Welcome to the life and times of Sooz where I've been documenting my work and life adventures since 2002. Work = Sooz Media, my consulting business for web marketing, website project management, event planning and event photography. Life = shooting concert videos + photography, cooking for friends at The Granitorium, and scheming with my favorite Boston bands.
Monthly archive December, 2001

The sooz!radio playlist has been

The sooz!radio playlist has been updated with a merry collection of REM holiday tunes: a fun little assortment of songs from their 1988-1996 fan club records. A few of the songs you'll hear include: Deck the Halls, 1988 See No Evil, 1988 Academy Fight Song, 1989 Ghost Reindeer in the Sky, 1990 Baby, Baby, 1991...

I remembered to bring my

I remembered to bring my camera to the Freelance Hub lunch today. It was our biggest lunch in the two years we've been getting together. Check out the photos in the photoalbum.

We’ve got an anticipated full

We've got an anticipated full house at Thursday's Freelance Hub lunch. If you'd like to join us in January and can set aside 1.5-2 hours in your schedule: learn more about the lunch and RSVP for the Thursday, January 17th lunch at Bertucci's in Cambridge at Alewife. I think I'll bring my digital camera ......

This month’s lunch marks the

This month's lunch marks the 2nd anniversary of Freelance Hub, an informal network of freelancers, independents, contractors and consultants who work on Internet and web projects in the Boston area. Due to the large number of expected attendees, there is only room for 5 2 more RSVPs at the upcoming Thursday, December 13 lunch. ......

The “Independents Day @ SXSW”

The "Independents Day @ SXSW" panel (one of the three that are part of the ID track) that I'm moderating in March is coming together. Ev Williams and Dori Smith are new to the gang, joining Nick Finck and I. I'm really looking forward to this. It'll be the first panel ...

The networking resources page is

The networking resources page is new! If you know of an excellent networking event or calendar in Boston and beyond, fill out the

sooz!radio has been down for

sooz!radio has been down for a couple days. Apparently Live365 is experiencing problems with their bandwidth provider. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Makiko Itoh gave a talk

Makiko Itoh gave a talk about CSS at the Web Design World/Web Builder conference in New Orleans last week and included sooz.com in her list of websites that do a good job of utilizing CSS. Fun! I had an opportunity to meet Maki and Max when they were in town for a Seybold conference this...

Last night Michael and I

Last night Michael and I attended the Harvard Book Store's holiday party at Flattop Johnny's in Kendall Square. I haven't played pool in years. And this was certainly evident last night. I took a few photos, too.

Today is World AIDS

Today is World AIDS Day. Resourceful websites: AIDS Action Committee: AIDS Action is New England's leading provider of AIDS services, education and advocacy. Boston AIDS Information Outreach Project: A compendium of resources. AIDS.org: "Because Good Information is Still the Best Cure for AIDS."