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Month: July 2009

Blogger Accountability: An Update from the Responsiblity Project

Last weekend, the SXSW-meets-Bonnaroo-meets-a-Sample-Sale of the female blogosphere happened: BlogHer ’09. BlogHer, simply stated in their tagline, is a “Community for Women Who Blog.” More thoroughly explained, BlogHer is: “Founded in February 2005 as a labor of love by three bloggers, BlogHer’s mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education,…

Lights. Camera. Action this weekend!

For more films-for-a-cause action, check out Lights. Camera. Help. this weekend, the three-day non-profit festival I wrote about here. It brings attention to the films-for-a-cause genre by showcasing the best PSAs, shorts and feature-length films that nonprofits use to help them spread the word about their cause. The top 20 films and videos out 140…

How to Open a Banana

I’m not a video poster. And not a huge banana-eater. But I am in love with this banana man. He says so earnestly at the end of this under-a-minute video, “My whole adult life, I never knew the right way to open a banana. And now you do too,” that I cannot HELP but post…

Making Friends in Austin

The other day I’m sitting at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (on S Lamar, but I cannot wait for the 38th & Lamar location to open–rumor has it August 8 is the day!!) with Alexandra from Alexandra’s Cookie Dreams and before we know it, our casual conversation turns into girl talk with 2 other…

Cheese: a preview, and why you should host a party

I love cheese. I love cheese and wine. And now, I even love cheese and beer. Let me explain: I popped by Whole Foods for a preview of some of the cheeses they’re having at the American Cheese Society’s Festival of Cheese here on August 8–Marshall wrote about it here. Long story short, the main…