BlogTogether

Do you listen to iPods while you’re traveling? Do you listen to podcasts about travel or other lands? A journalist friend is looking to interview “iPod travelers” for a big-time travel magazine. Contact Anton if you’d like to be interviewed.

Sign up now for the January 7th “conference on podcasting“http://podcastercon.org/.

The promo for WUNC’s State of Things show tomorrow about urban redevelopment must have been the spark, so when Erin and I were figuring out our dinner plans for the evening, I suggested we head over to the American Tobacco Historic District for a Mellow Mushroom pizza. Glad we did. That place is awesome. Lots of activity tonight, and plenty of places for the girls to run and skip, and a cool canal running through the space. At Mellow Mushroom, I ran into Stephen Fraser of Lulu.com. Stephen helped sponsor the Triangle Bloggers Conference back in February. (Lulu.com is the print-on-demand service I used to publish Step to Freedom.) Seeing Stephen, and experiencing the excitement of the redevelopment in Durham, made me remember that Henry Copeland had suggested we organize a blogger party this fall. By the time I left for home, I’d hatched a plan for just such a shindig. So, stay tuned for details of the Triangle Bloggers Bash sometime in November somewhere in the American Tobacco Historic District. If you want to help plan this, contact me posthaste. [Entry cross-posted to the Coconut Wireless.]

From Laurie comes this invitation: The 35th edition of the Tar Heel Tavern will be posted at slowlysheturned.blogspot.com on Sunday, Oct. 23 around 12 noon. The deadline for submissions is 9 a.m. Sunday morning, to accommodate you night-owl writers. The theme this time will be “An Oldie But a Goodie.” You can approach this one in many ways – for example you can write about a treasured possession, memory, relationship, past administration, book, song, movie…use your imagination. OR you can submit a post older than one week. The only restriction is that it must not have been included in a past Tar Heel Tavern. OR you can do both in one post… OR you can do neither and just send me whatcha got. Do NOT click reply to this email or I will not receive your submission. Send your permalink to . I will confirm receipt of each submission. Try to send it sooner than later if possible so I can get started on Saturday. I like to read all of your submissions carefully and a little of your blogs so I can get a good sense of who you are. Encourage new N.C. bloggers to participate, and beg old bloggers to host!

Jakob Nielsen has posted his Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes. His first item is exactly what I mentioned at Dave Winer’s session at ConvergeSouth – the need for an About page for each and every blog.

OhMyCharlotte is aggregating blog voices from the Queen City. (Link via Erin Monahan.)

ConvergeSouth is finished, and a hearty ‘thank you’ to all the organizers and hosts of an excellent and stimulating conference.

LAST CALL: It’s less than 48 hours to the start of ConvergeSouth, and I’m making arrangements for the vanpool. Contact me () now if you want a seat. Chapel Hill bloggers wanting to attend the ConvergeSouth bloggercon Oct 7 & 8 can carpool in Anton’s van. If you’re interested in the ride (and can contribute $5 for gas), put your name in the comments.