New Acronym: YANE
Talking with Pete Caputa this morning on IM about the dinner I've put together when Kevin Smokler is in town inspired me to come up with a new acronym. YANE: Yet Another Networking Event I aspire to do events that are not YANE-related. ;)
Dinner With Kevin Smokler on July 7th in Harvard Square
San Francisco writer (and friend) Kevin Smokler is going to be in town on Thursday, July 7th to talk about his new book at the Harvard Book Store at 6:30 PM. I'm hosting a dinner afterwards at nearby Smile Thai Cafe. RSVP if you'd like to join us. About BOOKMARK NOW: Writing ...
DIY Event Planning and Event Planning Tips
(This is an old blog entry about DIY event planning from 2005. It may be time to update it. If you have questions about DIY event planning that will help inspire an update, please make contact! - Sooz, August 3, 2011) For a while I was getting a lot of unsolicited resumes from people who...
How to Write a Good Bio
If you have a pointer to an interesting and well written bio, please share the URL in the comments of this entry. I'm trying to write something about myself for the new Joshua Darden Studio website that is in the works. Also, if you've got a good way to describe what it is I do/have...
Hire Brian Russell
Brian Russell is finishing up his AmeriCorp VISTA program. And now he needs to find a fulltime job somewhere in the Durham, North Carolina area. He's an inspiring guy who has a lot to offer a non profit who uses technology to help people. He lists these three things as his career goals: • Increase...
Musical Baton
There's been a musical baton circulating around weblogs for several weeks or maybe years. Lisa Williams passed it on to me yesterday. I'm certainly not going to pass up an opportunity to talk about my favorite bands! Though I'm a much better music evangelist via MP3s or a live show. Music on ...
BallSquare.com
Sometimes I'm surprised what domain names are still available. On a whim I looked up BallSquare.com and discovered it was up for grabs so I did just that: grabbed it! I'm curious about helping set up a community Wi-Fi network(s) in my neighborhood of Ball Square in Somerville so this domain will likely ...
Community Wi-Fi Field Trip at the June Wi-Fi Meetup on June 8
The June Boston Wi-Fi Meetup is happening (tomorrow) Wednesday, June 8th in Waltham. We're meeting up initially at Watch City Wireless Brewing Company at 256 Moody Street in Waltham at 7PM. Thomas McGonagle and Robbert Abbott created a community network along Moody Street called Watch City Wireless. They'll be taking us on a ...
SoozCast 1: Sushi, DIY Recording, Fonts, Etcetera
I recorded a short SoozCast (just over four minutes) blathering, err, talking about the Sushi Fest #8 that is happening later this month or early July, Joshua Darden's new font and DIY recording. If you're subscribed to my main RSS feed or podcast-only RSS feed, the audio file should have found it's way to ......
Michael Femia and The Long Tail
I've noted before that Michael (aka my cohort extraordinaire) has had a website for years. It turns seven in August. That's 1998 for those of us not so great with math. A lot of people talk about "the long tail" and how we need to be exposed to new voices. You ...
