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The BarCamp happened yesterday and Philly’s brightest and most enthusiastic ‘interative media’ professionals came out in force. Barcamp is a type of grass roots conference setup by the people bottom up rather then by a company top down. I talked a lot, learned a lot, drank a lot and made some friends in the process. Each session exceeded my expectations in different ways. My talk on the how we build and operate http://www.comcast.net was very well received and it was very telling to step up from the weeds and view this creation with my peers. As much as we need to move forward sometimes we at CIM forget how far we have come. Since this was an untelevised, ego and marketecture free event we openly discussed what we did right and wrong. Having this talk with people that live through this grind every day is very different then having it with people that learned the ‘right way to build websites’ from books or blogs. ...

The fountain is green: The Fans are lined up: Like a zombie hoard the fans assemble…. Its coming soon!!! …and John took much better photos then I did:

I think I just became an Obama supporter. I didn’t mean to but I was pressured into it by the propaganda. I’ve actually been on the fence until the Palin decision. (I have daughters and have a strong opinion about the difference between family values and statutory rape) Anyway I got an email that was anti-Obama in silly ways. I could name a number of things about him that truly concern me. I’m not sold that he would make a good president. Unfortunately our election is not about if he will be a good president, it is about if he will be better or worse the McCain. ...

I had to click on this minimalist ad. I had to know where it went…..

I recently purchased a ‘pre-forclosure’ townhouse and it was cluttered with a serious amount of stuff. My first thought was to rent a dumpster and hire some movers to help me empty the house. That would have cost about $6-$700. I’ve been seeing the 1800 Got Junk trucks around the neighborhood so I thought I’d give them a try. The website was excellent with a design and IA that allowed me to quickly accomplish what I came there to do. I setup an appointment for the next business day and got a price estimate. ...