Oct 22-28, 2008
Ecotourism Consultant Megan Epler Wood Slows Global Swarming; A Montpelier Software Developer Racks Up “Yes” Votes Overseas.; Are Schools Preparing Students for Vermont’s 21st-Century Tech Jobs?
Vermont 3.0 Wrap-Up
I don’t know about you, but I’m still recovering from Saturday’s Tech Jam at Champlain College. I was there from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. And I was sitting in front of an audiences (and, gasp! cameras) for six hours while moderating a series of panel discussions. In other words, I didn’t see much of…
Will the FCC Help Vermonters Access Broadband?
Here’s the deal: The FCC is deciding whether to open up so-called “TV whitespace” — the spaces between channels in the broadcast spectrum — foropen, unlicensed use. They’re issuing the decision on November 4, but the public comment period ends TODAY. Technology companies such as Google and Microsoft support this action, as does Vermont’s Telecommunications…
What to do After VT 3.0? Check out the Film Fest!
Looking for something to do after schmoozing all day at Vermont 3.0? Check out the Vermont International Film Festival, going on all weekend at the Palace 9 in South Burlington, and at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center on the Burlington Waterfront (where we had the Tech Jam in January). VIFF started as a…
Vermont International Film Fest Preview
Last summer someone sent me an email with a link to a New York Times piece about indie films people could check out if they were sick of blockbusters. He wanted to know why none of these movies had come to Burlington. Well, as it happens, several of them had played at Merrill’s Roxy or…
Video Dispatch from Florida
Vermonter Sam Mayfield took her camera to Florida recently to document the ’08 election for The UpTake, “an emergent citizen-fueled online video-news gathering organizationfocusing on providing alternative coverage of the 2008 political circus.” I just got the latest post from SamLand, her blog, in my inbox. It included this video, in which Sam is accosted…
“Please Talk to Us”
Just before they repaired to Red Rocks Park for cookies and cider, the protesters who lined Industrial Parkway, in front of Burton Snowboards, turned toward the company’s headquarters and chanted, “Please talk to us, please talk to us.” No dice. Not that the 100 or so people who turned up for this morning’s rally and…
Vermont 3.0 Panel Previews
So, we’ve got 13 different panel discussions going on at Saturday’s Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam at Champlain College. I’ve been writing blog posts about them because I helped organize the panels, and am moderating several of them. Also because I think they’re really interesting. Here are four more of these panels at a…
Literary Solace for Sox Fans?
On Monday night, I caught the end of Boston Red Sox season at Nectar’s Bar and Lounge in downtown Burlington. Up until the ninth inning, waitresses passed out free wings in little paper containers. When the game ended, the wings vanished. A few disgruntled fans got up and sauntered into the main performance space for…
Preaching to the . . . unconverted
This week’s Seven Days food section features an interview I did with Russell Roberts, an economics prof from George Mason University in Virginia. Roberts, a critic of the “buy local” movement, is debating local eco-celeb Bill McKibben on October 29 at the University of Vermont — and he knows his argument may sound like treason…
UVM: Stomach Epidemics and Window Creeps
The past few days have been tumultuous to say the least at the least here at the University of Vermont. Just look at our inboxes. On Tuesday, we got this from Jon Porter, M.D., Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing (my Apple Mail labeled it as junk): In the past 24 hours approximately…
The Genius of Marco Benevento
Did you happen to catch the Benevento/Russo Duo last week at Higher Ground? Hope you did, because it was fantastic, as Duo shows tend to be. I wrote a review of the show here. If you’re like me, and you can’t get enough of Marco Benevento and his keyboard wizardry, you’re in luck. He’ll be…
Burton CEO Defends Controversial Boards
The Free Press reports this morning on a statement from Burton CEO Laurent Potdevin. In a statement released to The Burlington Free Press on Wednesday night, Burton CEO Laurent Potdevin had a message for his company’s detractors — Burton stands behind its products and has no plans to recall the Love and Primo models that…
Attack of the Rural Robots
Advanced Animations exports action figures from Stockbridge to Toyko Disneyland
Burton Critics to Rally at Company’s Headquarters
After failing to get a response from Burton Snowboards, citizens and anti-violence groups intend to express their displeasure with two controversial product lines by taking their complaints to the company’s front door. Critics of Burton’s “Love” and “Primo” boards have planned a protest rally for Thursday, October 23, at noon. Participants will meet at 11:30…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again In debt for drugs he bought, Jahnathan Antonio Cox, 20, offered to pay the money owed and buy more drugs, but then hired Curtis Pounds Jr., 20, to rob him and dealer Samson Elijah Kaleioka Kapana, 23, of both the cash and drugs, which Cox and Pounds would then split. Antioch, Calif.,…
Heavy Lifting
Art Review: “Rock Solid,” the eighth annual stone show. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through November 8.
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James Kochalka [SIV101]
10/16/08: Local artist and rock star James Kochalka has been drawing his daily comic book strip, American Elf, for 10 years this Sunday. American Elf is about James’ daily life so we went to his house and followed him around for a day to see how his characters behave in real life. Editor’s Note: James…
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Quidditch World Cup [SIV102]
10/26/08: BROOMS UP! The 2nd Annual Quidditch World Cup was held on the Middlebury College campus this weekend. Teams came from across the country (and even from Canada) to compete for the prestigious title. Whether you come to it for your Harry Potter fix or treat it as a legitimate sport, quidditch is a jolly…
Panel Preview: Be the CTO
CTO = “Chief Technology Officer.” We were going to call this panel “Be the IT Guy,” but I argued that we should include the geekettes of the world (like, for example, me). The 45-minute panel is part of the Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam, happening this Saturday at Champlain College. You should come if…
Vermont 3.0 Panel Preview: Be the CTO
CTO = “Chief Technology Officer.” We were going to call this panel “Be the IT Guy,” but I argued that we should include the geekettes of the world (like, for example, me). The 45-minute panel is part of the Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam, happening this Saturday at Champlain College. You should come if…
Vermont 3.0 Panel Preview: Writing for the Web
How often do you get a chance to ask a national political pundit about his job and how he got it? Not bloody often. Not in Vermont, anyway. But you’ll have an opportunity to quiz a member of the chattering class this Saturday at the second Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam. Washington Monthly blogger…
Board Critics to March on Burton
After failing to get a response from Burton Snowboards, citizens and anti-violence groups intend to express their displeasure with two controversial product lines by taking their complaints to the company’s front door. Critics of Burton’s “Love” and “Primo” boards have planned a protest rally for Thursday, October 23, at noon. Participants will meet at 11:30…
Fairpoint Communications
www.fairpoint.com 802-879-7555 Burlington, Vermont North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of communications services to rural communities. The company offers a wide array of services to residential and business customers, including local and long distance voice, data, Internet and broadband. Recently the northern New England operations of Verizon’s wireline business were merged into…
Allscripts
www.allscripts.com 802-419-2696 South Burlington, Vermont AllscriptsMisys (NASDAQ: MDRX) uses innovation technology to “bring health to health care.” Formed by the merger of Chicago-based Allscripts and Raleigh-based Misys Healthcare, the newly integrated company is one of the nation’s largest providers of healthcare information technology. Its world-class software, services, information and connectivity solutions are consistently ranked No.…
