January 23rd, 2009 — Chattanooga, Internet, Politics
I try not to post too much here about Chattarati, but this is simply too cool not to highlight. Our little band of new media believers cooked up something pretty special to help fuel conversations about local politics here in Chattanooga.
Introducing the Chattanooga Campaign Cash Maps, tracking financial contributions to all mayoral and city council candidates for the 2009 elections. To learn more about how we built the maps and why, read Making Transparency Local on Chattarati.
January 9th, 2009 — Photos, Travel
In 2008, I was fortunate enough to travel quite a bit. Rather than a typical “here’s what happened last year” post, I thought it would be fun to look back through my iPhone camera lens…
Chicago
I was in Chicago for WebTrends training as part of the job I started in late 2007. I love Chicago, and would like to visit in warmer weather. It could have at least snowed when I was there to make the cold more fun.
New York City
Genia and I went to New York to celebrate her 30th birthday. It was amazing, and I loved getting a few days with Genia apart from our daily routine. We need more long weekends like this! (Flickr set)
San Jose / Carmel-by-the-Sea / San Francisco
I visited San Jose for the Search Engine Strategies conference. My friend Wes happened to be there as well, and he had a car, so we took the opportunity to travel around in the evenings. We hit Carmel-by-the-Sea, a great little beach town, and San Francisco. Good times, plus, the Google Dance. (Flickr set)
Paw Paw, Illinois
Paw Paw is my dad’s hometown. I hadn’t been back in years, but we made a family trip there in September for a memorial service. While it was clearly a difficult trip to make, we had a good time with our extended family.
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Zap. What an experience!
Ellijay, Georgia
UnThanksgiving. Thanksgiving 2007 was incredibly emotional, in a positive way. Dad had just come home from a stem cell transplant at Vanderbilt, in full remission. None of us were prepared to do the usual Thanksgiving routine this year, so Genia and I took the girls to the woods and had a very relaxing (and distracting) unThanksgiving. (Facebook photos)
Now, who wants to be my patron so I can just travel around with the family in 2009?
January 8th, 2009 — Life
Like many others, I’m a bit wary of “New Year’s Resolutions” — but that doesn’t mean I don’t have goals for myself this year. Here are a few that made the cut:
What are your goals for 2009? How can we help each other?
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