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RT4: Sinking to New Heights
08/21/09
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Just a quick word to say hello to our friends gathering in New Orleans this weekend for the fourth annual Rising Tide bloggers’ conference on the recovery and future of the Sunken City. Can’t be there this time—profound regrets—but we’ll be there in spirit and hope to see everyone again soon.
This year’s theme: “Sinking to New Heights.” Our friend George “Loki” Williams will be the emcee nonpareil, and the one and only Harry Shearer will be the keynote speaker. (Shearer is a sometime resident of New Orleans and blogs about the city frequently on Huffington Post.)
It all comes together on Saturday at the Zeitgeist Multidisciplinary Arts Center. There will be four panel discussions: on New Orleans culture, politics, health care, and sports. Read all about it on Loki’s Humid City here. Click here for the registration and information site (includes directions).
The Friday night meet-and-greet is at The Avenue Pub, 1732 St. Charles at Polymnia (7:00–10:00), and the main event—starting Saturday morning—is a short stumble away at Zeitgeist on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. at Felicity.
Rising Tide 4 was also featured in this week’s Gambit.
Best wishes to everyone—have a great time, and may you all go forth inspired and energized.
Tags: Harry Shearer, huffington post, Humid City, Loki, Making Blogging Sexy, new orleans, Rising Tide 4, Zeitgeist
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August 30th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Mark,
It was a great conference. We all missed you. I have been up to my ears in work and other obligations but I promise to blog a recap soon. I hope you saw some of the tweets during the day. It was my first attempt at covering a live event using short-message technology and I know I made some goofs, but I hope overall it helped bring the message and the energy of the meeting to some who could not be there.
Keep up the great work, and peace,
Tim