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The Mic Is on in New York City!

June 13, 2006 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

The rules are simple — be nice.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. . . . Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

Here’s what we might talk about:

Open Comments at 6:30 Chicago Time

New York City

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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By Popular Demand The Mike Is On

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Open Comments at 6:30 Chicago Time

June 13, 2006 by Liz

Tuesday Open Comment Night

YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

We got things going really fast last week. If you missed it, stop by this week, and check it out.

Some things we might talk about could include whether:

Joe’s great interviewing skills.
What happened on the Dr. Who finale?
What are the donkey and the moose up to?
What’s the secret trip Liz is taking?
What’s the contest at Ben’s Blog about?
What you SUGGEST:

AND THE EVER POPULAR, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mike Is in Chicago!

Thanks to Week 33 SOBs

June 10, 2006 by Liz

Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,

and the right to call themselves
Successful Blog SOBs.

I invite them to take a badge home to display on their blogs.

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They take the conversation to their readers,
contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our businesses stronger.

I thank all of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.

Should anyone question this badge’s validity, send him or her directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

Want to become an SOB?

If you’re an SO-Wanna-B, you can see the whole list of SOBs and learn how to be one by visiting the SOB Hall of Fame. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Link Leak Virus Epidemic at Open Comments Night!

June 7, 2006 by Liz

Chicago Won’t Be the Same

The Chicago River is still recovering from last night’s Open Comments Night.
Once again, someone took on the challenge of live blogging the event. This week it was Mike Samsone of Converstations. Take a read of his post,

Whistle Stop – The Windy City Edition.

UPDATE: So did Scot Herrick.

Successful Blog Creates Community

The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus got out of control. Here are some cool links that were shared:

Dr. WhoÃ¢â¬â¢s ship
The Creative Coast Blogs
Chicago Bloggers
Neave Planetarium
Smoke and Mirrors
NO SPEC Campaign
Use Bloglines to Find Interesting OPML Blogs by John Cox

Link Leak Virus Still Raging Today!

As you can see, I apparently brought home a strain of the virus. The links are still leaking to everyone who attended. Take a look at who’s ailing now. Oh it’s all my fault. All they did was participate and have fun. This is a cautionary tale of safe blogging.

Joe started the conversation talking about the mike in Chicago. Chris Cree brought the Klondike bars. Rod stopped by, even though it’s finals week, and Mike Samsone hung out while he waited for the next train.

Trisha wasn’t going to comment, but couldn’t resist the fun. Then along came Ben and his code-writing donkey. Cat stopped to say she couldn’t stay. Then found 200 comments in her email subscription.

Claire Tompkins gave us a lesson in taiko that was “hella fun.” Scot Herrick discussed drinking Merlot while reading about the business of beer. HART agreed that as a Canadian he really does know everyone.

Jamsi brought Liz some Australian wine.

One small snippet:

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Chris Cree Says:
June 6th, 2006 at 8:44 pm e
Oh, Geze Ben. Your donkeyÃ¢â¬â¢s drooling again. Can ya tell him to behave around Trisha? SheÃ¢â¬â¢s new here.

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Ben Says:
June 6th, 2006 at 8:45 pm e
Damn donkey. Soon as I get on the keyboard he starts hovering over my shoulder asking inane questions.

Hi Trisha – pleased to meet you.

Joe – good luck with Darren tomorrow, I feel your Blogger pain. IÃ¢â¬â¢d be curious how you got that interview with DarrenÃ¢â¬Â¦

I never did find out whether The Teacher is into the Doctor.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

The Mike Is in Chicago!
LINK LEAK VIRUS PAGE

The Mike Is in Chicago!

June 6, 2006 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

The rules are simple — be nice.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. . . . Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

Here’s what we might talk about:

Open Comments at 6 Chicago Time

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Open Comments at 6 Chicago Time

June 6, 2006 by Liz

Tuesday Open Comment Night

YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

We got things going really fast last week. If you missed it, stop by this week, and check it out.

Some things we might talk about could include whether:

Which Superhero are you?
What are your blogging goals?
What are the donkey and the moose up to?
Hey You guys the MIKE is Over here.
What you SUGGEST:

AND THE EVER POPULAR, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.

–ME “Liz” Strauss