When’s the next BlogFest?

Dear Pittsburgh-area bloggers: We’re trying to schedule the next BlogFest. We thought we’d have everything in place by now, but it has been devilishly difficult to plan things right now at our normal location, Finnegan’s Wake. I’m told this is because it’s baseball season. Apparently people like to go to Finnegan’s Wake before, during, and …

Better than asking you to be in two places at once

I noted yesterday that since both Woycheck and I created event listings on the Pittsburgh Bloggers Facebook group for next week’s BlogFest, we now have a chance for a completely meaningless competition: Who can get more people to RSVP for their version of the BlogFest. Current status: Mine is the one listed on top (“Pittsburgh …

Email poetry

Nonsense And Happiness, originally uploaded by tauben. Today I had this email exchange with a blogger who shall remain nameless (but whom you may call Carlos The Mack’rel): Carlos: Hey Closkey!! When’s the next blogfest?? MBM: Hi! I don’t know. I think some of the others were discussing that. I’ll see and let you know. …

I get by with a little help from my friends

IMG_2255.JPG, originally uploaded by mbfulk. Justin Kownacki and Norm Huelsman kick off Day 1 of PodCamp Pittsburgh 2,  August 2007. Norm Huelsman was kind enough to post about my blog today — he’s writing about a different site each week in his BlogShare feature. That’s a nice example of how Pittsburgh’s social media community — …

Tomorrow, tomorrow! I love you, tomorrow!

Tomorrow evening, please come to Pittsburgh BlogFest 11. We’ll all talk, eat, drink, and generally get down with our bad selves. WHAT: Pittsburgh Blogfest 11 WHEN: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 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: …