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Category Archives: Influence

Highlights from WordCamp 2007

Unconferencing is one of the reasons I moved to San Francisco. They are free, geek-infested, and very enlightening. The open source software community is probably my favorite group of folks to hang out with here.
I spent my whole day at WordCamp 2007, hosted at the Swedish American Hall in downtown SF.

The event was [...]

Happy Father’s Day

Dad, I wish I could be there with you today, but know that I am thinking of you Gotta get you out to California before the end of the summer. The best weather is in September and October, so we got some time to plan.

Thanks for all you have done for me. I [...]

Happy Graduation Class of 2007

This is the day that you put in the back of your mind, and hope that you arrive to it in one piece. It’s a day where everything comes together. The realization that you never have to sit in a classroom again. Just when you thought that your scholastic adventures were over, they were just [...]

Hokie love from other schools

I was very excited to see other colleges and universities paying tribute to us
From FSU:

The Z Society at UVA:

More UVA love:

The Florida Gators are showing love:

MIT, Cambridge, Ma:

Penn State at their Blue and White game:

George Mason:

At William & Mary:

A candlelight vigil at Southern Methodist University:

From Texas Tech:

From Kentucky:

From USC:

From BYU:

From UNC Greensboro:

From Towson:

An [...]

Donate to Candice for Miss America

From her website:
Hi, it’s me Candice!
I’m working towards becoming the next Miss Virginia, and I’m hoping to continue on to compete for the title of Miss America. This year the Miss America Organization is teaming up with Children’s Miracle Network to help kids in our community by raising much needed funds. I have set a [...]

It’s a monkey with a camera

That’s what he says. That’s what the logo looks like. But how interesting could it be to watch a monkey with a camera?
It’s actually very interesting. Especially if this monkey is constantly being bombarded with media coverage. I’m talking about 23-year-old videoblogger Justin Kan and his website justin dot tv.
The reason it’s so addicting for [...]