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This Friday, March 20, will be the second Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day, a tribute to Fred Rogers and a way to promote neighborliness throughout America. To participate, wear a sweater on March 20. Doesn’t have to be a zippered cardigan — just has to be “special to you.” You can also send a …
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From the email inbox, an announcement of a very cool event involving my friend Rick Schweikert and some of Pittsburgh finest theatre professionals: B.U. S. 4 Bricolage Urban Scrawl Bricolage presents our third annual Play-in-a-Day Series MARCH 21ST 937 LIBERTY AVENUE FIRST FLOOR Join Bricolage for a unique benefit to unveil a brand new season …
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I received this by email this week — a new poem from the mysterious Carlos the Mack’rel: On Blogfest Ex-Vee-Eye ‘Tis time, my friends, ’tis blogfest time. In elven month, post-Hallowed moon I thought we’d see a blogfest soon Impatient me, impatient I’m. So when meet we to eat and drink? Pre-twelfth month days are …
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I’m bundled up at home, fighting off some kind of illness that makes it hard to stand long and to think. This is a darn shame because it means I’m going to miss this terrific event, organized by the Pittsburgh Technology Council and sponsored by Google: PghTech Women Network Launch We’re inviting women who work …
Today 8 or so months of collaboration come to fruition. I’m at PodCamp Pittsburgh 3, the third of these unconferences about social media (blogging, podcasting, social networks, etc.) that we’ve had in Pittsburgh, PA. I co-lead a couple of sessions on blogging with Mike Woycheck, one of my fellow co-founders of Pittsburgh Bloggers. The sessions …
A couple of time-critical items for your attention: Pittsburgh social media phenom Lindsay Patross has created a political action committee, P2PAC, that "supports candidates whose districts touch the City of Pittsburgh and whose agendas are consistent with its mission: good government, sustainable development, and social equity." As part of the kick-off they’ve initiated a P2pac …
"15", originally uploaded by Lincolnian. Come one, come all! WHAT: Pittsburgh Blogfest 15 WHEN: Friday, August 22, 2008, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM and beyond WHERE: Finnegan’s Wake (near PNC Park, 20 General Robinson St., North Shore, 412-325-2601), in the Pub Room WHO: All local bloggers, vloggers, podcasters (and their friends!) and Pittsburgh Bloggers COST: …
In my email today, I received the following verse: Cyn Closkey with your hair all rosey-red Please tell me of the next new blogfest’s date. The time as well must get inside my head For me to be there on time and not late. I’ll drink a beer or two before I leave And chomp …
Urban Flowers, originally uploaded by brunkfordbraun. I received another poem from Carlos the Mack’rel: Oh, Cindy-Red or Cindy-Black (That Closkey hair, I can’t keep track) Tell me, tell me, tell me true Just when is our blogfest due? I can not wait til when it’s time As you can see this rhyme’s a crime my …
DSCF1077, originally uploaded by Joel Mark Witt. Planning is underway for PodCamp Pittsburgh 3, the third iteration of the Pittsburgh line of PodCamps. I attended the first PodCamp Pittsburgh, where I shared what I knew and thought about blogging and learned a bit about video and podcasting. Then I helped organize a newbie version of …