"sitting room" by Uncle Crappy
Just 10 days until PodCamp Pittsburgh 4 — and only 9 until the opening Meet-and-Greet event.
I hope to see you there.
The countdown begins
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Can you hear me now?
Amusing compilation of the many, many times current films use the absence of cellphone signal as a plot point.
“No Signal (and other cellular drama)”
Via screenwriter John August.
Music for an international mixer: “Une americaine a Paris” by Rupa & the April Fishes
With leaders of the twenty largest economies, their assistants and entourages, worldwide news media, and demonstrators and protesters of all stripes converging this week on Pittsburgh, life in this region has begun to feel a wee bit tense.
OK, more than a wee bit. So far there have been people hanging banners from bridges, march permit applications ignored or revoked, windows boarded over, Pittsburgh businesses and schools closed for the rest of the week, personal friends of mine pre-emptively called up from the reserves to help quell any violence, and lots and lots of people looking anxiously about.
I wish and hope that whatever happens could end up like this video.
The band is Rupa & the April Fishes. This song nicely fits the description of their music being an “enchanting mix of chic French nouvelle vague, rousing Latin alternative grooves, energetic Gypsy swing, and dreamy Indian ragas.” That’s something we’d like to see in Pittsburgh this week I think.
Qu’est-ce tu pense, qu’est-ce tu pense?
C’est histoire.
Social media and the G20 in Pittsburgh: Roundtable discussion
"Pittsburgh" by JOE M500
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 together. The participants were Tim Hindes, Grants Manager and Creative Director with GSP Consulting; Elizebeth Perry, a sketch blogger and Technology Coordinator at the the Ellis School; Norm Huelsman, Assistant Director of Public Relations with the Art Institute of Pittsburgh; and me.
Visit the PodCamp Pittsburgh site to hear the discussion.
Highlights: What is the G20 Summit; how are preparations affecting life in the region; what role can social media creators — bloggers, twitterers, etc — play in understanding and discussing the G20; is this a good thing or bad thing for Pittsburgh; predictions and suggestions.
Behind-the-scenes note: I was running a fever of about 101 degrees the evening of our discussion, thanks to a late-summer flu I picked up. I’d like to blame the fever for any particularly wandering trains of thought I followed during the talk, but really that’s how I am all the time.
Cruel shoes
Pretty shoes, yes?
Unfortunately, they are the cruel shoes.
The heels aren’t high, and because they’re wedges they are quite stable to walk on. But that pretty, shiny leather is quite sharp, as I discovered when I foolishly wore the shoes. I walked a single block, from car to theater door. By the time I reached my seat, toes were bleeding on both feet.
I found that if I walked very, very slowly, I could reduce the friction of the shoes on my tender skin, and thereby move without wincing. I still took the shoes off for the walk back to the car.
And yet I can’t bear to throw them away.
Hop on Pops
Photo credit: “Popped” by AMagill
I have a new post up on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra blog: “Popular.” It’s about the Pittsburgh Pops, which I had the pleasure of attending a preview of last week. Read the post here.
