My friend Karen Hutton a photographer attended the Google+ San Francisco Virtual Photo Walk with Trey Ratcliff, Thomas Hawk. Karen took me and some of our friends along. You and see the Virtual Photo walk by clicking the link below.
From Trey Ratcliff’s PhotoWalk event at http://goo.gl/FqJcw with everything, but here’s the skinny!
Can’t make the photowalk? Watch it as it happened live with +Karen Hutton and +Virtual Photo Walks™ !! It will be shared live here to my own stream as well.
The Plan: Look, it’s possible security may throw us out of our meeting spot (inside the event at http://goo.gl/FqJcw ) right away,
Tonight I was invited by my friend +Deborah Henson-Conant to attend her concert and to share some content from her performance. It was an amazing show. Even with some early technical difficulties Deborah was able to keep the audience entertained with her comedian story telling skills. And once she got the bugs works out and started to play, well here’s just a clip from her encore performance.
To learn more about Deborah Henson- Conant please visit her web site: http://www.hipharp.com/
Tonight I was invited by my friend +Deborah Henson-Conant to attend her concert and to share some content from her performance. It was an amazing show. Even with some early technical difficulties Deborah was able to keep the audience entertained with her comedian story telling skills. During the intermission Deborah asked me back stage for an impromptu interview along with +Adam Zand and Jared. Here’s a clip from Deborah back stage.
Below is how you see more detail about Deborah from her web site (noted at the bottom of this post).
Her signature instrument is an 11lb carbon-fiber electric harp, designed specifically for her by the CAMAC Harp Company in France, it’s now one of the fastest-selling new harp models in the world and carries her name, the “DHC Light.”
Forget the demure harpist — forget the Classical Music — forget dozing off in the back row. Henson-Conant is a showman, entertainer and solid musician who’s been compared to musical greats from Leonard Bernstein to Elvis Presley.
Her voice is compared to Carly Simon and Joan Baez; her playing to Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix; and her humor to musical comedian Victor Borge and even Eddie Izzard.
Her shows, her life, her instrument, her workshops and her music are all about transformation — all tied together by powerful, funny, affirming stories and universal humor.
Legendary “Tonight Show” trumpeter Doc Severinsen calls her the “Wild Woman of the Harp,” iconic rock guitarist Steve Vai says she’s the “Jimi Hendrix of the Harp.” See her once and you’ll never look at a harp the same way again.
She’s toured with the Boston Pops, opened for Ray Charles at Tanglewood, jammed onstage with Bobby McFerrin and offstage with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.She’s been featured on television shows from Charlie Rose to Joan Rivers and “The View” and in two full-length PBS music specials.
To learn more about Deborah Henson- Conant please visit her web site: http://www.hipharp.com/
Today’s tour was a great success. Veterans got to see the Changing of the Guard at Arlington, the World War II memorial, The Gold Coast and the USS Alabama. Many thanks to our Hangout volunteers: +Jimmy Gardner +Jared Budlong +Chad LaFarge +Michele Spry +John Butterill +Veterans United +Adrienne May +Randy Raw +Virtual Photo Walks™ +Jacob Hess +Michael Tucker +Kenneth Holman +Bruce Garber +Stephen Monaco +Kyle Hess +Barb Brueggemann +Sarah Hill +Veterans United.
If you know of a veteran not able to travel to see their memorial, tell them about Veterans Virtual Tours. Have the veteran apply here or help them fill out an application. http://www.virtualphotowalks.org
+Virtual Photo Walks™! If you missed it live; you can watch it NOW on demand here.
A special thanks to +John Butterill and +Bruce Garber for helping to organize these virtual photo walks.
To learn more about +Virtual Photo Walks™ please visithttp://VirtualPhotoWalks.com where we walk the walk for those who can’t and have a lot of fun in the process.
If you would like to join us on a +Virtual Photo Walks™ or know some one who would please contact us http://VirtualPhotoWalks.com to learn how.
Please feel free to help share places we visit, by sharing this post and video with your circle of family and friends.
LIVE from New York City and the Living Room +Rebecca Pearl and Ryan Van Sickle
I had the opportunity to broadcast LIVE from the Living Room in New York City from a Google+ Hangout On Air platform.
This show went out to the world live on both Google+ and YouTube simultaneously.
I was on location in NYC producing and engineering the feed . My friend Tom Rolfson was in the studio directing the hangout and sending me information allowing the best audio feed possible.
The event took place from NYC during the Google+ New York City Hangout In Real Life 2 #nychirl2.
First ever Google+ New Your City HIRL (Hangout In Real Life) took place in February 2012 with 70+ friends that meet in a Google+ hangout from around the word.
We gathered in New York City to celebrate our friendships by hanging out in real life.
Matthew Rappaport and Tiffany Henry organized a weekend that built memories that will last a lifetime.
We meet at the G+ HIRL HQ (head quarters) on Thursday night where there were a lot of hugs and kisses. Matthew went live ON AIR with his show Hangout Conversations with special guest Daria Musk and Ram Rich as a pre-show for the concert.
Friday we had a tour of the Google office with some free time to follow.
Friday night we were entertained by three of the most popular recording artist’s on Google+. Heather Fay, Ryan Van Sickle and Daria Musk. The music filled the room with fun and excitement that one can not explain. You’ll have to experience it for yourself however, we hope that by watching this video you’ll feel a piece of what we did.
Saturday we had a photo walk starting by walking over the Brooklyn Bridge, around the city, Ground Zero and ended by Battery Park looking at The Lady, The Statue of Liberty.
And just as fast as it began it ended. The first ever nycHIRL was over. But we did not exit the hangout sad, because we know that all we have to do is log back on and all our friends our close friends will be there.
We hope you enjoy this short video and feel a piece of what we felt.
There are a number of close friend that could not be with us for this event do to various reasons but made a contribution to our experience. I want to highlight one of many. But this man, this illustrator just makes you feel good when your with him in a hangout and I am sure in real life as well. Mike Searle created some artwork as a way to help us promote the event. Thank you Mike. Your work is great and very much appreciated my friend.
Thank you to Ron Jackson for capturing a video via live smart phone live hangout as we visited the Google office. A memory we would not have with out you doing this.
There are so many other friend to many to thank here, but we all know who you are. We hope to meet you in real life sometime very soon as well. And we all thank you for what you do every day.
Please feel free to share this post and video as a way to let others know that Google+ is here to stay. It’s the fastest growing social media network in the word that has so much power and potential you have to experience it for yourself to understand.
Here are the Google Plus NYC Photowalk Contest Images recorded by our friends during the first ever New York City Google+ Hangout In Real Life (#nycHIRL) put to music of +Ryan Van Sickle who also walked the G+ photo walk with us.
This photo walk was organized by Photographer Daniel Enloe.
Fun to hangout with Daria Musk and her producer RAM Rich last night for her Google+ Hangout Concert Album L+VE.
Here’s the video +1 Me with a special saxophone intro.
I had the opportunity to attend PodCamp Connecticut 2010 this past Saturday. Meet a lot of great and interesting people from Southern New England. If you never been to a PodCamp below diescibes what PodCamp and a un-conference is all about.
There is a relatively short video highlighting just a few parts of the event with some of the participant responses.
PodCamp Connecticut 2010 is a one-day event for social media enthusiasts (new and seasoned) to share experiences and learn from each other. PodCamps have been happening across the U.S. since 2006. Each event is unique. How will we make PodCamp CT worth everyone’s while? That depends on you.
We see PodCamps as social media potluck. Everybody brings something to share, whether it’s ideas about how to improve social media or questions about things they don’t understand. Like social media, PodCampCT provides the infrastructure and possibility, but it takes all of us to make it into something great.
The reasons to attend PodCampCT are different for everyone. Some include: discussing new ways to use social media, talking about trends and where the online space is headed, hearing personal stories and sharing yours, learning more about social media tools, making new connections, achieving clarity on how social media can add value to your day and meeting people in person that you only know from an avatar.
PodCamps are typically referred to as the “unconference” because the focus and format doesn’t include the typical Powerpoint slides, keynote speakers or sales pitches. Attendees, sponsors and organizers create the discussions together.
The crew that is organizing and sponsoring PodCampCT 2010 comes from all walks of life. We are entrepreneurs, freelancers, artists, marketers, news media folk, nonprofit professionals and more. We all use social media in different ways and we each have different ideas about how to make it better. While it might appear as if an event like this is only designed for early adopters, techies and those who are already embedded in social media, PodCampCT is open to everyone.
To learn more about PodCampCT 2010 follow them on Twitter and use the hash tag #pcct.
Above information is from the PodCampCT 2010 eventbright site.
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