GenYTO

erinbury:

It was the talk of the town last summer - Virgin America is launching in Toronto! And they’re giving away free flights!! But only to people who some company called Klout deem influential enough!!! Cue chaos among the city’s digital elite. When the arguments over Klout’s authority and convincing…

erinbury:

My latest article for Women’s Post was a list of the top web-savvy Canadian women of 2010. Some are friends, some are mentors, and some I hope to get to know better in 2011. Check out the original article, or read on below for my list.

2010 just ended, and you know what that means:…

Social network pioneer Myspace unveiled a redesign on Wednesday targeting the “Generation Y” younger audience as it seeks to regain ground lost to Facebook.

madebyvenus:

I’m going to be 21 in around 3.5 hours. I’m not as excited as I thought I was going to be. In fact, I don’t reallly care. I live in a country where I’m allowed to consume and purchase alcohol at the golden age of 18. It just doesnt make much sense to me why people celebrate 21sts like it’s a big…

Last week I went to the Rogers Cup and saw superstar player Roger Federer defeat opponent Chela in two sets. It was my first live tennis match, but I didn’t buy tickets like other friends who attended. I was invited by the digital media team at Rogers - and they didn’t just throw me in any old…

Here are some links that have caught our attention recently.

The Wilderness Downtown
If you haven’t participated in this wonderful little project yet, we highly encourage following the link for a romp through your own backyard. You’ll need a modern web browser to keep up with the HTML5 magic,…

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Just wanted to say a little bit about something I’ve been up to lately. It involves the Haitian devastation and doing what I can to help make life as close to normal as possible for everyone who went through something destructive in the last few weeks.

As sad and bad as it sounds, it…

casiestewart:

Canadian Livers in Training symposium once again joins forces with #genyto for the 2010 edition. Last year this party was so fucking fun. It was also packed and started early….

I’ve had this idea for awhile. But it really came to after I heard this. A friend of mine on Twitter was in a meeting in Toronto, out of the 20 people there, she was the only one born west of Ontario. Something is wrong with this picture.

Have we forgotten about the influence of the west…

casiestewart:

Friday night’s #genyto #Canlit was awesome. Rannie took all these great shots. I was on video recording all night.

Rannie & Renee, loves!

Coleman at the boozy table.

I love sports but I still haven’t made it out to a Toronto FC game. Even though one of my friends is dating one of the players. Even though Jon from MLSE is a great friend. And even though I’ve heard that the games are action-packed, high-energy and super fun. So I’m happy to announce that…