Taste of Cincinnati is an annual tradition every Memorial Day weekend. The city of Cincinnati closes off several blocks downtown, and food vendors set up and offer a Taste of what they typically serve at their restaurants in the Greater Cincinnati area. It’s a chance for folks like me to “graze”.

I remember the first one I went to in 1993, when I later told my girlfriend Jennie that I loved her. We later married.

I’ve been to Taste of Cincinnati 4 out of the past 5 years since we’ve been back in town.

This year was interesting because I went by myself. It was great to meet up with some friends I know through New Media Cincinnati.

I first found out about Ze Frank about two or three years ago when I’d heard of other podcasters talking about “The Show“, a daily video podcast he did for an entire year. While browsing C.C. Chapman‘s blog a couple months ago, I saw a post entitled “Creating Moments with Ze Frank“. In that post was this video in which Ze shares several inspiring moments he’s shared over the years with people online. Ze is, as C.C. put it (and I couldn’t agree more), “a warped, twisted, comic genius mind that after watching this video I have a new found respect for.”

Spend an hour and watch this video of a talk he gave at Webstock earlier this year. Maybe watch and listen with headphones, as there are some explicit moments that are NSFW.

Ze Frank at Webstock 09 from Webstock on Vimeo.

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Earlier today I ate lunch with some great folks from the Dayton, Ohio area. These “tweetups,” as we call them, are becoming increasingly popularly and requested on a more regular basis. I’m a firm believer in never eating alone, so I’m always looking to meet up with other folks for lunch.

Fortunately, I was able to UStream the tweetup and recorded the event. During this video, you are introduced to everyone in attendance and toward the end of the meetup, we discussed some other topics related to social media success. The video lasts about 40-45 minutes:
Live TV by Ustream

Those in attendance were as follows:

• Andy Pohl
• Megan Grote
• Doug Page
• Joe Gauder
• Steve Brack
• Teri Lussier
• Bill Green
• Chris Johnson
• Ralph Helm
• Darryl Hicks
• Carole Hicks
• Curtis Estridge
• Daniel Johnson, Jr.

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I have updated the New Media Cincinnati page on this blog with the February 2009 meetup information: http://danieljohnsonjr.com/main/new-media-cincinnati/

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EVENT DETAILS

The next meetup will be this coming Saturday, November 15, 2008, from 2-4 PM EST at the University of Cincinnati. Please RSVP via the Eventbrite page.

PECHA WHAT?

Pecha Kucha setup with MacBook and projector

What is Pecha Kucha, you ask? Simply stated, it’s a presentation style in which the presenter has 20 slides and talks for 20 seconds per slide, so that you wind up with a punchier presentation. Read these two articles (the second one has an embedded YouTube video that illustrates the point nicely):

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha Kucha
• Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 slides and then sit down

KEEP THIS IN MIND

Sound like fun? Wanna take a stab at this format and share something with the rest of the group? Here’s what you need to do/keep in mind, should you decide to present:

• The topic should be something related to New/Social Media
• You will need to come up with your own 20 slides
• You can put the presentation onto your own laptop or bring a thumb drive with it (I believe UC’s computers run MS Office, so think PowerPoint if you’re going to use that option.)
• We will set up the presentation so that it will automatically advance to the next slide after 20 seconds
• Sign up at the New Media Cincinnati wiki page: http://newmediacincinnati.wetpaint.com/page/Our+Next+Meetup

PARKING

Since we are having the meetup on a weekend, parking may be available on the streets. Paid parking is also available in various garages. Please check out

• UC’s Visitor Information page: http://www.uc.edu/visitors/
• University of Cincinnati on Google Maps

LAST-MINUTE UPDATES

As always, late-breaking announcements will be announced via Twitter:

• http://twitter.com/newmediacincy
• http://twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr

If you have any questions, please contact me by phone: 513-373-4442 or via email at daniel AT newmediacincinnati.com

I’m so looking forward to meeting up with everyone again.

Daniel Johnson, Jr.,
daniel AT newmediacincinnati.com
Cincinnati, Ohio
513-373-4442

http://danieljohnsonjr.com

photo credit: For Inspiration Only

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We had a great meetup at Cold Beer and Cheeseburgers in downtown Dayton this afternoon.  About eight of us showed up in-person, but I also was able to UStream the event via the New Media Cincinnati channel, so even more people showed up!

• Rich Palmer
• Jerry Minnich
• Nathan Driver
• Bill Green
• Steve Brack
• Teri Lussier
• Mike Cornett
• Daniel Johnson, Jr.

UStream Chat Log

11:48 danieljohnsonjr : hi

11:54 danieljohnsonjr : Hey there

11:54 danieljohnsonjr : say something in the chat and I’ll show you off to the group

11:56 ustreamer-79592 : :waves to the group: @mariadkins (mary) from twitter / facebook

11:56 ustreamer-79592 : yup

11:56 ustreamer-79592 : mary i know i spell it funny

11:56 ustreamer-79592 : hey there rich!

11:57 ustreamer-79592 : nice to meet everybody.

11:58 ustreamer-79592 : of course i follow rich — everywhere lol

11:58 ustreamer-79592 : Yup

11:59 ustreamer-79592 : Oh Evernote is awesome. I use it a lot in my writing.

11:59 nicholaswyoung : Hey guys

12:00 nicholaswyoung : Hi Rich.

12:00 nicholaswyoung : There, it let me change my nickname….

12:01 nicholaswyoung : Totally wanna see your face hidden behind that massive burger.

12:01 nicholaswyoung : Looks good

12:01 johnbuehler : Hi Daniel, Rich, Mike.

12:01 johnbuehler : Wish I were there

12:01 nicholaswyoung : I’m a little far away, or I’d drop in.

12:02 johnbuehler : Man, that looks good!

12:02 ustreamer-79592 : nicholas you could pick me up in lexington on your way through lol

12:02 nicholaswyoung : If I had the day off, I’d think about it!

12:04 nicholaswyoung : This year, Tennessee is expected to break the record for early voting at 1.3 mil

12:04 ustreamer-52020 : from @veganjacob: hi boys! lookin good! @danieljohnsonjr, i need to tty about implementing ustream for cincy chic lunch n’ learns!

12:05 nicholaswyoung : That’s the statewide count.

12:07 ustreamer-52020 : veganjacob : cool awesome! what computer do you have?

12:08 ustreamer-52020 : (veganjacob) ok thanks!

12:08 cincychic : feel free to talk to me about cincy chic lunch ‘n’ learns

12:08 nicholaswyoung : How about the new Firefox 3.1, “Minefield”?

12:08 nicholaswyoung : The java interpreter is the fastest yet.

12:08 nicholaswyoung : It claims to be the fastest in the world.

12:09 nicholaswyoung : And running my scripts, it’s incredibly quick.

12:09 nicholaswyoung : yeah

12:09 nicholaswyoung : it’s a beta

12:09 nicholaswyoung : I can copy the chat log off if you want.

12:09 nicholaswyoung : I don’t think it’s saved by default.

12:09 nicholaswyoung : Yeah, sounds like a plan.

12:10 johnbuehler : Guys, I have to run…is it sick or twisted to say that I really miss you guys? Man I need a lif

12:11 cincychic : this is awesome!

12:11 johnbuehler : Hope to see you all soon

12:11 ustreamer-79592 : yes this is fun — i can almost taste the beer

12:11 cincychic : cincy chic will be using this for our upcoming lunch ‘n’ learns!!! Thanks New Media Cincinnati!!!

12:11 nicholaswyoung : @cincychic Have you seen Qik?

12:11 cincychic : No

12:11 nicholaswyoung : It’s another idea.

12:12 nicholaswyoung : Live streaming from your mobile phone.

12:12 cincychic : ok, contact Amy at astorer@cincychic.com

12:12 cincychic : we need all your ideas!! this is awesome!!!

12:12 nicholaswyoung : Think UStream from your phone.

12:12 cincychic : got it! we’re in!

12:12 nicholaswyoung : Awesome.

12:13 nicholaswyoung : If I can be of service to anyone – just with ideas or etc, feel free to hit me up at webmaster@nicholaswyoung.net

12:13 doctoranonymous : next round on me hehe

12:14 doctoranonymous : put on Dan

12:14 doctoranonymous : put on DAn’s tab hehe

12:14 nicholaswyoung : Ahhh… So Rich is the Audio Gumshoe guy.

12:14 nicholaswyoung : Sweet.

12:14 doctoranonymous : Great crowd

12:14 ustreamer-52020 : a woman amongst the men!

12:15 nicholaswyoung : I can put you in touch with a few.

12:15 nicholaswyoung : I know several good local rock acts.

12:18 doctoranonymous : http://waltribeiro.net/

12:18 doctoranonymous : http://twitter.com/WaltRibeiro

12:20 nicholaswyoung : http://twitter.com/griffintech

12:20 nicholaswyoung : That’s my friend, Dave Delaney who uses Twitter at Griffin Technology

12:21 nicholaswyoung : It’s VERY useful for creating a mini community for promotion, technical support, and etc around your brand

12:21 ustreamer-79592 : i have a separate twitter account i use for Apex Digest – we import our blog posts and i send out occasional tweets

12:21 ustreamer-79592 : Apex Publications, that is. we’ve grown lately.

12:22 nicholaswyoung : Cool. I’ll look you up.

12:22 ustreamer-79592 : nicholas – i ‘know’ dave – he’s an awesome guy.

12:22 nicholaswyoung : Yeah, Dave rocks.

12:23 ustreamer-79592 : he sent me a bunch of information about starting a barcamp here in lexington.

12:23 nicholaswyoung : Have you got it going?

12:23 nicholaswyoung : I’d love to come!

12:23 ustreamer-79592 : not yet. i probably won’t have time to start organizing until january.

12:23 doctoranonymous : me too; I’m in NE Ohio

12:24 nicholaswyoung : We just finished BarCamp Nashville two weeks ago.

12:24 ustreamer-79592 : yeah i wanted to go!

12:24 nicholaswyoung : It was an awesome event.

12:24 nicholaswyoung : Feel free to email or twitter me, @nicholaswyoung . I’d love to stay on top of the Lexington BC

12:25 nicholaswyoung : Dr. A, I know you’re on twitter.

12:25 ustreamer-79592 : i’ll send you a follow real quick

12:25 ustreamer-79592 : bye rich!

12:25 doctoranonymous : thanks for streaming; Have a great day!

12:25 nicholaswyoung : Excellent.

12:25 nicholaswyoung : I’ll return it when it pops in.

12:25 nicholaswyoung : Thanks, DanielJ, awesome session.

12:25 ustreamer-79592 : @mariadkins is me

12:26 doctoranonymous : http://twitter.com/doctoranonymous

12:26 ustreamer-52020 : (veganjacob/cincychic) greet meetup! thanks for streaming! it made for an interesting lunch for me as well!

12:26 ustreamer-79592 : @cincychic – i agree

12:27 doctoranonymous : Make it a great day! Bye

12:27 nicholaswyoung :  Have a good one!

12:27 ustreamer-52020 : (veganjacob) fine with us!

12:29 ustreamer-79592 : (mari) I’ll be at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital the 16th/17th of next month.

12:31 nicholaswyoung : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/new-media-cincinnati

12:31 nicholaswyoung : Is that the one?

12:32 nicholaswyoung : Don’t forget to tune into the Pod 5 this Sunday night at 8 PM EDT if you have time.

12:32 nicholaswyoung : http://thepod5live.com

12:32 nicholaswyoung : </end shameless plug>

12:33 ustreamer-61944 : Waving now! [<--EDITOR NOTE: THIS IS TOM ROCKHOLD]

12:33 ustreamer-61944 : It’s halloween anyway

12:33 nicholaswyoung : It’s the heavenly glow…..

12:34 nicholaswyoung : Bye!

12:34 ustreamer-79592 : bye

12:34 ustreamer-61944 : Keep it groovy!

12:34 ustreamer-79592 : i’ll catch everyone on twitter

I am amazed at the power for social media tools like Twitter and UStream to bring people together, even from several hundred miles away.  I really enjoy connecting, not only virtually, but especially face-to-face, and I look forward to the next time we get to do this.  Discuss.

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In October 2007 I was chatting with Andy Osier about my desire for folks in the social media community in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Northern Kentucky to meet up. Within a few hours, we had created the New Media Cincinnati group on Facebook and had a Twitter account promoting our first meetup.

We wanted to bring enthusiasts and professionals in the area together so that we could network and share ideas. I’d been meeting up with folks in the Dayton area for lunch for some time and had been sharing that with friends on Twitter.

It’s amazing to think that we’ve been doing this for a year. I really appreciate the community we’re building, the friendships and connections we’ve made, and I look forward to the next meetup, which is this Saturday! We’re using Eventbrite again to help with organizing, so, as the button says,

At the time I put the event together, we had no one set up to talk. That may be changing. I’ll post updates here, on the Eventbrite page, and of course, on Twitter, as they come in.

Update: Joe Wessels, Communications Director for Ohio State Representative Steve Driehaus’s Congressional campaign and accomplished journalist, will be talking about social media and politics.

Do be sure to follow newmediacincy on Twitter for any late-breaking updates.

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Tonight I and over 200 other folks from the Greater Cincinnati area will be meeting together for LinkedCincinnatiLIVE (more details below). I am so glad, too, that my schedule freed up at the last minute for me to do so. I hope to connect with as many of you as possible.

Here is a recent picture of me, in case you’re looking to connect:

LinkedCincinnati LIVE – Details

If you have not signed up for LinkedCincinnatiLIVE tonight, August 27th, you need to do so right away! Over 200 attendees have pre-registered, and we’ve got some seriously incredible items up for grabs in the silent auction.

For those in the local recruiting community, we have a FULL ADMISSION ticket to SourceCon 2008 in Atlanta in just one week for auction, a FULL ACCESS ticket to ERE’s Fall Expo in Hollywood Beach, FL at the end of October, AND a ticket to RecruitFest coming up in Toronto on Sept. 19th. The RecruitFest ticket is worth $220, the SourceCon admission ticket at $1,195 and the ERE Fall Expo ticket at over $2,000. You’ll want to make sure to come to LinkedCincinnatiLIVE and put your bid in for one of these can’t-miss events!

In addition to these event tickets, we have some really cool things that will be on the auction tables, including:

• Design/promotional/marketing consulting services
• Recruiting services
• SEO consulting services
• DBA services
• Skin consultation services
• A B&B weekend package in WV
• A guided upland hunting trip
• Books written by some of our attendees
• A private flight tour from a local pilot
• …and much more!

The silent auction is optional participation, and money raised from these auctioned items will go to help fund an aid trip to South Africa being taken by two LinkedCincinnati members, Jennifer McClure and Amybeth Hale. The $5 door cover will go to offset the facility rental and refreshments and will enter you into a raffle drawing during the course of the event. Cash bar will be available: soft drinks: $1.95, beer: $3.25-$3.75, wine: $5.00, cocktails: $5.50+.

Our auction items range in cost from around $10 all the way up to $3500 so there is something for everyone to check out. Business owners and managers, consider bidding on some of the consultative services for your company.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet other local professionals in the Cincinnati area (and beyond – there are people from as far away as Florida attending!). Bring your business cards and get ready to mingle! Hope to see you there!

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Journey Inside My Mind Blog
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Connect on LinkedIn
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