2009 seems to have been the year for me to invade countries and cities that i had never stepped foot in before. first london (in may) and now paris in december. the main purpose for my trip was to attend the two day conference, LeWeb '09... but the cheapest flight prices "forced" me to spend a whole week in paris. (i know.. i know.. rough. wasn't it? ;) ) so here is two hours of video from my week long trip to paris, whittled down to 10 minutes 14 seconds. enjoy :)
so it's been a while since i've made a video. and not because i haven't been up to some awesome stuff.. but because i've been up to *too* much awesome stuff. :) so this update is basically just a random update... random video and random events from my week. my week included lots of work on web design stuff (but that doesn't make for very interesting video... so it's not really represented here), saving a friend's windows PC from a computer virus, the montly web414 meeting, and some video from ...
ok. so i made some changes to my website, my imovie version, my blip.tv account.. etc. so this is just me testing all of those things with one meaningless video. enjoy :)
if you follow me and my life adventures, you're probably familar with the terms "barcamp" and "podcamp"... but queercamp was a new idea, born of networking and idea sharing at a podcamp. after realizing how much of a "good idea" it was, plans went into gear to hold the first ever queercamp at bucketworks in milwaukee wisconsin. it was an amazing time. the most awesome people showed up for some great discussion and sessions on topics spanning the board. and yes.. there's already talks of other ...
you know you live in wisconsin, when a birthday party at the end of march invoves a snow storm AND ice cream, and it all seems perfectly normal to everyone. lots of fun was had and lots of ice cream drinks were consumed for jackie's 28th birthday party. oh, and there were balloon animals too.
March of 2009 marked another milestone in my life: my first SXSW interactive. it also ended up being a month where i was sick for most of it. but that SXSWi pass was expensive, so i wasn't going to let a nasty cold, cough, fever, sore throat, bloodshot eyes and loss of voice stop me from enjoying everything that i could while i was down in austin for the conference. As you may notice throughout the video, that there were lots of flip cams and cameras. Feel free to use this episode as a drinkin...
what could be better than going to toronto for a weekend? how about going in the middle of winter? coldness aside, podcamp toronto was a great weekend of learning, networking and fun... well.. that is until i got a nasty cold that i wasn't able to shake for weeks. :-)
music is a beautiful thing. one of my favorite parts about music is that it is so deeply rooted in cultures throughout the world, and spans throughout time. the Global Missions department of the ELCA church invited 50 musicians to spend a weekend to enjoy, learn, share and celebrate global music in the Church.... and of course we also had a lot of fun. :-)
in january, i had some people over at my house... but not just any people... people from all over the world were invited, some i had never even met before (in person, that is), others i had met once, or twice... but all of these people have become my closest friends via the internet. yes. the internet. and nearly 30 of them drove, flew, bussed, or train-ed it up here to milwaukee, in january, for a weekend long gathering. it was nothing short of amazing, and just about every moment was documen...
goodbye 2008, hello 2009. what a better way to spend the transition of the years with a collection of family and friends... AND with a date. :-) the first party was also a surprise birthday party for my birth aunt so we also got cake. (WIN!) the second party was with mostly people i just met... which was also awesome. happy 2009 everyone.