Thursday, May 8: The 3rd Annual Brooklyn Blogfest

Posted on 2008-05-02 by admin

Brooklyn Blogfest 2008 Banner

The 3rd Annual Brooklyn Blogfest will take place next Thursday evening at 8pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum.

The Third Annual Brooklyn Blogfest 2008 is an event for bloggers, blog-readers, those interested in Blogging, and those passionate about Brooklyn. It is open to one and all and everyone is warmly welcomed. No need to RSVP or be personally invited.
– The Latest Blogfest Details, May 2, 2008

The audience, assembled and ready, at last year’s Blogfest

This is a chance to meet the faces behind the blogs, learn about the state of blogging in Brooklyn, pick up some blogging tips, hob-knob with your fellow wizards, and all such as that. I’ll be at the tail end of the program, speaking about the mostly monthly Blogades, started after last year’s Blogfest.

Admission is $10, $5 for students.

WHEN: Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 8 p.m.

WHERE: The Brooklyn Lyceum. 227 Fourth Avenue (at President Street) [GMAP]

HOW: R train to Union Street

PROGRAM (subject to change):

Video: Place Matters: Blogging My World by Blue Barn Pictures
Brief Welcome: Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Louise Crawford)
Speaker: Creative Times (Eleanor Traubman)
Speaker: Bed-Stuy Blog (Petra S.)
Video: A Walk Around the Blog Promo by Brooklyn Independent Television
Speaker: New York Shitty (Miss Heather)
Speaker: Gowanus Lounge (Robert Guskind)
Speaker: Blogger Smackdown by Gersh Kuntzman, editor, The Brooklyn Paper
Video: A Word from WNYC’s Brian Lehrer
Speaker: Top Ten Tips for New Bloggers presented by So Good (Heather Johnson)
Speaker: Outside.in, a resource for bloggers who blog about where they live
Video: A Tribute to Brooklyn’s Photo Bloggers (produced by Brooklyn Optimist)
Speaker: Bloggers Reach Out: What is the Brooklyn Blogade? presented by Flatbush Gardener (Yours truly)
ANNUAL SHOUT-OUT: Your chance to share your blog with the world introduced by Luna Park Gazette

Links

The Brooklyn Blogfest “miniblog” on Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
Brooklyn Lyceum

Kensington Blogade

Posted on 2008-03-10 by admin

2008.03.17: Added more links to posts from other attendees.

The Kensington Blogade

I’m overextended. Too many pokers in the fire. Wearing too many hats. No room for another pig in the sty. (I just made that one up. Blog Widow and I like pigs.)

It’s going to take me most of the week to catch up with my weekend. Saturday I attended Making Brooklyn Bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. And I’m writing a post about that, really I am. But this post is about yesterday’s Kensington Blogade.

We pretty much filled the space at the Old Brick Cafe at 507 Church Avenue, between East 5th Street and Ocean Parkway in Kensington. This was the second-closest Blogade for me, about a 10 or 15 minute walk from my home. (The closest was the inaugural event.)

I was glad to see several new-to-the-Blogade bloggers there. Most I had already met virtually, several were also neighbors. At least two were completely new to me.

Joyce Hanson of Bad Girl Blog organized yesterday’s event.

Each host chooses if and how to structure the event. Joyce asked each of us attending to present something we had published on our blog.

Most were readings, but there were also two media presentations, on laptops setup on the bar. My laptop is a heavyweight, or I would have done the same with my photography.

At yesterday’s Blogade, I read Barbara Corcoran Hates the Earth and Back in the Day.
My other Blogade posts
My Flickr photo set from yesterday

This Sunday: The Kensington Blogade

Posted on 2008-03-04 by admin

This is a reminder that the next Brooklyn Blogade, our mostly monthly meetup of Brooklyn bloggers and community members, will be this Sunday, March 9, in Kensington. Joyce Hanson of Bad Girl Blog is hosting this month at Old Brick Cafe, 507 Church Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and E. 5th Street:

Time for “Show & Tell”: Bloggers are encouraged to be brave and give a reading from one of their best blog posts. Or bring along your laptop and a screen and show us your best pics. Or just tell us about your best post. Please plan to limit your presentation to about five minutes so everybody can have a turn.

RSVP by THIS THURSDAY. See Joyce’s Blogade post for details.

Sunday March 9: The Kensington Blogade

Posted on 2008-02-11 by admin

On Sunday, March 9, the Brooklyn Blogade visits Kensington, courtesy of Bad Girl Blog:

Time for “Show & Tell”: Bloggers are encouraged to be brave and give a reading from one of their best blog posts. Or bring along your laptop and a screen and show us your best pics. Or just tell us about your best post. Please plan to limit your presentation to about five minutes so everybody can have a turn.

WHEN: Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 12noon

WHERE:
Old Brick Cafe
507 Church Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and E. 5th Street
Kensington, Brooklyn

RSVP REQUIRED. See Bad Girl Blog for details.

Blogade

Links

Bad Girl Blog

The February 2008 Brooklyn Blogade

Posted on 2008-02-11 by admin

Eleanor Traubman of Creative Times and her partner, Michael Sorgatz, hosted the February 2008 Brooklyn Blogade at Faan, a Chinese restaurant at 209 Smith Street.

Eleanor Traubman and Michael Sorgatz

Eleanor Traubman

Adrian Kinloch, Brit in Brookyln

Morgan Pehme, Brooklyn Optimist

Frank Jump, Fading Ad Blog

Katia Kelly, Pardon Me For Asking

Joyce Hanson, Bad Girl Blog

Rob Lenihan, Luna Park Gazette

Petra, Bed-Stuy Blog

Chandru Murthi, I’m Seeing Green

Faan

The Table is Set

Place Setting

Iced Tea

Abacus Wall Divider

Detail, Abacus Wall Divider

Black & White Mosaic Mao

Curious

Blogade

Links

Brooklyn Optimist
Creative Times
Fading Ad Blog
Luna Park Gazette

A Very Bloggy Day

Posted on 2008-02-10 by admin

I just got back from 1) The February 2008 Brooklyn Blogade, and 2) the Atlantic Yards Camera Club shoot-in.

I have 240 photos to download, cull, edit, upload, and post. I hope to get something up for both events by the end of the day.

Blogade, Sunday, February 10th

Posted on 2008-01-26 by admin

Creative Times‘ Eleanor Traubman and Mike Sorgatz are hosting the next Blogade, the (tries to be) monthly meetup of Brooklyn bloggers, blog readers, and community members, on February 10. RSVP by “quittin’ time” February 1 (next Friday).

WHERE:
Faan Restaurant
209 Smith Street (at Baltic Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11201

I’m not familiar with the area, but it seems to be located near Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and Gowanus.

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DIRECTIONS:
Subway: F or G to Bergen Street or Carroll Street. Check the MTA’s weekend service advisories for the latest updates on service.
Bus: B75, B65 or B71.

Cost: $15 at door – covers entree, non-alcoholic beverage, tax & gratuity

RSVP: By Friday, Feb.1st by quittin’ time: ETraubman@aol.com

Clinton Hill Blogade

Posted on 2008-01-21 by admin

Updated 2008.01.21: Added links to participants’ reports

The Clinton Hill Blogade, by Luke (missing from photo)

Today I attended the Clinton Hill Blogade, an ongoing series of more-or-less monthly meetups of Brooklyn bloggers. 17 people attended today’s event. A good turnout, considering the windchill was in the teens today.

Robin Lester of Clinton Hill Blog, Lesterhead and Flickr, hosted and coordinated today’s event at Frank White Cafe on Atlantic Avenue.

The next Blogade will be February 10 in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill, hosted by Eleanor Traubman of Creative Times.

Blogade

Frank White Cafe

Flickr set

Links

Brit in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Optimist
Clinton Hill Blog
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
Reclaimed Home

Sunday, January 20: Blogade in Clinton Hill

Posted on 2008-01-08 by admin

The next Brooklyn Blogade will be in just under two weeks, on Sunday, January 20, in Clinton Hill, hosted by lesterhead of Clinton Hill Blog.

WHEN: Sunday, January 20, starting at 11am

WHERE: Frank White Cafe + Gallery
936 Atlantic Ave (at St. James) [GMAP]
C, G to Clinton-Washington
C, S to Franklin Avenue

MENU: hot waffles. fresh toppings.

RSVP: clintonhillblog-at-gmail-dot-com

My Blogade posts

Links

January Brooklyn Blogade: Clinton Hill!
Frank White Cafe + Gallery

The Bay Ridge Blogade

Posted on 2007-10-24 by admin

Corrected: Eli of Brooklyn Junction arrived after I left. Sorry we didn’t get to meet this time, neighbor!

Some of the Bay Ridge Blogade at Omonia Cafe. Left to right: Rob Lenihan (Luna Park Gazette), Claude Scales (Self-Absorbed Boomer), David Sheffler (Swell Designs), and Tony/Brooklyn Beat (Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn)

This past Sunday I attended the fourth Brooklyn Blogade at the Omonia Cafe in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Omonia Cafe, 7612 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

I had to leave early to get back to my nabe to attend the inaugural concert of the Victorian Place Cultural Center later that afternoon. I was sorry I had to cut out. The conversation was lively. When I left, we were talking about – gasp – blogging, not real estate. You never know what’s going to happen at a Blogade.

I rarely do portrait photography. Lesson learned from this attempt: Take photographs of people while they’re listening, as in the photo at the top of this post. It’s difficult to get good still shots of animated speakers. All you get are grimaces, psychotic, deer-in-the-headlights, open-eyed stares, and other images that don’t capture the spirit of the speakers. These are the best I got of those whom I met there on Sunday.

Our radiant host, Rob Lenihan of Luna Park Gazette

Petra, Bed-Stuy Blog

Chandru Murthi, I’m Seeing Green

Tony/Brooklyn Beat, Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn

Claude Scales, Self-Absorbed Boomer

I’m afraid I did the worst job with David Sheffler of Swell Designs. This was the best of about a dozen shots I got of him. Sorry, David!

Because I left early, I also didn’t get to partake of the tempting delicacies offered up in Omonia’s huge, wrap-around horseshoe of cakes, pastries, cookies, and everything.

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