Photos from the 80th annual Zilker Park Kite Festival in Austin, TX. It was an overcast, blustery day, but it wasn’t cold and it didn’t rain! A perfect day for kites.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shutterbuggin'

Will you be attending SXSW Interactive? If so, the company I work for, Bulldog Solutions, is co-sponsoring an event called ‘Conversation Starters’ on Monday, March 10 at 6:30pm at the Iron Cactus.
Here’s the full scoop:

http://conversationstarters.eventbrite.com/
Federated Media and Dell, along with Bulldog Solutions, The Conversation Group, and Social Media Club Austin, cordially invite you to join [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Giggin' · Tech-ish

I attended my first Social Media Club function this morning (does 7:30 AM count as morning? Or is that still part of last night? It was eeeeearrly).
I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was a very friendly group, open to newbies and veterans alike. There was about 30 minutes of general gettin’ to [...]

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The tree in our front yard is budding. Is it spring already?! I hope we’re done with all this freezing business.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Home Sweet Home · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'

Five years ago we were living in DC. I was working from a home office for a dot com called Nine Systems. I’d only met a handful of my teammates - the ones that came over in the e-Media buy-out with me - the rest were in the main office in San Diego or the [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Jef · R-R-Rambling · e-Media

My friend, Lisa, and I were joking awhile back about how the black birds in Austin seemed to be migrating South… very slowly. A few months ago they were north of the city, then they were swarming downtown for several weeks. Now I’m seeing them in my ‘hood down South.
Look out, Galveston, they’re headed [...]

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My company’s (Bulldog Solutions) CEO, Rob Solomon, is the drummer in a band called Driver. These are pictures from their show at the Saxon Pub on Saturday, Jan 19.

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She Craves had their video release party at Emo’s last night and it was great. I’ve only been to Emo’s one other time - I know, it’s unheard of! Here are some pictures from the show.

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