Archive for the ‘Charity’ Category

Rebranding and Redesigns

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

This weekend, at the monthly board meeting of a local Asian-American association I serve on, we decided to finalize our integration with a similar, larger national organization. Besides the standard adoption of their bylaws and other miscellaneous paperwork, we also need to fully convert our rebranding from PAAYPA (Pittsburgh Asian-American Young ...

Catch Up

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

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Gamers Give Back

Monday, November 26th, 2007

It's the holiday season right now, which I like to think is more than just an excuse for rampant consumerism and gluttony. It's a season of giving, not just receiving. So in that spirit, I hope you'll join me for a fun charity event this Saturday. I've mentioned it briefly ...

Happy Birthday Pittsburgh Bloggers and Developers!

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Last night I went to two very well-attended geeky events celebrating simultaneous momentous occasions. Yesterday was Pittsburgh Bloggers' third birthday and the birth of DevHouse Pittsburgh. While our celebratory cake was not quite as geeky as the one pictured above, the room was packed and we even had some new faces ...

PodCamp Boston and other updates

Friday, October 26th, 2007

So I've been neglecting this blog lately, but since I'm currently killing time in the Pittsburgh airport on route to PodCamp Boston, I figured this would be an appropriate time to get caught up. In recent news, I've been tricked into joining another local organization's board, so I'm now the Technical ...

Upcoming Pittsburgh Events

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Since people seemed to find it useful last week, here's another list of upcoming local events for this week: Updated: Thursday, October 4, 8:00 pm opening (continues to run Oct 4-7 and Oct 11-14) In Service @ Harris Theater Combining live performance, projected video, and still images, In Service presents first-hand experiences ...

The Creative Marathon Rocked

Monday, October 1st, 2007

As you might have read elsewhere already, the Creative Marathon event this past weekend was a smashing success. Everyone had tons of fun and we successfully raised money for the Creative Treehouse by selling artwork created during the 24 hour marathon. I helped out Friday and Saturday night by liveblogging and ...

Promote 24HourCreativeMarathon.com & Earn Free Show Admission

Friday, September 28th, 2007

I enjoy attending and supporting local events, especially tech-oriented or socially-conscious ones. However, I often find that such local events have poor or inconsistent attendance. When I ask some of my tech-oriented, socially-conscious acquaintances why they don't try to attend these events too, I often get the following two excuses: 1. ...