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2008 Burghies, better than a Bloggie
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 It apparently started in the comments section of this blog entry, and when I arrived at a screening of Ghostbusters last night with my very favorite people, I was greeted with wine, a chocolate fountain, and the biggest award I could’ve ever hoped to receive.
Norm got it on video:
“I went all the way to [...]
A keynote (marriage) proposal
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Towards the end of his PostSecret presentation (which was incredible, by the way, but more on that later), Frank Warren invited audience members to share their secrets with the crowd. I managed to quickly grab my video camera as a guy proposed to his girlfriend.
It was a little nerve racking for a moment, as [...]
Dinner magic
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 After briefly visiting the conference center yesterday afternoon, we grabbed some dinner at a spaghetti place. Besides a bat problem, they had a magician on hand who ended up being pretty awesome. Or at least, better than the bat.
I was especially excited by one card trick in particular, and, as you can tell by [...]
Gearing up
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
I was emailed a video this morning, and I’m somewhat perplexed as to his identity. Anyone? Anyone?
At this time in two days, I will be somewhere between flights on my way to Austin, TX for the SXSW Interactive conference and 2008 Bloggie Awards. I am excited, and I am petrified. If I’m not high [...]
PhotoKu: A contest for you!
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Recently, this website has surpassed my humble blogging expectations, and I’ve been trying to come up with ways in which I could offer my thanks and appreciation. Because of you, I am happy to write every day. I can eat food now and then. Not to mention, I am able to attend SXSW in [...]
Pittsburgh helps a blogger out
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 I’m really lucky to be from Pittsburgh.
When the news of the Bloggies made it through the grapevine on the local level, I was contacted by Ashley DiParlo (seriously, between her and Andrew Stockey, how could anyone not claim serious eye candy? WTAE has the hotness) to do a little interview that would run Thursday, [...]
See what you’ve done to me
Friday, November 23rd, 2007 I’ve experienced three Thanksgiving dinners over the past day. That’s three families. Three turkeys. Three sizes added to my jeans. I was up early today, but not to shop. Because you shoppers? You’re CrAzY. I’d rather relinquish mashed potatoes than spend five hours in line at Best Buy to save $4 on Shrek 3.
The [...]
Five seconds of fame
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Yesterday was Blogfest’s third birthday, and news personality Andrew Stockey made an appearance to shoot a brief story about the local blogging scene.
(Have you ever been in a room while a news story was being filmed? It’s captivating.)
I finally met a bunch of local writers for the first time in person, although in most [...]
Saw IV Advertising Revisited: The Video
Friday, October 5th, 2007As a quick follow up to my previous Saw IV post, Blogtober: Saw IV - Effective Horror Advertising, the wonderful people at Movie Snobs caught the TV spots and put them up on YouTube. Surprisingly, their version had three splits, resulting in four different Saw clips.
Eating for an audience
Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Viddler had this contest during the month of August in which they welcomed members to upload videos of themselves eating and/or drinking various meals they enjoyed (”MealTodays”). The Viddler gang then chose their favorite nine and, with the help of a panel, voted for the winner. The prize is an iPhone.
I did a documentary-type [...]
Some data worth remembering
Sunday, August 19th, 2007A session at the conference made some video shorts related to the idea of “why you chose the shirt you’re wearing.” Chris Brogan posted all five on his site. I am in the first one, but my favorite (an impromptu comedy about alternative definitions of techie terms), which has nothing to do with the [...]
PodCamp Pittsburgh, Day 1, and a clumsy first attempt at vidcasting
Saturday, August 18th, 2007 I’m currently writing from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Success!
The entire event is being streamed thanks to Justin.tv. You can watch along here. You know, if you’re interested.