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Category Archives: Small Events
This Sunday, dine out to help support your favorite farmer
A recent Tasting Table email alerted me to a cool program to help farmers affected by Hurricane Irene. Dine at a participating resto this Sunday, and they’ll donate 10% of your tab to one of the many local farms that … Continue reading
Posted in Small Business, Small Events, Small is Brilliant
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Innovation through limitation: learning about assistive tech at last week’s #artstech meetup
Have you ever written something with your eyes? Or experienced a work of art with your ears? I never have, and that’s why I was amused, delighted, and sometimes awed by a trio of presentations that took place last week … Continue reading
Posted in Artists & Writers, Brilliant + free, DIY, Quotable, Resources, Small Events, Small List, The Work
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From the 501 Tech NYC Presentation on Bootstrapping Websites with WordPress
So on Wednesday night I gave a presentation to the lively audience at 501 Tech NYC. The subject was making websites in a nonprofit environment with no money and no resources.
The Bare Essentials of Making a Site in WordPress Part 1: HTML and CSS
Next week, on Wednesday night, I’m doing a FREE session on bootstrapping a website with WordPress. In it, we’ll very quickly cover all the things you need to customize a WordPress install to make it completely your own. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, DIY, How-to, Resources, Small Events
Tagged child themes, CSS, Firebug, HTML, WordPress
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FREE Event Alert 7/20! The One-Hour Website for Nonprofits: Boostrap Your Next Online Initiative
FREE event alert: on Wednesday July 20th, from 6PM to 8PM I’ll be presenting The One-Hour Website: Bootstrap Your Next Online Initiative with WordPress for 501 Tech NYC, a terrific professional group of people involved in technology and nonprofits. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, DIY, How-to, Nonprofit/Cultural, Resources, Small Business, Small Events, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, Uncategorized
Tagged 501 Tech NYC, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New Directors/New Films, New York Film Festival, nonprofits, WordPress
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Long Story Short: Creating an “Anti-Startup” with With the Most Personal of Tweets
We’ve all been thinking a lot about how errant personal messages on Twitter can do a lot of damage. Weiner, the end of careers and everything. Is it also possible that they could do good? Consider the story of “The … Continue reading
Eating My Way Across the East River: New Amsterdam Oyster Saloon and the Williamsburg Flea
Oh boy, did I eat my way across the city this weekend! From Fulton Street: To the Williamsburg waterfront:
Brooklyn Flea Opening Day!
It was a beautiful Saturday to open the Brooklyn Flea! I got my beloved Motorino pizza (white pie). I sampled artisanal beef jerky. I ogled the antiques. I bumped into the Food Culturist. A sure sign of the glorious summer … Continue reading
Posted in Brilliant + free, Small Business, Small Events, Small is Brilliant, Ya Gotta Eat!
Tagged brooklyn flea
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I Came, I Saw, I Gorged On Cookies: The Brooklyn Holiday Experiment
Just a few pics from a Sunday spent sampling the finest vittles the competitive home-cooks of Brooklyn could come up with for the Brooklyn Holiday Experiment, held at the Bell House. I was pleasantly surprised by the high level of … Continue reading
How Will You Enjoy Small Business Saturday?
Joining the throngs at Target celebrating the yearly rite of consumerism known as Black Friday clinched it for me: I’m looking forward to making this holiday season more small-scale and handmade. That’s why I’m glad to hear that sandwiched between … Continue reading
