It’s definitely not enough to just know the rules, get a samplin’, hear the introduction…so I’m going to take you inside my first Beltway Poetry Slam with the following videos. These are the artists in the order in which they appeared. Major thanks to Sarah Lawson for putting this together. And of course thanks to [...]

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Just in case you’ve never been, you have no idea, or it’s just generally seemed intimidating. Picture this, it’s November 29th, 2011. The Fridge. Southeast DC. The Beltway Poetry Slam is about to take off. These are the rules. This is how it’s done. FYI..special guest appearance by World Poetry Slam Champion 2011, Chris August.

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Philadelphia Distilling, producers of Bluecoat Gin invited Erik Holzherr, his staff and a few lucky www.Gintender.com subscribers out for a day libations and learning about how Bluecoat is made.

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This very special edition of DC Tech Meetup includes a wicked smart set of tech demos and panelists. From figuring out finances, to ad hoc networks and from connecting congress with constituents, to open source fabrication; these demos covered everything! Do, I really need to point out that they’re all women? Not really. But after [...]

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On March 18th, 2011 I made it out to the Red Palace for the very first DC edition of Super Art Fight. This is a video I shot with my iPhone of my very first bout – the first bout of the night. The rock em sock em artists featured in this video are Brandon [...]

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If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you may have noticed that I have developed quite the iPhone photo obsession with apps like Camera+ and TrueHDR. You may have also noticed a series of apps I’ve been using to ‘pretty-up’ my photos, including: Color Splash, Percolator, DXP, PS Express, Diptic, Picture Effect Magic, and [...]

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Gerry T working his magic as always at Union Station for the amazing food delivery service, SeamlessWeb.com. It was great to see Gerry and pretty sweet to learn about a new way that restaurants are using the web to connect with customers. One free coffee and a handful of coupons later – here’s what Gerry [...]

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On a Sunday walk about Eastern Market I happened upon this all women percussion band raising money for the recent flood victims in Rio and Brazil. Despite the extremely cold weather they beat their drums and got the crowd moving to raise awareness for a good cause. To learn more visit www.batalawashington.com. Formats available: Quicktime [...]

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Ben Folds and Nick Hornby, October 19th 2010 at Sixth and I St NW, Washington, DC at the Historic Synagogue. Ben performs “Levi Johnston”. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

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Killer Tips for Winning Friends and Influencing People on Twitter from Chris Suspect on Vimeo. This short documentary was put together by four people who met on Twitter and set up a sailing tweet up in the Chesapeake Bay. While you will learn how Twitter can bring people together for a great time, you’ll also [...]

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