Category Archives: DC

Blogging the City — DC, that is. 7

So in case you don’t remember, last month’s Social Media Breakfast DC was awesome. This month’s was just as good.
The theme this time around was “Blogging the City,” with the city obviously being DC (which I love, love, love–I honestly cannot tell you how much I love living in this city). Hosted at the awesome [...]

A liberal blogger, a conservative blogger, and a journalist all walk into Microsoft… 3

Sounds like the beginning of a bad geek joke, doesn’t it?
Well actually, it was the setting of tonight’s Social Media Club DC event, titled “Leveraging Online Relationships,” and hosted at Microsoft’s Friendship Heights office here in Washington, D.C. Organized and hosted by the awesome Sarah Wurrey, the event blew our geeky little minds, as usual. [...]

Roots Camp So Far, in Photos 2

Hey guys! So just a quick update–next session starts in 15 minutes–but I wanted to give you some photos from this morning, the first event, and some photos from the unconference “wall”. They’re embedded below, enjoy!
Update: I’ve posted my full set of photos from the event now, they’re in the post just above this one.

Roots Camp #RC10 Begins! 3

Breakfast at Roots Camp! #rc10
Originally uploaded by alex.priest

So just wanted to toss out a quick update this morning as I’m sitting here waiting on NOI’s Roots Camp to begin. So far, so good! I biked down here about 20 minutes ago (it’s a beautiful day, by the way) and now I’m sitting in the atrium [...]

Making it Social IRL (In Real Life) 2

There are plenty of networks online for connecting people. You’ve got Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, you name it, they’re all meant to connect people who might not have otherwise been connected. And that’s all well and good, but what if you want to get to know someone in a better way than just online?
Just today, actually, [...]