Social media and the G20 in Pittsburgh: Roundtable discussion

Last week I was honored to talk with some of my smart friends in the Pittsburgh social media scene. The topic was the G20 Summit next week in Pittsburgh — what we can expect and how can social media creators be involved. Mike Sorg, new media producer and fellow PodCamp Pittsburgh organizer,  put it all …

A post a day keeps the doctor away

A few times today, I told people at PCPGH3 to try writing a blog post every day. It’s an interesting discipline. When I’ve blogged daily, I’ve posted some rather boring stuff, but I’ve also created more interesting and unique content. If you’re interested in trying the post-a-day practice, the perfect opportunity is just a few …

At PCPGH3

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 …

PodCamp Pittsburgh 3

It’s back! Pittsburgh’s social media conference returns for the third year running, with great sessions, awesome networking opportunities, and unexpected unexpectedness. PodCamp Pittsburgh 3 will take place on October 18 and 19, 2008, with a meet-and-greet the evening of October 17. WHEN: October 18 and 19, 9am to 4pm each day WHERE: Art Institute of …

Dream house

I’m working on a couple of things right now: End of the month, so there’s billable work to finish and bill; grant applications and proposals to thoughtfully complete and send; project work to push diligently ahead with; and administrivia. Also a blog post I keep trying to write about blogs, rules vs. freedom, social media …

PodCamp Pittsburgh 3

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 …

Let me tell you a story

Photo from City Theatre’s production of Flight, March 2008. Pictured center: Joshua Elijah Reese and DeWanda Wise. Photo credit: John Schisler. In Flight, Charlayne Woodard’s play (recently produced, brilliantly, at City Theatre), the characters are all slaves living on a plantation near Savannah, Georgia in 1858. They are forbidden to learn to read or write, …

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 — …