Archive for July, 2007

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

jealous

I’m so jealous, they get to go to Blogher and I have to stay here. Oh, well! Looking forward to blogs, tweets and flicks.

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

do I need a master’s degree?

I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot lately, pondering whether or not to take the plunge and go back to school. It’s been more than a decade since I graduated, and the longer I stay out the less I want to go back. Isn’t that just the way?
I’ve never seen a need, before, to [...]

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Saturday, July 21st, 2007

lunch plans

I met my sister for lunch today. Nothing extraordinary in that.
We made the plans via email. Again, nothing extraordinary in that.
Except, we didn’t talk at all this morning… as we made plans for lunch… as she told me about her job search, and today’s progress… as I told her about my week… as [...]

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Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Houston’s wifi network, finished in 24 months

I attended the WITI Houston Event on the Digital Houston Initiative, where the city of Houston’s Janis Jefferson (deputy director for the city’s IT Department) told us that the wifi cloud will be complete in 24 months.
Timeline she gave us:

50% citywide coverage by August 2008
100% citywide coverage by August 2009

She also said that speed would [...]

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Thursday, July 12th, 2007

things I learned at today’s social media workshop

I went to today’s Social Media & Public Relations workshop, hosted by PRSA. Social Media guru Josh Hallett gave a great presentation on things to do to monitor the blogosphere for your clients and ways to wade into it.
Things I learned:

I’m already doing quite a bit of the things recommended to monitor the blogosphere
I [...]

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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

meetings & trainings this week

Tonight is the Houston NetSquared July Meetup:
When: Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 7:00 PM
Description: Just to be fun, we’re doing a last minute change-up for this July NetSquared meeting. Ed Schipul will be giving us the lowdown on last weekend’s iPhone Development Camp in San Francisco.
1. Recap of Barcamp / iPhone Dev Camp - about [...]

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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Meet & Greet Marsha Moyer, author of Heartbreak Town

Thursday, July 12 at 2 p.m. Jungman Neighborhood Library 5830 Westheimer, 77057 * 832-393-1860
Free and Open to the Public
The Houston Public Library invites the public to meet and greet Texan author Marsha Moyer at Jungman Neighborhood Library located at 5830 Westheimer, 77057. Moyer will give a presentation on her latest release Heartbreak Town [...]

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