Daily Archives: 12/08/2009

(Community Matters) Terrific gathering this evening of many of the Texas Tribune’s major donors at the home of Julie & John Thornton.  Of course Editor & Chief/CEO Evan Smith there and spoke as well, though Julia and kids must have been engaged at homework.  They are beating money raised, unique hits and syndication metrics/goals.

Lots of friends there.  In addtion to our hosts and the CEO, I spent time connecting with Suzanne & Marc Winkelman, Alexa & Blaine Wesner, Amy & Kirk Rudy, Diane Land & Steve Adler, Kevin Lalande, Joe Cunningham, Nona Niland, Ted Whatley, Lisa Owens & Elise Hu.  Though I intended to visit with him, I never got to Richard Garriott’s side of the room.  I did hear he completely mesmerized folks with his stories about space travel.  Interestingly, we were just talking about a couple of these folks as potential TED speakers in Austin this February.

(Community Matters) Kip Keller – funny, just this morning coming back from Starbuck’s and passing 37th St, I was reminded that it’s time for Kip’s famous biscotti.  It’s a major treat of the season, and we’ve even included some as part of our welcoming gifts for the most intimate among guests during new years.  AAS Story

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(Community Matters) Not that size matters or anything . . . .

Since moving my blog from Google’s Blogger to WordPress by Google Page Ranking has declined from 4 to 2 and my hits have declined by a third.  Wondering how the change alone could have impacted these statistics.  Maybe combined with the holiday season?  I don’t notice significant change in content but maybe I’m missing something.

(Community Matters) . . . last night at El Sol y la Luna.  I couldn’t stay long but glad I stopped by.  Of course several of the board members already there including Danny Roth, Mark Yzanga, John Michael Cortez, Brigid Shea & Susan Moffat, as well as Ian Davis, Rep. Donna Howard, David Kobierwski, Sean Garretson & Michael Barnes.

(Community Matters) Demo of Google’s live search – especially pulled from Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. Interesting implications . . . .

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