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The Pep talk
TweetLast June I was laid off from my IT position at a small home automation company. I’m only 25 years old and I’ve always taken pride in my work and taken my career seriously. This is the first time someone has ever told me that I wasn’t needed anymore. I’m not a particularly emotional detached [...]
Full StoryCreativity contest.
TweetListen up South Florida peeps. I am looking for a creative person to join my team in a project. It’s going to be awesome and fun as hell. I need someone who has a creative vision and passion. If your pants and brain aren’t burning with creative juices (yeah, I know juice doesn’t normally burn [...]
Full StoryIn Arrested Development.
TweetOn the 20th, I was fortunate enough to attend a show at the Improv in the Grove. One of the comedians was an obese local from the South Central hood of Kendall, and it was one joke he delivered that night that really stung me. If you’re under 30, or have less than 5 kids, [...]
Full StoryThe ideal bike lane solution.
TweetTransit Miami posted images of the new bike lanes painted out on Coral Way and found them seriously lacking in design. I have to agree. Even the ones on Griffin Road in Broward don’t even at every street corner. While Felipe Azenha of Transit Miami has some very excellent ways other cities have improved their [...]
Full StoryThe distant future of…
Tweet[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrva8NoMLM&feature=player_embedded] Rick over at South Florida Daily Blog posted a viral video about the ROLLTOP and asked if this is the future of laptops. His post got me wondering about the future of everything. It reminds me of how a typical conversation with a stranger turns to various technologies just because that’s how we are [...]
Full StoryScrew the Marlins parking garage.
TweetMarlins stadium parking garage cost soars Miami commissioners are being asked to vote Thursday to issue bonds for much more than the original $94 million cost of a parking garage at the new Marlins ballpark. When Miami commissioners agreed to bankroll the parking structure for the new Marlins stadium — the city’s key investment in [...]
Full StoryJackson Memorial Hospital Forces Lesbian to Die Alone
Tweet Image by Jeffrey Guterman via Flickr Go read this article before reading my post. Hospital Forces Lesbian to Die Alone; Judge Gives Stamp of Approval | Asterisk. I will say this upfront. I am delirious on cold meds and am currently feverish, so if there are grammatical errors or I just ramble like a [...]
Full StoryReminder: Mozzila Add-Ons Meetup Tomorrow. #amomiami09
Tweet I’ve been a big Firefox fan for years now. I even have the old polo shirts from 2004. It’s amazing I haven’t been to one of these yet. If you are going to attend, look for the really tall guy there. I usually am the tallest one so it should be too hard to [...]
Full StoryCleaning up South Florida's water systems
TweetHow many of you look at canal water and think how nasty it looks? I can’t be the only one who after a week out of town, is welcomed by the smell of some of something nasty. It was the worse for me after a week in Seattle back in May of 2008. What does [...]
Full StoryTo what end do we keep jobs in South Florida?
TweetI spotted this piece written by the South Florida Business Journal and thought it would be worth a discussion. Not everyone likes guns, much less supports them with their tax dollars and I won’t get into the politics because that’s just an easy way of de-railing everything. Do you think we should be using county [...]
Full StoryJune '09 Social Media Club of South Florida #smcsf
Tweet Tonight at the Transit Lounge in Downtown Miami was the 9th installment of the Social Media Club of South Florida in their monthly meet-ups and this month, the topic was “Creative Community Engagement and Engaging Creative Communities.” Tonight’s event was hosted by Alex de Carvalho and our panel was moderated by Denise Jacobs with [...]
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