Happy birthday, Lorraine Murphy! (aka @raincoaster)

Lorraine Murphy at WordCamp Fraser Valley (photo credit: John Biehler on Flickr)

The truth of the matter is that the Raincoaster persona is not exactly the same person as my good friend Lorraine Murphy. Lorraine happens to be actually a very nice person with a brain and broad range of experiences that rivals that of many modern times’ intellectuals.

I was having breakfast with Lorraine a week ago before she left town to head to Yellowknife to work in a social media agency, and I told her that I had total and utter confidence in her capacity to change lives up North. Lorraine’s social media (especially blogging) skills are extremely solid, and she’s done some amazing work, especially for the Fearless City project, empowering folks in the Downtown East Side (where she used to live) and enabling them to tell stories through blogs and other social media outlets.

Normally, I would have taken Lorraine for drinks for her birthday but since she’s up North, a blog post will have to do. Lorraine, I’m very proud of how far you’ve gone, and as I told you once – you rock, and you WILL continue to rock, long time. Have fun up North, change people’s lives, show them the way and then assimilate them into th Cthulhu