Russian Mosaic Festival On Penn’s Landing

If you speak, think, and understand Russian…

Have already forgotten or are still learning…

If you would like to experience our culture…

Or are just curious about different cultures…

YOU ARE INVITED!

To the 6th ANNUAL “RUSSIAN MOSAIC” FESTIVAL

WHEN: Sunday, September 7th 2008, from noon until 7 pm.
WHERE: Penn’s Landing Great Plaza
WHAT TO DO:

* See great performances of the best community artists and children’s groups.
* Try Uzbek “Shashliki” and “Plov” and sample Georgian wines.
* Browse unique creations of the talented local artists and craftsmen.
* Visit with Cossaks, Soviet Army reenactors, and friendly Russian “Bratva” bikers.
* Participate in numerous giveaways, raffles, entertainment, and children activities, courtesy of our sponsors
* Meet old friends, make new ones, and most importantly have fun!

September 2, 2008 | Filed Under Events, News | Leave a Comment

PodCamp / SearchCamp Philly 2008 - September 6 & 7th

Podcamp Search Camp Philly 2008

Podcamp Philly 2008 will be held this year on September 6 & 7th, at Temple University’s Tuttleman Learning Center (http://www.temple.edu/tuttleman/). In addition to our usual high quality content covering blogging, podcasting and all things new media, this year we’re pleased to partner with SearchCamp Philly, which offers valuable instruction and insight into the world of Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.

As with any PodCamp, we have some good social events lined up in addition to the sessions. Friday night, we have scheduled the Welcome Party for North Bowl (www.northbowlphilly.com) and it should be a blast. We’ve got the 2nd floor loft, complete with four private bowling lanes.

Video here: www.podcampphilly.com/node/34.

Saturday night, PodCamp returns to Old City’s Triumph Brewing Company, so get ready to meet new friends and reconnect with old ones. More information here: www.triumphbrewing.com All in all, it should be a lot of fun.With a new year comes a few changes, too. From the programming standpoint, we’re trying to offer more content to experienced participants, while still including beginners. Of course, participation and interaction are still a main component to the event. In addition, we’re charging a modest $21 registration fee, with all proceeds being donated to Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy (www.scienceleadership.org/).

With a state-of-the-art facility, broad programming and fun set of social events, PodCamp Philly will once again offer a great experience that shouldn’t be missed. You can register here: www.podcampphilly.eventbrite.com.

If you’d like more information: www.podcampphilly.com

August 25, 2008 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment

PodCamp Philly 2008

We are gearing up to promote this year’s PodCamp Philly! I designed these cards for the organizers to give out at other events. I will be working on updating the new website aswell in the coming weeks.

Welcome to PodCamp Philly 2008 - a BarCamp-style UnConference dedicated to podcasting, blogging, video bloging and all things New Media. Whether you’re an industry veteran or new media “newbie,” you’ll find that PodCamp offers low cost, high-quality, user-generated content in a welcoming, all-inclusive environment.

PodCamp Philly 2008 is being held September 6th & 7th at Philadelphia’s Temple University. Rapidly becoming known as one of the area’s preeminent technical universities, Temple features the Tuttleman Learning Center containing 30 state-of-the-art multimedia classrooms, as well as the 75,000 ft² Temple TECH Center.

www.podcampphilly.com

June 13, 2008 | Filed Under Design, Events, News | Leave a Comment

American Eagle Outfitters Summer Music Festival

My buddy C.C. Chapman informed me about a great concert they are working on with American Eagle Outfitters.

It’s a two-day summer music festival that American Eagle Outfitters is putting on in Pittsburgh on August 8th and 9th. The New American Music Union festival combines some of the most innovative and popular artists with fifteen of the country’s best college bands and will be hosted by host Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The line up includes Bob Dylan and His Band, The Raconteurs, The Roots, Spoon and more.

The New American Music Union will take place in Pittsburgh’s historic SouthSide Works, which was home to glass factories, steel and iron mills in the 1800s. Today, the area features an eclectic mix of residential neighborhoods, restaurants, shops and businesses, including the headquarters of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

The college band performances will be judged by music industry influencers, journalists and fellow musicians. The winning college band will receive a full-day recording session in a top Los Angeles studio valued at $10,000. American Eagle will support the winning college band by promoting its recording on www.ae.com and in AE stores across the country.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 16th and you can find all the details, complete band line up and the latest information at http://www.ae.com/musicfestival

Fore more info:

Social Media Press Release:
http://www.ae.com/web/77e/music/festival-info/index.html

Full Press Release:
http://www.ae.com/web/77e/music/festival-info/NAMU_Release.pdf

May 23, 2008 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment

PodCamp NYC 2.0 - Afterthoughts

I drove up to Brooklyn Polytechnic in New York to attend the Podcamp NYC 2.0 this Saturday. This was my 2nd Podcamp, since I attended and helped out with Podcamp Philly last year. I personally love the idea of Podcamp and that its very laid back and has that “unconference” feel to it. I signed in approximately around 10:30AM and checked out the schedule to see which sessions I would be interested in.

As the day progressed I met several interesting people in the new media sphere, exchanged business cards and enjoyed the atmosphere of this event. I did bump into several friends from Philly that I knew and it was great catching up and and finding out what they were up to.

Attending Podcamp is like walking into the Best Buy store, you see all kind of gadgets and the latest technology. I must have seen dozens of iPhones, Apple Macbooks and even those new Nokia n95’s that several people were streaming live from. At one point my iPhone could not even login to the EDGE network because of so many iPhone in the area! Overall, it was awesome being in the middle of it.

Walking around the campus you can’t help but notice small “cliques” hanging out and chatting with each other. It would have been nice to have a introduction type session where each person, whether they are a newbie to Podcamp or a veteran, introduce themselves and tell a little more about what they do in the new media.

The sessions I attended were:

11AM - Affordable PR using New Media for Non-Profits.Chris Penn & Maria Thurrell

1PM - Chris Brogan, Laura Fitton, and Roxanne Darling: Finding Your New Media Voice

2PM - Relationships 2.0- WankerGirl & Ms. Something

3PM - Chris Penn- New Media Marketing

4PM - Drew Olanoff- “bringing it all together”. Using social media as your toolkit and not a distraction.

I would have to say that I enjoyed the day and would go again next year. My main goal of Podcamp NYC 2.0 was to check out how it was organized and get some tips for this year’s upcoming Podcamp Philly 2.0. I am involved this year as an organizer and invite everyone to attend.

See you in September!

You can see the photos I took at Podcamp NYC 2.0 on my flickr stream.

April 30, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Travel | Leave a Comment

PodCamp NYC 2.0 - This Weekend!

This Saturday, I will be attending PodCamp NYC 2. I am taking a ride there with Bill Rowland, a friend of mine who runs an interesting podcast show: PhillyFoodGuys.com. Since both of us are involved in organizing PodCamp Philly 2, this would be a great experience and a great place to network with the industry folks.

I am looking forward to the trip and meeting some people face to face that I only interacted with online. If you are working with podcasts, blogs, social media and any of the web 2.0 technologies, then PodCamp is the perfect “unconference” for you!

Here are some photos from last year: http://flickr.com/search/?q=podcampnyc

I will be posting some photos after the event.

April 25, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Travel | 2 Comments

Presenting at Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce Technology Forum

About 50 people attended the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce on February 8th, 2008. Among them were business owners, chamber members and clients of Media Components LLC.

The topics were Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), E-Mail Marketing, RSS, Blogging & Web 2.0 Technologies.
Along with me, there were two other presenters: Kathie Jankauskas, Edward T. MacConnell, and sponsored by PNC Bank / Newtown.

Photos from the event:

Denis Sinelnikov LBCCC

Denis Sinelnikov LBCCC
Me presenting about blogging, web 2.0 technologies

Denis Sinelnikov LBCCC

Overall the presentation went great and the discussion afterwards showed interest in the new internet technologies that are being used today for business purposes. I plan to have more of these in the near future.

The Presentation Slides can be downloaded here.

February 12, 2008 | Filed Under Events, News, Technology | Leave a Comment

Internet Marketing - Blogging Seminar at Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce

I will be a speaker and presenting on the topic of internet marketing and blogging technology at Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce Technology Forum on February 8.

Also presented by Kathie Jankauskas (KJanStudio), Edward T. MacConnell, CES, CBC (EMA Group Inc.) and sponsored by PNC Bank / Newtown, “Blogs, Mail and Web Driven Sales” What your competitors are doing to attract YOUR customers will be held from 8:00-9:00 a.m. at the Chamber. Their will be a half hour question and answer session following the presentation. Cost $15 members, $30 non-members.

February 4, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Networking, Technology | Leave a Comment

Jeff Pulver Social Media Breakfast With Friends

social_media_breakfast_philly

The highlight of this busy work week was meeting many new social media friends in person. Thanks to Jeff Pulver who put together the “Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Philly”. There were about 28 attendess who showed up to Marathon Grill this past Thursday. Some of the people I already knew from IndyHal and PodCamp Philly, but it was really cool to meet online friends from Twitter & Facebook.

It was interesting seeing people “real life social tagging” each other with little stickers. This is a really great idea of “breaking the ice” at parties and social events. Many had their photo and video cameras covering the event, Jeff Pulver walked around with his Nokia phone and streamed the event live, you can see the video here.

Joel Mark Witt video taped few interviews, while Steven Lubetkin podcasted from the event, the footage should be available soon.

After the morning event several of us had the pleasure to have lunch at a local Pizza restaurant with Jeff.

You can view the photo coverage and find out more about Social Media Breakfast Event at the Facebook Group.

A big thanks to Jeff Pulver for putting together this event that brought many people together who share similar interest.

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Related event coverage:
Jeff Pulver: Looking back at: “Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Philly”
PurpleCar: Social Media Breakfast - Philly!
Joel Mark Witt: Jeff Pulver Social Media Breakfast Philly
Steven L. Lubetkin: Other Blog / Podcast
Steven L. Lubetkin: Flickr Stream

February 3, 2008 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment

Cool Upcoming Events!

This week, there are few interesting events going on in Philly!

This Wednesday there will be a great Wordpress Workshop @ IndyHall by Jason Tremblay and Johnny Bilotta.

“Whether you are a seasoned Wordpress developer or you are a newbie trying to get your feet wet, come and discuss your experiences and find out how to step up your development and creativity. Future workshops (which will be longer, and probably on the weekends) will center on Wordpress set-up, plug-in use, plug-in development, theme development, best practices, and much more. So come join us at 6:30pm Wednesday Jan. 23rd at IndyHall.”

After the workshop, I will most likely head to PANMA.org social at Triumph Brewing Company 117 Chestnut Street in Old City. The date is Wednesday, January 23, from 6 to 9 pm. I invite everyone to join us at these two cool events on Wednesday Janurary 23rd.

January 21, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Networking | Leave a Comment