WordCamp Utah 2008 Wrap Up

Had a great time at WordCamp Utah on Saturday. The Open Source Technology Center at Novell was great. There was plenty of water and snacks. And there were plenty of people in attendance.I have to give thanks to Joseph Scott for pulling off such a great event.Here are some pictures I took at WordCamp. I'm using the NextGen Gallery plug-in instead of Flickr. While I use the gallery feature to store pictures, audio and video, I didn't use it to actually show a gallery of photos.After some struggle to get the gallery manager to...

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WordCamp Coming To Utah

Joseph Scott mentioned to me at PodCampSLC that he was interested in having a WordCamp here in Utah. I thought it was a fantastic idea. So over the past few weeks we've talked about it and it looks like the event is going forward.Because this is a community event, it's important that everyone get involved early. We only have a few months to put a...

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CouchCast With Rocky Mountain Voices Brad Baldwin

Visit CouchCast.org for all of our shows. Come and be part of this sometimes wacky, sometimes funny and sometimes techie podcast. Hosted by Robert Merrill, Matthew Reinbold and Thom Alle...

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CouchCast With Automattics Joseph Scott

Visit CouchCast.org for all of our shows. Come and be part of this wacky funny sometimes techy, sometimes not, podcast. Hosted by Robert Merrill, Matthew Reinbold and Thom Alle...

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CouchCast With SocialOptimizes Jesse Stay

Visit CouchCast.org for all of our shows. Come and be part of this wacky funny sometimes techy, sometimes not, podcast. Hosted by Robert Merrill, Matthew Reinbold and Thom Alle...

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PodCampSLC Is Getting Close

We only have five days before PodCampSLC kicks off. The current schedule we have at the moment:9-10 Come by and get your name tag, get a seat, and schedule your discussions10-11 Kick off and Keynote by Michael Harper, Professor, Utah Valley University11:15-12:15 Attend Session 1, join another discussion, or start your own12:15-1:15 Lunch1:30-2:30...

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Great Meetup With Matt Mullenweg Of Automattic

Had the great opportunity to meet with Matt Mullenweg of Automattic (creators of Wordpress) today. He was in Salt Lake City and was kind enough to attend a lunch. There were about 40 people there and I met a lot of new local Salt Lake bloggers. I hope these new found friends will attend future events. Building a strong blogger community is important...

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January Codeaway Rocked, Literally

Thanks to Laura Moncur and Matthew Reinbold, and host location Wasatch Wingz, for putting on a killer Codeaway. There were nearly 20 people in attendance. Rock band was playing the entire time. The wings were incredible and there was plenty of shop talk. If you didn't come you really missed out. Look for the next Codeaway announcement at codeaw...

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Changes For PodCampSLC

Hello everyone, I hope you've had a great holiday. I wanted to take some time and talk about the PodCampSLC event that was scheduled for January 26th, 2008. When Lorri Randle and I set out a few months ago to put on a PodCamp here in Salt Lake, we had no idea just how much of a challenge we were facing. There was a lot of excitement on our part and we wanted to make sure we had a great community event. The idea behind a PodCamp is the un-conference, or attendee driven content, and this a very exciting platform to present...

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Utah Geek/Blogger Dinner Tonight

Tonight is the Utah Geek/Blogger dinner at Sampan at the Southtowne Mall in Sandy. Here is a link to the detail...

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Final CodeAway Of The Year Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Saturday November 17th is CodeAway. From 1-5, come and talk shop, code, games and eat treats. As usual the Moncur's are graciously hosting the get together. Free WiFi and a cozy atmosphere are guaranteed. If you come, bring a friend and something to share with everyone.Visit the CodeAway website for more details and location information....

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Props To My Peeps

I've slacked over the past few weeks on my weekly props and thought it was a good time get back at it.This weeks prop goes out to Brad Baldwin. I recently connected with Brad at a really great pizza place in Draper Utah. Brad is a driving force behind Rocky Mountain Voices. I've known who Brad is for some time but was never able to meet. He reached out through LinkedIn which is pretty cool.One thing I've learned about Brad is he really wants to build a strong community of new media providers and consumers. There are a number...

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Excellent Utah Facebook Developer Garage

Yesterday was the second Utah Facebook Developer Garage and we had a decent turnout. We talked about a couple new features of the Facebook API, Mobile capabilities and the new Invitation screen. I want to thank Tim Stay of Know More Media for letting us use his conference room at the last minute. We had munchies, discussed the viability of Facebook and Social network applications, and future Garage events. I think fun was had by all. I posted a couple of pics on the Facebook group, but I also posted them here...

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Utah Geek/Blogger Dinner Tonight

Hey everyone, tonight there is a Geek/Blogger dinner in Sandy, Utah. Get all the details here. Have fun without me.Time and PlaceDate: Thursday, October 25, 2007Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pmLocation: Hometown BuffetStreet: 10390 S State StCity/Town: Sandy City, UTGcal linkFacebook li...

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Benefit Dinner for Injured Utah Father

Hey all, there is a dinner tonight to benefit a friend of Ash Buckles who was paralyzed from the chest down in an auto accident a few weeks ago. This man is a Father of two and has one due in a few weeks. This is an extreme hardship on the family and his friends are trying to do what ever they can. Visit Ash's blog for more details on the dinner.To take it one step further, if you can't make the dinner, please consider donating to the Family. There is a PayPal button on Ash's website that will let you donate what ever you feel...

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Photowalking Salt Lake City v2

Yesterdays Photowalk on the west side of Salt Lake City was exciting and fun. This was my first Photowalk and I wasn't really sure what to expect. I felt a little intimidated with my starter Nikon D40, but after I'd had a chance to meet everyone and we got moving I forgot about the gear and just started taking pictures. I hadn't been to this area...

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The Writers 10% Rule

A few weeks ago I met a really great Writer named Ken Rand. Ken has been a writer for a very long time. He's written everything from newspaper articles to short stories to novels. One of the really cools things about Ken's writing is he covers a broad range of genres. If you want to learn from a writer who has done it all, Ken is your...

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Utah Facebook Developer Sells Popular LDS Application

Facebook is fast becoming a platform that Micro ISV's can make a serious amount of money writing and selling applications. Facebook has an established developer program and the API is well documented. This openness makes it very easy for developers to write applications and get it into the hands of Facebook users quickly.The Facebook phenomenon is unique because it has a very tight nit group of users. When one user recommends an application, group or event, its pretty likely anyone connected with that user will follow. That's...

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Photowalking comes to Utah

I'm really excited I found this post on Photowalking.org. I keep reading about Thomas Hawk and Robert Scoble photo walking and I've wanted to participate in one. I have even thought about organizing one for Salt Lake City. However, Rich Legg has already scheduled one for October 6th, 2007, starting at the Salt Palace. It's a great location. It's also LDS Conference weekend so there will be lots of lights and people. Lots to shoot I'm sure.Come out and join us, even if all you have is a point and shoot. I want to meet more photographers...

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Blogging the Utah Blogger Dinner

So it's that time again. Utah Blogger Dinner. We always have a great time at the Blogger Dinner. Several of our regulars couldn't make it. Some are in CA at the Podcast and New Media Expo, and others are busy doing life stuff. That's what's great about this meet-up, come if you can and if not see you at the next one. Today we had Tyler Whitaker Matthew Reinbold Clint Goudie-Nice Jake Spurlock and Wife Jesse Stay Ash Buckles Allen Young and Wife Rand Bateman If you are a Facebook user find some pics here, if not check...

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