WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2007 As a now professional blogger (read web.aan.org!), I am not unaware that many of my blog posts are titled “Most Awesome [Noun] Ever.” This is not editorial laziness, but rather a reflection of my self-imposed beat: Things That Are Awesome and/or Rad. (I believe the Washington Post has an entire county [...]
March 29th, 2007
Read...WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2007 I woke bent, seemingly, on a day of failed attempts at satiation. Maker’s Mark the night before had red wax capped my inhibitions, and I climbed - nay, lurched - up mouse-ridden stairs to the fearful, creepy attic, where I dug in boxes and retrieved the chest - abuzzing with long dead [...]
March 27th, 2007
Read...WASHINGTON, DC, March 27,2006 McDonald’s Gendered Happy Meal Toys 13th St. NW & New York • Washington, DC Recent posts I’ve written on web.aan.org Onion TV News Launching April ’07 Tech to Watch: Twitter Small communities engage people How to generate traffic using social networks Eyetrack data: What users really see Fab Channel: Free, quality and LEGAL music concerts for your site Is it a [...]
March 27th, 2007
Read...Excerpts from International Late Night Email Boy: There’s a conversation in this sometime, maybe … but it’s an interesting thing to be male and decline an open offer for sex. It has sort of a twofold negative implication in that it’s slightly “un-male” (what kind of guy declines sex?) and also, it hurts feelings. Maybe [...]
March 26th, 2007
Read...BFE, Virginia, March 21, 2007 Oh, you suspicious cad, you. You think that I only make a show of eating veggies and slamming water and occasionally walking home instead of riding the metro. You think it’s all a show - and that when I’m alone - really, truly, in the middle of BFE Virginia off I-95, with no [...]
March 21st, 2007
Read...WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2007 “Fries Frittata = gloppy deliciousness and reminds me of why I will continue to fail as an aspiring vegan.” - roommate Angie I needed to step away from the computer - to spend some time slicing, engaged in another sort of reverie. The pantry was near bare; and with a looming trip [...]
March 16th, 2007
Read...WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2007 I finally made it back to DC after 12 hours of traveling. Thanks nature! When I went to Austin fer the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive conference, I was determined to eat TACOS. Lots of Tacos. And eat I did - tacos, pizza, barbecue and lots and lots of beer. My body wouldn’t recognize [...]
March 14th, 2007
Read...AUSTIN, Texas, March 13, 2007 I cannot believe that I am still alive. I have never drank so much, met so many amazing people, taken so many notes, done so much networking, slept so little, danced with so many nerds, and had such a great time. I effing loved South by Southwest Interactive 2007! Mmkay. Things that were [...]
March 13th, 2007
Read...Day Two of livelogging SXSWi. Conferenceer profile; Twitter.com/Laura_Fries. AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2007 10am CST Dude. Where is my mind? Coffee is weak, I’m up waaaay too early, and I am not feeling lovely. Brain hurts. Brain full of …. beer? Even through the fog, lots of great ideas are filtering my way. Part of me is seriously [...]
March 11th, 2007
Read...I’ll be bloggin’ the sessions and all the goodness I’m learning at South by Southwest Interactive 2007 in Austin, Texas, on AAN’s not-quite-launched-yet-so-this-is-a-sneak-preview blog, web.aan.org. So LauraFries.com gets the leftovers - the blow by blow of the in between. HOUSTON, Texas, March 9, 2007 10am, CST I see them - popping out like spring daffodils - [...]
March 10th, 2007
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