Although I didn’t have the chance (or the $$) to go to FOWA (Future of Web Apps), I had a great time last Sunday at BarCampMiami. For those unfamiliar with the concept of BarCamp (and no, it doesn’t involve mixing cocktails for tips), check out the wiki here. They sum it up like this:
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos …

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Just a quick post to commemorate the inaugural post of E-Journalist in the Making back on Oct 31, 2006.  I could mark the occasion with a list of important stats; number of posts, comments, most-read-posts, etc., but looking at the numbers only makes me realize how much more I could and should be doing this.  So instead I will pretend that it is New Year’s Eve and resolve to make the coming year more blog-tastic.

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I’ve bid Gainesville a fond farewell and made my way back into the bedroom I’ve spent most of my life occupying in my parents house.  There are some obvious adjustments I’ve been getting used to.  No more innocent bottles of wine with roommates on nights when our TV shows were on.  No more loud jam sessions when I would let my music blast throughout the place.  It’s a step back in time without a doubt. But… In any situation …

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If you’re a fellow-geek and you DON’T watch “Attack of the Show” on the G4 channel, then you might as well be surfing the net on a dial-up connection.  It’s a 60-minute news-style show that dishes on all things technology, computers, gadgets and video games, with a dash of wit,  a sprinkle of comedy and a couple of hot hosts to garnish it off.  It’s basically everything you’ve already read on the blogs today, compacted and humor-fied for TV.  Nonetheless, …

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Although I have none of my own (and this is when my friends would call me out for being all talk and no action about getting one), I’ve always been a little fascinated with people getting inked.  My mom got her first and only tattoo sometime when I was in middle school, a goldfish on her ankle with some little blue bubbles, and asked me to be her tattoo artist.  I also got a request from my sister to sketch …

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