if i could create a job out of these things, it'd be nice:
riding trains
riding in cars
walking in parks/forests/outside in general
buildings (cool architecture)
reading (especially stories)
watching TV & movies
seeing places & travel
picking apples/farms
meeting people
looking around the internet
knowing about good (well written/reported) news
plants
mountains
learning about stuff (history, technology, etc.)
making stuff - having a product/outcome
writing (sometimes)
coming up with new ideas
if i could work for/with any of these things, it'd be nice:
Bitch Magazine
Museum of Sex
Creative Commons
Young Chicago Authors
Free Press
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Milkweed Press
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Public Knowledge
Organization of Transformative Works
GLAAD
WAM!
Sex 2.0
BlogHer
and lots of others.
this weekend i lectured high-school students on the internet age, pointing out to them that i had already visited several of their blogs when our organization's name came up on our Google Alert because they had written about us. i am not so good at listening to my own dire warnings.
but if someone here is visiting from any of the above organizations due to google alert or the like, would you be interested in hiring a recent brown grad who graduated with honors in English literature and has worked at various nonprofits as an intern? if so, please do let me know. :)
Although we typically post on Team Vox to let you know about things that are going on with Vox (to, uh, state the obvious), once in a while, we like to let you know about other cool things that are happening around the blogosphere. And we think the idea of four hilarious mommy bloggers traveling across the U.S. on their way to the BlogHer '08 conference - all the while blogging and video blogging the journey - is one trip you will not want to miss.
Four adventurous bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Group were selected to participate in the Summer Road Trip '08 and blog about their travels, hotel stays, media appearances, time away from their families, and life on the road. Six Apart helped them partner up with General Motors, who provided the blogging mommies with a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV to help make their journey comfy, safe, and a little more green.
In case you're not familiar with them, SV Moms is a group of over 200 bloggers who showcase the ups, downs, outrages, struggles, victories, and everyday humor of motherhood. There are currently nine regional and demographically tailored sites that give mothers from D.C., New Jersey, the Deep South, Rocky Mountains, L.A., and Silicon Valley a powerful voice and sense of camaraderie across the country. Whether you're a mother, a child, or just a person who enjoys a good blog, you'll really love reading the words of these amazing women.
The moms buckled into their Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV on July 11th and even got an encouraging message from Katie Couric to kick things off! They are currently somewhere in the middle of America making their way to San Francisco where they'll attend an SV Moms Group Party, as well as BlogHer '08.
You do not want to miss these entertaining and irreverent bloggers -- or their spontaneous contest giveaways! -- as they blog from the road. Experience the journey at MomRoadTrip.com.
And let us know about your summer road trip - or plane/boat/bus trip - in the comments! (I like to live vicariously.)
Do you live in or around Cincinnati, Ohio? If so, you're in luck because Scott and the Queen City Voxers Group have organized a Vox user meetup!
WHERE: Ault Park Playground. 3600 Observatory Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208. "We'll look for each other at the playground marked by the red X below. If it's raining, head for the shelter to the north of the [red] X."
To RSVP (which is not essential, but is appreciated), reply to Scott's announcement or send him a private message. All Voxers, as well as their friends and family, are welcome to attend.
If you do attend the meetup, have a great time and please take lots of pictures and send them to me so I can post them in Team Vox for everyone to see!
Thank you so much to Scott for organizing this meetup. Wish I could be there!
deadwood is sad and so is life (some things are hard). i wonder if there was something psychological where in those times and places, parents just couldn't get as attached to children in certain ways, because it was more likely that they would die young? or maybe not. i should not try to armchair psychologize.
etsy is nice.:
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the summer solstice. For ancient civilizations, this day was akin to our modern day New Year's Eve and was viewed as a time to reflect and renew. So why not kick off your summer celebration with a new theme?
See all of our themes in the Design Area.
Or choose from one of these brand-new themes. (Available under "New.")
i trekked to williamsburg today for the renegade craft fair. i had never been to the area before, so it was interesting. in order to get to williamsburg from flatbush, you have to go through manhattan. actually, there is probably another way via bus, but in order to reasonably do it by train, you have to leave brooklyn only to re-enter it further north. so i took the Q to union sq. and then switched to the L.
since i moved to brooklyn, and to new york more generally, i have been very aware of the idea of hipsters. it's a concept i only learned in the past few years, and had to have explained to me by more knowledgeable friends multiple times. but once i started reading about new york, and especially about brooklyn, it was everywhere. and so now i worry a lot about hipsters, noticing people i think might qualify, worrying that they will look at me and make fun of me and simultaneously being amused that there are actually young people who go around brooklyn in skinny black jeans, which seems to me just the height of the stereotype.
anyway, i think this event would probably be described as full of hipsters. i don't really mind this, since i'm still struggling to figure out the boundaries of all these categories, and how they hook in to class and profession and geography and how much they are about whether or not people are nice. i really enjoyed the craft fair, except that it got brutally hot. i ended up with a cute little bag for $5 and a neat wallet, also for $5, and ordered a tank top with a really beautiful design for $15. not bad, i think.
the little i saw of williamsburg fit with what i had heard - lots of luxury condo things being built or newly built, scattered among empty lots and old brick buildings. i enjoyed walking down bedford ave., with its old buildings and lots of bars and restaurants. less shops, trees, and children than park slope, with the dominant fashion aesthetic conforming to the picture in my mind of "hipster" or maybe just fashionable. i'mnot sure i can tell the difference.
i think i'm happy to be living in flatbush instead. my awesome apartment aside, i like the big houses and the calm atmosphere. there are a lot less bars and places to eat that i would hang out in, as there seem to be in williamsburg, but it generally feels more comfortable in certain ways (though i also continue to worry about my role as gentrifier, but i do so for the time being mostly without doing much about it). there is vox pop, a couple blocks from the train station in the opposite direction from my house, and the farm next door to it. i haven't been to either yet, but i suspect i will once i have visitors or friends who come to this neighborhood.
anyway, not very insightful thoughts, just thought i would remark on some of my observations.
(also, i feel like my narrative style is a little confused right now, as i have a tendency to always pick up, to an extent, the rhythms of whatever author/narrator i am reading and i just finished a great feast of light and moved on to bastard out of carolina. i've been reading a lot, largely due to lack of homework, a certain lack of social activities, and, most of all, the train commute.)
some pictures of stuff (brooklyn, apartment, craft fair things):
A couple of months ago, we told you about Blog It powered by TypePad, the first cross-platform blogging application for Facebook the enables you to post to your Vox blog - and ALL your blogs - with a single click.
Within a week, Blog It had nearly 4,000 active users posting tweets and creating blog posts, as well as updating their status messages with the title and link to the published post. Today, Blog It's Facebook application has nearly 10,000 users. But here's the thing: You're not always sitting in front of the computer when the inspiration to blog strikes. And at Six Apart, it is our goal to provide you the tools you need need to blog where you want, and when you want.
Which is why this week we introduced Blog It for iPhone, a free web application just like the one we introduced for Facebook - only now - on your iPhone. Built specifically for iPhone's Safari browser, Blog It for iPhone enables you to post blog entries or status updates from wherever you are to more than a dozen different online services. And just like the original Facebook version, you can choose to share your posts with the people you know across various social networks.
To start blogging with Blog It for iPhone, go to http://blogit.typepad.com with your iPhone's Safari browser and install the Blog It icon onto your mobile desktop. Then, all you have to do is click the Blog It icon and start creating posts!
Whether you're riding the bus to work, cheering on your team courtside, or enjoying a picnic by the lake, now it's easier than ever to Blog It.
We will be performing scheduled maintenance on Vox tonight (Friday, June 6, 2008) from 11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PDT. Although we don't anticipate this maintenance to be highly disruptive, we always like to give you advance notification when there is a slight chance of some downtime.
As always, thank you for your patience - and have a great weekend!
Update: There WILL be downtime between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. PDT. so please plan accordingly.
Get your closets ready because the 2nd Annual SHOP SF Event is less than two weeks away, and Gen Art is offering Voxers an exclusive 25% discount on VIP and General Admission to this one-of-a-kind shopping fête.
The event will showcase over 40 local designers specializing in stylish clothing, jewelry and accessories for both men and women. These local designers were culled from the Gen Art alumni, local art schools, as well as the Bay Area's hottest emerging designer boutiques. With so many amazing looks to choose from, you'll be sure to find head-turning styles perfectly tailored to your individual taste. After all, that's what we think being a Bay Area resident is all about, don't you?
When: Saturday, June 14th
VIP Preview Hour: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. (Includes access to the VIP lounge, Shu Uemura Lash Bar, complimentary coat check and a gift bag.)
General Public: 1:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Where: 511 Harrison Street (at 1st Street0
San Francisco, CA 94105
RSVP for the event at Gen Art and enter offer code VoxShopSF to save 25% off VIP or General Admission.
Wondering how you can say "Thank You" to Gen Art for their generous offer? Raid the closet of your boyfriend, husband, father, or best male bud, and bring a paper bag full of menswear (in good condition) to donate to The Saint Vincent de Paul Society. Donations will go to help more than a thousand people trying to overcome poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and domestic violence in the Bay Area. Plus, for your kind offering, you'll receive a Goorin Bros. hat or accessory.
Let us know in the comments if you'll be attending this exciting event. We can't wait to see you there!
