From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3

December 31, 2009

Update on Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 4 _____ I mentioned yesterday that Amazon completed an investigation and concluded that the La Crosse BC-9009 “is safe if used as intended and has been reinstated for purchase.” I wrote this reply back to Anthony Dunkley, the Amazon Customer Service Executive: (note [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown – part 2

December 22, 2009

Update to Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1. Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3 Battery Charger Meltdown Part 4 December 28 2009 UPDATE to Part 2: I received an email from Anthony in Amazon Executive Customer Relations I’ve confirmed that your concern regarding the La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger has been fully investigated by Amazon.com, [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown

December 19, 2009

February 10, 2010 Update: LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral [...]

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2009 BCPVA Distinguished Service Award

December 9, 2009

Update: Shawn Lam featured in The Tri-City News December 9, 2009 edition – Coquitlam Videographer Honoured (Yes, I know the heading says PoMo girl wins film contest, – my part comes in the second half of the article with the sub-head of Coquitlam Videographer Honoured) ___________________________ 2009 is going to be a very memorable one [...]

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Shawn Lam featured in video marketing book

December 7, 2009

July 2010 update: You can order 50 Interviews: Video marketers on Amazon with this link ____________________________________ For the second time in only a few months, I’ve been interviewed for a video production book.  The last time it was for Refocus: Cutting Edge Strategies to Evolve Your Video Business by Ron and Tasra Dawson, and this [...]

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2009 EventDV 25 voting now open

December 2, 2009

Voting for the 4th annual EventDV 25 – recognizing the video production industry’s most influential videographers is now open until January 15, 2010.  Winners will be announced February 24, 2010 on Eventdv-tv.com Cast you vote here: http://www.eventdv.net/eventdv25/register.aspx Rules: You may vote as many as 25 times, but you may vote for one person/company only once. You [...]

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BCPVA year end speech

December 1, 2009

After 5 years as the President of the BC Professional Videographers Association, I’ve decided that it is time for me to step-aside and allow a new leader to lead this group of professional videographers.  My wife and I are also have a baby in January so the timing was good too.  Below is my closing [...]

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