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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 12 2015 - Queues of Leafy Greens
In this episode, I play a song from Thacker Dairy Road and tell the story of how I ended up with their CD at ConvergeSouth one year; I talk about the inaugural EGC Patreon Hangout; I talk about how much weight I am losing via Eat to Live; I talk more about my entertainment queues and how Marvel...
read articleGreensboro Weekend
Last weekend I power drove to Greensboro NC to attend Converge South. I've been to three of the four they have put on and always had a good time. I was also a co-organizer of the Saturday event to fill the space when BlogHer cancelled, which was a tad stressful but also fun. Things really started...
read articleConvergeSouth Gives Way to Independent Blogging Conference - Greensboro
I'm here in the ad hoc conference in Greensboro. I think the name by acclamation is "Independent Blogging Conference", although I was having fun with the fact that we didn't really have a name for it. I'm in the first session of the morning, and sweating the details of what we are going to...
read articleI'm at ConvergeSouth, Finally
It took longer than planned but I'm here at this year's Converge South. I ran into a few people at lunch but not enough. The first session I have attended is Ruby Sinreich's presentation on hyperlocal blogging. This day will be hectic, but I hope I can catch up with people at the BBQ tonight. This...
read articleBlogHer Greensboro is Cancelled but Show Up Anyway
This year's ConvergeSouth in Greensboro NC was to be a hybrid conference, with CS on Thursday and Friday (October 16 & 17,) with the BlogHer Roadshow on Saturday (October 18.) Well, last week BlogHer cancelled all four of the southern stops on that tour, leaving a hole and leaving those who made...
read articleConvergeSouth 2008 Is Online
The site for the 2008 ConvergeSouth conference is online. This is a great conference and shindig they throw up there in Greensboro NC. I've been to two of the first three and it is in most ways the spiritual sibling of our CREATE South conference, down to both having Ed Cone. I really dig what they...
read articleEGC Clambake for November 3, 2007 - "ConvergeSouth 2007 Wrapup"
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 3, 2007. This is my wrapup of my experiences at ConvergeSouth 2007. I play a song from the Wigg Report and mention how I have already done this show but was screwed by a faulty flash card. I talk about my...
read articleA Typical ConvergeSouth Conversation
PICT0393.JPG Originally uploaded by firelace Ruby: I'm still waiting for the sensible part to kick in. Me: I'm not convinced, which is why I am not only making a face but projecting a protective energy beam of skepticality around my body. Ed: Hey, if you don't like it what are y'all going to do...
read articleHeading Home
I'm packed up and about to vacate the Hampton Inn for the pleasant confines of home. I've got to get back to my dog and take him to the Bark Park, and there is a game 7 in the ALCS and all the normal things I would do in your average weekend. This time driving in I figured out where I made the wrong...
read articleConverge South, Day 2, Evening
Late afternoon, and it was back to downtown Greensboro from the hotel in the suburbs. Through some freak of parking karma, I got the parking spot right in front of the film festival venue. I would later betray myself as unworthy of this. Our hosted dinner was right across the street, so it really...
read articleNew Tagline
I changed my tagline/subtitle based on a spontaneous remark I made at the bar last night. The motto of this blog is now "Defy the Zeitgeist". I think we are also going to print up t-shirts for...
read articleConvergeSouth Day 2, Lunch and Afternoon
Lunch was good. I sat outside with Bora Zivkovic and Ed Cone and Dan Conover and we talked more about blogging (of course) and hands on portion of these conferences vs. talkety talkety talk. I made a point of introduction myself to Soni Pitts by telling her "I like the cut of your jib."...
read articleConvergeSouth Day 2, Morning
Up at 8 AM, an hour behind schedule. I still made it out of the hotel and to the conference by 8:50 AM. I love being a guy! I'm in the Elisa Camahort keynote now. She asked if anyone had heard of Millie Garfield, and I didn't recognize the name off the bat but when she pulled up her page I...
read articleConvergeSouth, Day 1, Evening and Late Night
Running late. In at 1 AM + phone call from work at 5 AM = sleepy boy not getting up on schedule. Still trying to make the conference before the breakfast is over. Shower like the wind, Forest! I did take the nap and then headed out to the BBQ at the Hoggard's house in the Aycock neighborhood. I was...
read articleConvergeSouth, Day 1, Lunch and Afternoon
Lunch was fun. I chatted with Ben Hwang for a long time, and saw my friend from Virginia Robert Harvey. I sat with Don Moore and talked for a while. Don is the guy who made the t-shirt order that pushed me over the edge of needing to reprint. After lunch, I wanted to go to the Affiliate Marketing...
read articleConverge South, Day 1, Morning
I'm here. I meant to get up at 4 AM and on the road by 5:30 AM but I slept until 4:50 and didn't leave until about 6 AM. Still, I managed to get to the NC A&T campus, parked, registered and in the Jason Calacanis talk by 9:30. Had I got up on schedule, I'd have had it just right. Calacanis is...
read articleConverge South 2007
Hey, the Converge South folks have really gotten the drop on this year's conference. They've already set the dates: October 19th and 20th, 2007. I wanted to go last year and just couldn't but I'll for sure be there this year. I can't...
read articleEGC Clambake for October 22, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for October 22, 2006. I play a song from Michelle Malone; I play a clip from Rocketboom with Steve Garfield; I talk about Lenny Bruce, Madge Weinstein/Richard Bluestein and me; Heather Gold on RU Sirius sticking up for Kansas!!...
read articleHow the Internets Work
By missing ConvergeSouth I did not get to see Dan and Janet Conover which bums me out. We did a lot of hanging last year. They were the hosts of Uplifter Charleston, at which we also hung. Now Dan has posted a little diagram about how the Internets work. This would be a great thing to print big and...
read articleNo Converge South After All
I had some personal stuff come up and couldn't go to Converge South after all. I'm reading the blogs and watching the flickr feed on the keyword as the best substitute I have available. See y'all in...
read articlePros and Cons
I've had to decline a heartbreaking number of invitations to come to conventions and/or conferences this year. In several cases, I was invited to speak or lead sessions and I just couldn't do it. Being in a job situation without vacation contributed a lot, where I would have to not only pay my way...
read articleEGC Clambake For April 13, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 13, 2006. Hurry up offense, I get right to it by playing a Jonathan Coulton song; I discuss Videoblogging Week 2006 and my Converge South video; I talk about seeing David Sedaris in Charleson; I profess my love for...
read articleConverge South Video (for real)
Had I known it would be five days before it was actually available, I would not have made my previous post announcing this. Sorry, folks. I thought it would be at most an hour or three when I posted that. I guess I can no longer pretend like I had anything to do with Videoblogging Week if it has...
read articleConverge South Video
My entry for Videoblogging Week 2006 has been posted - theoretically. I uploaded it to OurMedia around 5 PM, but 6 hours later it says it has received it but it isn't accessible. That should change soon (I hope). This is my video from Converge South 2005. It's got everything - Dave Winer eating...
read articleEditing Video is Hard
First pass of editing my Converge South video is done. I took the 43 minutes of all footage (how did I shoot that much?) and edited out the obviously unusable, leaving 17 minutes of potentially usable. Now comes the really hard part. How many seconds of chopping barbecue is enough vs too much? This...
read articlePodcasterCon Movie
Friend of EGC Mark Welker has a movie that he put together from PodcasterCon. Interesting stuff. I still have a movie I shot with Mark at ConvergeSouth that I need to edit and...
read articleSpeaking of Rocket Boom
@Solaris, Saturday night Originally uploaded by farenheit_81. Here is me with Mario Librandi and Amanda Congdon at Converge South. Thanks to Antonella Napolitano for taking and flickring the photo. Good times, I'm glad there are mementos of...
read articleConverge South, Final Thoughts
Now that it's a few days in the past I can look back on the weekend with a little more perspective. While you are there and a part of the excitement everything seems so powerful and profound. Sometimes a dispassionate reflection confirms that, and sometimes you realize you were just caught up in a...
read articleConverge South, Heading Home
Last post - whew. Sunday morning, I got up around 7 AM or so, got ready and packed it up. I checked out of the hotel and called Dave Winer. We had intended to get together at some point the previous night, but we lost each other's cell numbers. Via late night emails, we had agreed to hook up for...
read articleConverge South, Day 2, dinner and evening
Wow, this is taking a long time. I need to wrap this up before I forget all the details. After the last session, I went back to the hotel. I had intended to take a nap but I ended up in IM conversations and phone calls and then eventually I had missed the nap window. I went down and hung out with...
read articleEGC Clambake for October 10, 2005
Note to Rocketboom fans - If you can possibly download the bittorrent, please do. There's a whole lot of you, and all the bandwidth you save helps. When you download a legal torrent, you stick it to the man! Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for October 10,...
read articleKevin Converges
I got a chance to talk some with Kevin Howarth at the conference and I agree completely with what he says about Converge South. I enjoyed being in the city and felt like something special was happening. It's not just that the people were great at the conference, they were great in the city. The...
read articleClarify the terms
If, as Amanda says, I am a riot then by gum let me be a Rocket City...
read articleConverge South, Day 2, lunch and afternoon
I meant to post all these yesterday, but the built up fatigue finally wore me down. Lunch involved talking to a number of folks, and then seeing Mark from Mount Airy wearing an EGC t-shirt! That was on oddly cool moment. I actually went outside with him and we filmed a video interview about his...
read articleConverge South, Day 2, morning
I've decided to break this up into several chunks because the post was getting so long that I fear people would skip over it and miss good stuff. First up was the "Policing the Media" session with Duncan Black, ie Atrios. While there was nothing wrong with the session, which was quite good...
read articleConverge South, Day 1+
I'm here in the auditorium of Converge South. I had access in the hotel room at the Biltmore but didn't really have any time to blog. Last night definitely counts as Too Much Fun. I ran late, forgot keys and screwed things up and generally made a mess of my exit from the house yesterday. I got to...
read articleEGC Clambake for October 10, 2005
Note to Rocketboom fans - If you can possibly download the bittorrent, please do. There's a whole lot of you, and all the bandwidth you save helps. When you download a legal torrent, you stick it to the man! Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for October 10,...
read articleClambake Episode for August 13, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 13, 2005. I talk about life in Conway SC, about not getting enough exercise and being too fat; I play a song from the Butthole Surfers; I talk about how doing informal interviews helps my formal ones; we are...
read articleWhat Happened to the Myrtle Beach Blogging Conference?
Last November, when I came home from Bloggercon in Palo Alto imbued with the holy fire of citizen media I floated the idea of doing a blog conference here in the Grand Strand. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and I got a lot of feedback from people who said they would attend. In fact, I got...
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