"You can’t feed a family on potato chips and Mountain Dew."
— Florida State Sen. Ronda Storms, who introduced a bill to bar welfare funds from being spent on junk food. (via officialssay)
I met Steve, aka Captain Fingers (pink hat/far right), today in my office building. This is a picture of his band from the 80s. You just never know who’s carrying around some funky music in their soul.
Listen to the Jonzun Crew’s hits with this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/artist/The_Jonzun_Crew.
if my man sang like this, I’d definitely change my plans in a minute. Well, I would anyway, but… wow. RT beingblog:
Oh my buttery goodness. This one’s for slathering on my morning toast and evening bread. Thanks to soulfliesfreelikeawillowtree for posting:
Chris Turner’s cover of “If You Want Me to Stay” <3 YES.
~reblogged by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(Source: youtube.com)
Corrie showed up at the original meeting on the Commons to plan Occupy Boston. She held a sign that read “I am a nurse without healthcare. I am the 99 percent.”
My write up of a first visit to occupy boston.
(Source: openmediaboston)
Finishing as a runner-up in the official voting didn’t deter Heather Billings and Michelle Minkoff: They held their session on Django regardless.
(Source: onauncon2011)
Wanted: ONA UNconference Session Notes
Planners of the onaunconference want to know:
Did you take notes at the unconference session(s) you attended? Add them to this form and we will post a compilation on this site.
(Source: onauncon2011)
Winners of the ONA Unconference announced!!
You have decided!
We received more than 170 votes and now the winners have been crowned. Here are the three sessions who will be hosted tomorrow:
10:15 Embedded Content is the new Distribution Model with Art Gibson of Embed.ly
11:30 Smart ways to use dumb phones with Jim Colgan
3:30 We have a Tumblr! Now what? With Mark of Tumblr and Phoebe of Yahoo
Runners-up:
How to tango with Django
The New Newsroom: The news in real time
Thanks to all the voters and the awesome folks who submitted smart, inventive pitches. Give yourselves a hand!
Sessions will be held Saturday in the Vineyard Room on the third floor. See you there!
(Source: onauncon2011)
Cast your vote for your favorite ONA UNconference sessions!
Photo by Theresa Thompson on Flickr
(Source: onauncon2011)
Well, volunteering for ONA finally made me do it. I’ve started a Tumblr. Not much time to play here right now, so let me begin by referring you to my team’s ONA project: The UNconference! We are taking pitches for three Saturday time slots. Voting begins Thursday evening.
Got an idea for a session? The LINK to the PITCH FORM is here. Oh, and be sure to follow my teammates Jessica Binsch and Jessica Estepa!
