About
Where’s Anu?
Tech and tech-adjacent events in Victoria, BC and around Greater Victoria, in one place, with my own notes on the events, from the people to the place.
Who I am
I’m Anu Jolliffe. If there’s a tech event in Victoria, BC, I usually know about it, and you’ll often find me there. If I don’t know about it, please let me know: Send Anu an event. I’m on the Victoria Data Society board, and I host several events too. When I have a tie to an event, its page says so.
Anu’s take
A lot of events come with “Anu’s take”: my own notes on the event, from the people to the place. You’ll find it on the event’s page.
An organizer’s listing tells you what’s on. When there’s a take, it tells you what I’d tell a friend: who it’s for, who you’re likely to meet, what it’s like to be there, and whether I’d go.
I do it because a listing can’t tell you what it’s like to walk in the door, and showing up alone is easier when you know what to expect.
Where the events come from
Organizers post their events on Meetup, Luma, Eventbrite and their own websites. I bring them together here, and every event links back to the organizer, so you register with the people running it.
What “Checked” means
An event’s Who’s involved list ends with a line like this one. It’s when I last compared the people and roles on that event with the organizer’s listing. When I note the time, it shows too, like “Checked October 11, 2026 at 18:50”. I don’t ask the people listed first, so don’t read it as their sign-off. If their listing has changed since, theirs is right, and I’ll update mine. Spotted a mistake? Tell me what’s wrong.
What I list
I list every event I know about. Anu’s plan and Anu’s take are how I curate. The plan is one of three words:
- I’m going
- I’ll be there. Come and say hello.
- Recommended
- Worth your time, even if I can’t make it.
- Just sharing
- I’m not going, but I wanted you to know it’s on.
People
The People list shows who’s behind the events here: organizers, hosts, speakers and others, each with the events they’ve been part of. It grows as people create verified Where’s Anu profiles and say yes to being listed.
Who runs it
I do. Where’s Anu is developed and maintained in Victoria, BC.
Lime e-bike parking
On events in Victoria, the green bike badge tells you how far you’d walk from the nearest Lime e-bike parking zone, and how many zones are within 5 minutes, like “2 min walk. 6 locations within 5 min.”
The zones come from the City of Victoria’s public map. Walking times are estimates, using the straight-line distance plus a bit extra for the streets. “Outside service area” means there’s no zone within 800 metres. I’m not connected with Lime, and the badge isn’t theirs.
On an event’s map, the same badges mark the zones near it. The maps are drawn from OpenStreetMap’s data: map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence (openstreetmap.org/copyright (in a new tab)).
Anu’s take
A lot of events come with “Anu’s take”: my own notes on the event, from the people to the place. You’ll find it on the event’s page.
An organizer’s listing tells you what’s on. When there’s a take, it tells you what I’d tell a friend: who it’s for, who you’re likely to meet, what it’s like to be there, and whether I’d go.
I do it because a listing can’t tell you what it’s like to walk in the door, and showing up alone is easier when you know what to expect.
Lime e-bike parking
On events in Victoria, the green bike badge tells you how far you’d walk from the nearest Lime e-bike parking zone, and how many zones are within 5 minutes, like “2 min walk. 6 locations within 5 min.”
The zones come from the City of Victoria’s public map. Walking times are estimates, using the straight-line distance plus a bit extra for the streets. “Outside service area” means there’s no zone within 800 metres. I’m not connected with Lime, and the badge isn’t theirs.
On an event’s map, the same badges mark the zones near it. The maps are drawn from OpenStreetMap’s data: map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence (openstreetmap.org/copyright (in a new tab)).