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WordCamp Birmingham 2009 is on!

Posted on March 6, 2009 | 40 comments

OK folks, It’s on; WordCamp Birmingham 2009 that is!

I’m happy to announce a bunch of things related to our second annual conference for WordPress users and bloggers of all ages, currently scheduled for Saturday, September 26. The first WordCamp Birmingham 2009 planning meeting will be next Thursday, March 12, at 11:30 a.m. at o kafés! in Pepper Place. Please let me (André) know if you’re interested in helping plan this year’s edition via email.

I’m also happy to confirm that our keynote speaker will be none other than WordPress’ founding developer (and all around nice guy) Matt Mullenweg, pictured here with his very own black Terminal T back in 2007. Nashville’s Mitch Canter of Studio Nashvegas has also agreed to come back and present.

Finally, we will be launching the WordCamp Birmingham site on The Terminal next Wednesday afternoon.

That’s all… for now.

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Posted in Events, technology

Tagged AL, Alabama, announcement, Birmingham, blog, blogging, conference, details, Matt Mullenweg, Mitch Canter, photomatt, WordCamp, WordCamp Birmingham, WordPress

Be Birmingham contest reopens!

Posted on March 6, 2009 | 3 comments

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That was the internal name for the “orange sign” contest that we recently attempted. We received one entry for the contest from Rod Needham (that’s it up above), at which time we learned that because of changing servers last week, folks may have found it difficult to submit their entries. BTW, Rod’s submission, which will be uploaded to the set by this afternoon, said that he thinks of “precipitation” when he thinks of Birmingham… You’ll have to read his entry. That said, I figured we’d reopen the contest, starting… NOW! NOTE: It closes on Thursday, March 12, at 5 p.m.

Need more info? Make the jump…

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Posted in contest

Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, contest, orange sign, relaunch, restart, The Terminal

Six are honored for Living the Dream

Posted on March 5, 2009 | Leave a comment

The Live the Dream Awards were created in 2003 by the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce to recognize those in Birmingham, AL that have achieved their dreams and who’ve made a positive impact on the region. This year’s class is pretty impressive as it includes “orthopaedic surgeon to the sports world” James Andrews; Grammy winner Emmylou Harris; UAB researcher James McClintock; NFL player DeMeco Ryans; and O2 Ideas owner Shelley Stewart. Civil rights pioneer and entrepreneur A.G. Gaston will receive a lifetime achievement award.

The awards will be presented during a press conference this evening beginning at 5 p.m. at Burr & Forman’s offices downtown.

CAWBC Scholarship deadline extended

Posted on March 4, 2009 | Leave a comment

We’ve just received word that the deadline for applications for The Elizabeth Conwell Schlarb Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs‘ Scholarship Fund has been extended until next Friday, March 13 at 5 p.m.

We’ve got some information about the scholarship up from the post announcing the original deadline.

Cable outage in Crestwood, Southside

Posted on February 28, 2009 | 6 comments

We’ve just learned via Wade Kwon’s Twitter feed that cable and Internet service in Crestwood has been down since about 1 a.m. this morning. Another Terminal Twitter follower, _colm_, let us know that the Bright House service outage is also affecting sections of Birmingham’s Southside. According to Kwon’s tweet, a line was cut due to a fire on Southside last night, causing the disruption. There’s currently no estimate being provided for when service will be restored.

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Posted in The City

Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Bright House, cable, Crestwood, internet, interruption, outage, service, southside, Twitter, Wade Kwon

Century Plaza losing last anchor store

Posted on February 27, 2009 | 5 comments

The Birmingham News is reporting that Sears Holdings, Inc. has announced plans to close the Sears location at Century Plaza this spring, citing “business reasons.”

The department store was the last of the major anchor stores that once called the 34-year old mall home.

The announcement was made one day after it was reported that Century Plaza’s owner, Chicago’s General Growth Properties, owes more than $1.2 billion in debt and that they are investigating alternative financing solutions. If they cannot find one, the company may be forced to file for bankruptcy protection.

The location is tentatively set to close on May 31, after which you may find some of the 79 employees at the other Birmingham area locations in Fairfield and at The Galleria.

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Posted in Business

Tagged additional locations, AL, Alabama, anchor, announcement, bankruptcy, Birmingham, Century Plaza, closing, General Growth Properties, information, mall, Sears

Huh? What did he say?

Posted on February 27, 2009 | Leave a comment

smitherman-billboard Normally 10 ten lists are seen as funny (a la David Letterman). I’ve got a feeling that the one that was just published over on a relatively new Birmingham, AL blog, Brown Paper Bag, may lead to a major disagreement between two long time public figures.

An email from the blog’s author, Christopher Mosley, says that the list originated from an email sent by former City Councilor John Katopodis in response to an electronic billboard ad placed by Birmingham City Council president Carole Smitherman asking people a simple question, “What can I do for you?” with her Council office number listed.

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