Archive for the ‘Pittsburgh’ Category
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 ...
Posted in CMU, Charity, Design, ETC, Events, Games, Pittsburgh | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Hope everyone had a fun and spooky Halloween. Speaking of scary things, let's talk about how many new businesses and startups operate without qualified legal council or advice (smooth segue, right?).
It's been on my mind recently since attending Whitney Hoffman's excellent "Legal and Logistical Advice for your Startup" session at ...
Posted in Business, Events, Pittsburgh, Startup | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
I bet most of you don't know that Pittsburgh now regularly hosts the World Pinball Championships. Even though the organizers have been running it locally for almost a decade now (after relocating it from New York and Las Vegas), it doesn't receive much attention or press, which is a shame. ...
Posted in ETC, Events, Games, Pittsburgh, Reviews | 3 Comments »
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
My apologies in advance for the rough video/audio quality and lack of context. Feel free to edit the video yourself to stick in the appropriate background information.
Posted in CMU, Events, Pittsburgh, Video | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Art, Charity, Events, Pittsburgh | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Art, Charity, Events, Liveblogging, Pittsburgh, Reviews | 1 Comment »
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. ...
Posted in Charity, Events, Pittsburgh | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
"Hollywood is a place where people from Pittsburgh mistake each other for stars." - Fred Allen (slightly edited by me)
If you don't already know that Pittsburgh is Hollywood's secret source for affordable talent and backdrop locations, then you need to talk to Carl Kurlander of the Steeltown Entertainment Project. He ...
Posted in Events, Hollywood, Pittsburgh | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 24th, 2007
At the request of Josh Sager, here's a brief list of upcoming local events that might be of interest:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm @ CMU CIC Lecture Hall
Olympus Show and Tell 2 = It's just like those "show and tells" you had as a kid, ...
Posted in Events, Pittsburgh | 4 Comments »