February 2005

Update June 27, 2005: December 2004 through February 2005 I was part of Marqui’s “Pay to Blog” program. I wrote about them and linked to them once a week. During the three-month program I had this icon displayed on my site in the right sidebar area.

Marqui has been talking about “conversastion coordinators” on their blog. I haven’t had any direct interaction with their conversation coordinator. It seems like an interesting idea. Maybe this could be a task for PR departments instead of sending out press releases?

Speaking of conversation coordinators, I could really use one myself. I haven’t had a chance to catch up with all the websites/RSS feeds I read. I’m about three days behind. I feel so out of touch!

I was poking around flickr earlier to see if anyone had posted photos from this morning’s rally and came across this excellent photo of Tom Brady, the quarterback for the New England Patriots.

[Originally uploaded by Ol' Mr Boston.]

One of my top ten favorite musicians, Sondre Lerche, will be joining Elvis Costello on the April leg of Elvis’ tour around parts of the United States. From the looks of the tour schedule, they won’t be stopping in Boston or anywhere else along the East Coast. Hopefully there will be more dates announced for May.

tags: Sondre Lerche, Elvis Costello

Issue numero uno of JPG Magazine arrived in my mailbox recently. The magazine is curated by Derek Powazek and Heather Powazek Champ. Each advertising-free issue features photo submissions that pertain to a specific theme. Issue number one is about “origin” and includes an interview with long-time photoblogger Emilie Valentine and features the photos of Noah Grey plus twenty nine photos submitted by other people towards the end of 2004. I am thoroughly in love with photo sharing websites like flickr but there is just something extra deluxe special about seeing these photographs in a printed booklet. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to submit a photo for consideration for a future issue. Go buy a copy of JPG Magazine while it’s still available!

tags: Derek Powazek, Heather Powazek Champ, JPG Magazine

I had to log in to my ancient Blogger account to post a comment on Zephyr Teachout’s blog and I noticed that they use a numbering system for accounts. I first used Blogger in November 1999 so my number is pretty low: 2805. This reminds me of a BBS I used (ISCABBS) when I first got online in 1993. A lot of my online pals wouldn’t change their username/handles because they didn’t want to lose their low number. Nostalgia!

Update June 27, 2005: December 2004 through February 2005 I was part of Marqui’s “Pay to Blog” program. I wrote about them and linked to them once a week. During the three-month program I had this icon displayed on my site in the right sidebar area.

I received an email from Alex at Marqui about my new “dabble mode” account. I haven’t had a chance to use it; but I hope to dive in and dabble sometime soon.

I’m still wondering if they’re letting anyone in who asks for an account or if there is a second step to qualify people. Is anyone at Marqui reading my weblog?

Peter Caputa at Whizspark is looking for people who organize events that are both available to the public and invite only. He’d like to test out a system that will help manage the registration process for these sorts of events. As I mentioned in the comments area of his weblog, I’m particularly interested in this right now because I’ll be modifying the registration process for Free Agent Boston’s monthly dinner. The way I’ve been doing it is I indicate numerous times throughout the body of the event info page that the event is specifically for people working solo or interested in it. More and more I’m finding that people who really don’t fit those two qualifiers are showing up for the event. So, I’ve decided to put the questionaire in front of the registration/payment process so I can weed out the people who really shouldn’t be attending.

Last night’s Boston Blog Meetup was at Christopher’s in Porter Square. A freelance writer for the Globe surprised us with a visit, too. I posted the list of attendees over at BostonBlogs.com.

tags: Boston Blogs, Meetup