Skeena Girl Friday

My latest side project – my friend Kristin, owner of Kristin’s Emporium, has been talking this past year of wanting a website. So last weekend I introduced her to WordPress.com. A bit of a learning curve as she wants to be hands-on for this, learning how to make her own posts… I pointed out in last [...]

As of noon today, the website www.northcoastbconline.com has been taken temporarily off-line.  I’ve been wanting to make changes to this website for some time, and finally took action on it.  One of the biggest problems I had was that new users with CityWest emails could not get their classifieds system messages, they were blocked. Now, [...]

My latest project needing just a few more tweaks… Andy Ramsay, a former co-worker from Lakelse Air, asked me to help bring their 6 year old, single page website into a new age. www.whiteriverhelicopters.ca The website is built using WordPress.  The template I built from scratch using Artisteer and The Templateer.  The options for the [...]

While working for Lakelse Air I had my hand in the creation of several calendars.  The 2008 & 2009 were my creations, while the previous 2 or 3 years I’d helped with creating the graphics.  The actual printing for 2008 & 2009 was done by Bulkley Valley Printers in Smithers – nice work & very [...]

Brochure samples from Bear Creek Contracting and Lakelse Air created using Microsoft Publisher and Picture It!. * These files have been reduced in resolution to allow faster loading over the internet. Print quality is reduced and some colours appear differently from the high-quality print jobs. Lakelse Air brochure 2006 PDF of brochure created in 2006 [...]

During my years at Bear Creek Contracting / Lakelse Air, I got to dabble a fair amount in desktop publishing.  I have a bit of creative talent, finding inspiration from designs I see. Here are samples of some of the projects I’ve done in the past.  Most of them combined the use of Microsoft Publisher [...]

Well, I did it! I finished reading my online course, submitted a completed assignment and received my certificate of completion. I’ve attached  to this post a PDF that explains the skills I’ve been taught in this course – keyword research, linking, blogging/social media assistant, web analytics, affiliate marketing, online market research, search engine marketing, email [...]

I’ve used Microsoft Office software since about 1998, and thanks to my “hands on” experience I’ve become an intermediate/advanced user on most of the programs (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Frontpage, OneNote).  The cost of upgrading all this software can be a bit daunting, even when you’re a medium-sized business. There are some great, very affordable [...]

I’ve been a family historian/genealogist for over 10 years now, gathering notes, documents, scrapbooks, photos from a variety of cousins and grandparents. When I first started this hobby, I knew very little beyond my grandparents. Thankfully both my grandmothers had created scrapbooks and albums with an assortment of newspaper clippings, obituaries, funeral programs, wedding announcements, [...]

I’ve recently become lucky enough to get my hands on some old photo albums that belonged to my grand-aunt Ruby.  These albums are filled with unfamiliar faces of cousins back east dated from 1930s onward.  I’m in the process of scanning the pages into my computer and will eventually burn them onto CDs for interested [...]