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Don’t tell my boss… but, my job rocks. Seriously. There are a few friends of mine (don’t worry I’m not going to rat you out) who have to sneak around their old-school, suit-wearing supervisors to log-in to their favorite social networking site while on the clock.
Yet, the pull of these sites that allow you to connect with friends - real and “cyber,†stay informed of up-and-coming musicians and “secret shows,†as well as join professional-type networks is just too great. Me - well, I get paid to play on research MySpace and Facebook. (I know!) It is with good reason. Seriously.
These social networking sites have become viable marketing tools that not only bands and bars, but also artists and entrepreneurs view as a necessary piece of their promotions arsenal.
TCCi has had a MySpace presence for some time, and while it was informative and we did manage to “friend†over 800 people – it did not match our sister sites (the TCCi website and this blog – they’re pretty nifty, in case you hadn’t noticed.) So we put our noggins together with those folks from Paragon and Nicasio and TAH-DAH! We have a brand new face for our MySpace page. (And yes, we do have the dramatic before and after photos. Just hold your horses.)
Popularity: 68% [?]
Posted by Fitz Haile on September 26, 2007 at 10:35 AM
It’s certainly not me.
But I did get back to my desk from lunch yesterday only to find this nice little juicy nugget from SMN’s Scott Larson (over at The City Unfiltered).
The semi-inflammatory headline notwithstanding, Scott asks a fair question: Are we backing City/County government consolidation?
The short answer, is no. Admittedly, a policy wonk, I am not. I’ll leave that up to Miller.
However, after gaining a very cursory knowledge on Jacksonville’s “success” with their government consolidation, what I was saying was: “This sounds kinda cool. Why don’t we have one?” As in, literally, why don’t we? Why should or shouldn’t we?
Do I think some parts of our political system could benefit from consolidation? Of course. Am I condoning efficiency? Yep. Do I think it’s worth talking about? Sure. Was I impressed with Jacksonville’s presentation? You betcha.
Am I lobbying for City/County consolidation on behalf of The Creative Coast Initiative? Umm…no. I think that’s a bit of a stretch.
From Scott’s post:
Posted by Fitz Haile on September 25, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Tomorrow, Wednesday the 26th at 6pm will be SNAP’s annual kick-off event @ Cha Bella Grill & Patio Bar.
Yea, we know that’s when cSpot usually is (last Wed of the month.) So, this month, we’ve decided to shake things up a bit and get our groove on with our buddies over at SNAP (oh, snap!) and make the party an even bigger one. Hells yea.
Dude, RSVP
Come one, come all. And let us know if you’re coming.
And SNAP is…?
Formed in 2006, this cultural membership group allows folks in their 20s and 30s (and those young at heart) to take a more active role in Savannah Music Festival, the largest performing arts event in Georgia, held March 20-April 5, 2008. (P.S. The cheeky acronym stands for the Smart Noise Awareness Project.)
And cSpot is…?
Ok, I can hold out no longer. Between Fitz Haile’s persistent pushing me from behind to jump into the deep end of our blog, and the blood vessel about to burst to fill you in on some things happening around town, here is a first stab at this blog-beast.
It was my intention to start with an intentionally provocative title like, “Clueless in Savannah?” as away to discuss why so many people are so unaware of the incredible array of things that go on around them in the city on a weekly basis.
Yup. How many times have you heard the whiny refrain, “there’s nothing to do in Savannah, whaaa…..”
NONSENSE! Open your eyes! Wake up! Look around! Smell the sights, sounds and incredible array of arts and culture here. Yes, we hear it all the time even through our own weekly events calender now lists hundreds upon hundreds (781 to be exact) of events that occur over 7 days, 52 weeks a year. (just for the record, Savannah has 4.2 times more art galleries per capita than New York City, don’t believe me, query yellowpages.com and do the math)
Posted by Fitz Haile on September 20, 2007 at 11:15 AM
What do the crack of dawn, speed dating, and Jacksonville politics have in common?
On Tuesday I groggily drug myself out of bed and sped like a stock car driver down Veterans Parkway just to barely make the bus (filled with my fellow classmates) on time. It was class trip day. To Jacksonville. Fun with Leadership Savannah.
Now normally, speed-dating-esque team-building exercises at 7:15am on a bus of full of morning people would not be my idea of fun. But it actually kinda was. So, I decided to quit my bitchin’ and take one for the team in the name of “leadership.”
I’d also like to point out, for the record, that Jacksonville (despite the nice skyline) has always kind of made me think of concrete and old people. Despite the NFL team and successful super bowl bid, the place always made me feel, “ehh.”
However, I decided it was time to put aside my negativity and preconceptions and suck it up. Everyone has something to offer.
And, I’m glad I did…because I enjoyed myself and I dare say I learned something.
Posted by Fitz Haile on September 14, 2007 at 11:15 AM
I’m a little late on this, but it still blew me away. A little friday off-topic humor for you.
Apparently the Russians are free-lovers. They even get baby-making holidays. With prizes.
Yea, the folks in Ulyanovsk, Russia have a pretty sweet deal. The governor of the central Russian province urged couples to take a holiday - Wednesday to be exact (this past) - for…eh, procreation.
I can imagine the work environment. “I’m sorry, I can’t make the the team meeting tomorrow. I’ll be doing the no-pants-dance for cash and prizes.”
That’s right, prizes. If the woman gives birth exactly 9 months later (June 12, “Russia Day“), she gets a prize.
“It’s normally something for the home — a fridge or a television set,” Yelena Yakovleva at the Ulyanovsk regional administration press office, said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a girl or a boy.”
Well hot damn, sign me up. I need a new refrigerator.
Why all the hub bub? It’s kind of troubling actually. Russia wants to reverse a trend in shrinking population (losing 700,000 people a year) as births are having a hard time outpacing the high death rate driven by AIDS, alcoholism and suicide.
So… here goes. In trying to find something just perfectly relevant, timely and apolitical for my first published blog post I considered many topics. A few ideas flowed through the noggin: the recycling issue (too touchy), the Post Secret lecture (taken by Brandi) and the VMA’s debacle(s) (completely irrelevant), but were all ruled out for their respective reasons. And so then I took a gander at TCCi’s very own events page. Duh. It was there all along - The Perfect Post!
What is it, you ask. It’s the coolest (FREE, kid AND adult friendly, fun AND educational) event going on next weekend. It is the fourth-annual Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Film Festival, taking place September 21-23. The festival plays host to short films and documentaries for three days at Trustee’s Theater on Broughton Street and will also host a day of screenings on Tybee Island. There over a dozen works included in this year’s festival - and as you might suspect, there are movies on a variety of topics, but all are tied to the sea.
Posted by Brandi on September 11, 2007 at 06:31 AM
Everyone loves to find out a secret, right? And what could be better than juicy secrets merged with a community art project? Well, in case you have been living under a popular blog rock for the past few years, let me introduce you to the site PostSecret.
PostSecret invites you to:
anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a hope, regret, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.
You may wonder where the creative aspect comes in to play. Secret keepers are invited to create and mail in 4″x6″ postcards out of any mailable material, using multiple postcards for more than one secret, with the complete secret and image on one side.
Every Sunday Frank Warren, the creator of PostSecret, posts a new group of secrets on his blog. During the week, people are invited to write in their comments about each secret. These secrets have been compiled to create several books over the past few years: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, My Secret: A PostSecret Book, The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book and the latest release, A Lifetime of Secrets.
Alright, so Fitz beat me over the head with his geeky programming book one too many times. Fine, fine…I’ll post to the blog.
In case you didn’t notice, Broughton Street has a brand new sparkly gem that will bring some brio to the block. Annie Allman’s Downtown Music on Broughton Street will hold a ribbon cutting at 3 p.m. Wednesday, hosted by our good buddies over at the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority (SDRA).
We’re loving this and think it’s a great thing for the live entertainment and musician community in Savannah. The opening of ADM on Broughton Street may be the spark needed to set off a crucial domino effect in the music scene. (C’mon, envision this with me.)
Finally, a successful music store exists in the heart of the city! But, this is not just any run-of-the-mill music store. Its a “complete musical instrument resource,” offering everything from Benedetto arch top guitars to the world’s dopest microphones. OK, now couple that with ADM offering guitar, drum/percussion, voice and piano lessons. And oh, by the way, let us not forget about 12 Below Rehearsal Studios, located one flight downstairs. This professional rehearsal center allows musicians the opportunity to rent rehearsal studios by the hour, day, week or month. One of the studios has even been designed to record the rehearsal! SAWEEET!
Posted by Fitz Haile on September 6, 2007 at 03:25 PM
According to TheState.com (and our own SBRJ), apparently the feds will be shipping up to 15 additional tons of surplus (non-weapons grade) plutonium to the Savannah River Site over the next three years. This is in addition to the 34 tons of weapons grade plutonium that already exists there.
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That may not sound like alot, but we’re talking radioactive plutonium here. (It takes several kilograms to make a nuke.) As of 2004, the entire country of Japan was said to have had around 43.1 tons.
As TheState.com puts it,
SRS will receive the entire nonweapons-grade plutonium inventory from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington by 2010, along with non-essential inventories from the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories in New Mexico and California.
The department already is constructing a $4 billion plant at SRS to convert 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium into a mixed oxide substance, or MOX, which can be used to power commercial nuclear reactors that generate electricity.
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