Category: attending
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Climate Change Forum — CCL Katy (Mon Jan 6)
This page contains information about the nonpartisan CCL Climate Change Candidate Forum which is sponsored by the Katy chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby on Monday January 6. This event is free & open to the public, and all congressional candidates from TX7, TX10 and TX22 are invited to attend or send a campaign representative. Because…
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Liar’s Contest, Indie Book Conference, Library Book Sale, Preacher’s Daughter & Environmental Conference
In the second week of April, I’ll be attending or participating in three FOUR FIVE events in Houston: A Liar’s Contest, Houston Indie Book Festival, a Film Premiere, and an Energy/Environmental Conference. Details for attending these events is below. (Note: the Movie Premiere is Thursday, the conference is Friday and the Liar’s contest/booksale & book…
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Southwest Drupal Summit
By the way, I will be attending the two day conference about Drupal content management on Thursday Jan 27 and Friday Jan 28. It’s in Houston – horray! I am currently working on a drupal site and writing a book review on several Drupal 7 technical books. More about that later.
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Many Birthdays concert in Houston Friday April 30
On Friday April 30 the Austin band Many Birthdays will be performing at the Lost in Space Fest 2. (Here’s the myspace event description). In 2003 I raved about an Austin band Many Birthdays whose mp3s I had downloaded on some obscure website.
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Novel in 2050 Plan B (SXSWi 2010) Sunday March 14 at 2:00 PM
Description of a talk Robert Nagle will be organizing at 2010 SXSW Interactive
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Robert’s SXSW Schedule
I will be attending SXSW Interactive this year. Here is a tentative schedule of talks I plan to attend. Let me emphasize that I float among many rooms, so there’s no guarantee I’ll be at these places. Also, I go out of my way to attend things with a visual or multimedia component and to…
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Alas, I’ve decided to become a protester (for a day)
A week ago I hemmed and hawed about whether I should attend a Houston political protest about bank bailouts. Normally I never do these kinds of things (even though protests seems as natural to many progressives as going to church is for conservatives). Here’s meeting info if you’re interested. Saturday at 1:00 PM. Just for…
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Quick update
Too busy to blog. Quick things. Nanowrimo Writers’ Orientation Meeting in Houston is tomorrow (Saturday). Kick-Off Event:Saturday, October 25, 2:00 PMat the Havens Community Center1827 W. Alabama, Houston, TX 77098.http://www.ststephenshouston.org/HavensCenter.htm Saturday (tomorrow) Skyline Screamers. October 25th @ 7pm, Marmion Park, Heights and 18th,Brink your lawn chairs and enjoy ghostly tales. Download a flyer! Funny election…
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Details of my September Europe trip.
I’ll be leaving Thursday night from Houston and meeting a Ukrainian student friend of mine in Stuttgart Germany Friday night. I’ll stay in Germany for 3 days, go to Ireland for 8 days, return to Stuttgart to catch a plane to Tirana (where I’ll spend 8 or 9 days). I plan to visit friends in…
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Update: Going to SXSW March 8-11
I’ll be heading to SXSW in Austin. I’ll be there between Saturday morning and Tuesday night. I’ll be staying part of Wednesday in Austin, then leaving for San Antonio on March 11. I really don’t plan to do a lot of blogging during that time, although I will encounter a lot of blogworthy topics, so…
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Owlcon Gaming Event (Rice University, Houston Feb 8-10)
I don’t have the exact details but I’ll be attending Owlcon Gaming Convention in Houston to play Dungeons and Dragons all weekend. I am excited. I used to play Dungeons and Dragons for about 4 or 5 years. More precisely I used to be the Dungeon Master (I generally sucked as a player). In high…
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Tellebration Storytelling Event: November 17 (Houston)
What? Tellebration Storytelling Event When? Saturday November 17, 2:00 PM (Important: Note the Changed Time!) Where? Dharma Cafe, 1718 Houston Avenue,Houston, Texas77007 (see website & map). Cost: (Includes Light Buffet/Coffee) $10 (HSG Members)/$12 (non-HSG guests) I’ll be not only attending the event, but I’ll also be telling a story. For more details about this event…
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SXSW Interactive Price Increase
Unfortunately, it looks like prices for SXSW Interactive have increased precipituously. Early bird rates have increased from $250 to $350. Although this is merely acknowledging the popularity of the Interactive session, it will no longer seem as awesome a deal as it used to be. Still it’s good deal if you haven’t gone before. In…
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Gecko Gathering Saturday September 22, 2007
Host: Brian Herod Location: Willow St. Pump Station, 811 N. San Jacinto, Houston, TX View Map and Photograph When: Saturday, September 22, 7:00pm Phone: 713-480-6303 Website (I’ll probably be telling a story at this event. It should be lots of fun) From Brian’s announcement: Beginning in September, in the spirit of those geckos gathering, a…
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Ploneability Higher Education Workshop: November 7
I’ll probably be attending the Ploneability Higher Education workshop at University of Houston on November 7. Registration is free. I don’t work at a university per se, but my plone/ebook implementation should be relevant to people at the university. Plus, I used to teach at a university in another life.
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Presentation (August 25): Optimizing for Reading: The Art and Science of Presenting Content
This Saturday I’ll be giving a presentation with Gerry Manacsa at Barcamp Houston. (See my post-presentation wrapup here) Subject Optimize for Reading: the art (and science) of presenting content Date: August 25, 2007. Probably 10:00 AM. (There is no set schedule, but we’ll probably be presenting before noon). Location: Houston Technology Center Cost: Free! (as…