January 18 2010 just south of the Highway of Heroes, Highway 401 in Scarborough.
CTV, the Canadian Television Network’s studio is on the other side of the highway. CTV broadcasts The Colbert Report in Canada.
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 17th, 2010 | Categorized as Colbert Bump | Tagged as Central Technical School, Colbert Bump, CTS, Industry, Integrity, Intelligence, Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert!
HiMY SYeD needs The Colbert Bump!
Recorded on January 17 2010 in front of Central Technical School in Downtown Toronto.
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 16th, 2010 | Categorized as Colbert Bump | Tagged as Colbert Bump, Haiti, Mel Lastman Square, North York, Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert!
HiMY SYeD needs The Colbert Bump!
Recorded on January 16 2010 in Mel Lastman Square, in front of the ice skating rink at the North York Civic Centre.
The United Haiti Earthquake Relief public information session inside Council Chamber had just ended.
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 12th, 2010 | Categorized as Platform, Videolog | Tagged as Council Vote, Debt, Enwave, Sale, Toronto City Budget, Toronto Hydro
Video log entry recorded on the morning of January 12 2010 in front of the Enwave plant in Downtown Toronto at Elm and Bay Street.
As a Candidate running for Toronto City Council, I would lean towards selling a minority stake in Enwave on a revenue sharing formula fair to both taxpayers and investors.
http://twitter.com/HiMYSYeD/status/7664028089
If I were [...]
Posted by HiMY SYeD on January 12th, 2010 | Categorized as Colbert Bump | Tagged as Bankruptcy, Broad Street, Colbert Bump, Downtown Core, Financial District, Intersection, Sidewalk, Stephen Colbert, Wall Street
Stephen Colbert!
HiMY SYeD needs The Colbert Bump!
Recorded on January 12 2010 in Downtown Toronto’s Financial District at the south west corner of King Street and Bay Street.