Author Archives: Desiree Kane

Charlotte Census 2010

9 Mar 10 – 9:38 am

Did you know Charlotte in the 2000 Census only had 63-68% participation rates? It’s true. Think about all of the federal money we missed out on because people didn’t return their census!!!!
Lately the 2010 Census Bureau has been hitting the airwaves, billboards and tv ads pretty hard to encourage people to complete the paperwork the [...]

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Vicente Fox speaks at Charlotte Museum of History

28 Jan 10 – 10:31 am

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
Tuesday evening CLTBlog-tographer James Willamor and I had the most amazing opportunity to cover a speech given by the Former President of Mexico. He was in town with the Former First Lady, Marta, speaking at the Charlotte Museum of History for their Distinguished Speaker Series. Even better, I got [...]

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My Charlotte Foursquare Christmas List, 2009

23 Dec 09 – 1:45 am

A little over a month ago Foursquare, the location-based social media scavenger hunt/game, chose inclusion for Charlotte in it’s then very elite list of cities supported by the app/website. In no time at all we’ve seen local/independent business are getting in on the Foursquare e-gold rush.  We’ve already covered UNC Charlotte, so here are the [...]

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#TheBotFather: Brains

15 Dec 09 – 11:00 am

Check out what the creator of Favrd, a widely popular service that showcased who “favorited” tweets and tallied them, said via the Favrd homepage the day he pulled the plug on it a little over a week ago:
There are still lots of clever and funny things to read every day, but finding these is no [...]

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#TheBotFather: Basics

10 Dec 09 – 10:45 am

Part of what makes Twitter so enchanting is that it’s still considered “safe” (for the time being) in the minds of those who use it. The average person isn’t bombarded with some of the net elements they encounter nearly everywhere else: there are not tons of unwanted ads, or spam, or what I can only [...]

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#TheBotFather

9 Dec 09 – 8:06 am

voice: Jeff Elder, production: Justin Ruckman, music: RJD2; watch in HD on Vimeo
There’s an impostor on your Twitter and it’s not who you think.
Want to know what former Observer social networking columnist Jeff Elder is responding to?
Catch the second installation of our three-part series on #TheBotFather tomorrow morning.

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BarCamp kick-off

17 Oct 09 – 9:51 am

The second BarCamp Charlotte kicks off this morning at Area Fifteen in Charlotte. If you have never heard of BarCamp, here’s the skinny from the website:
BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences – open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. The first BarCamps focused on early-stage web applications, and related open [...]

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Fantasia Barrino & Macy’s pair up with Feeding America

16 Oct 09 – 9:10 am

video: Desiree Kane; watch this in HD on Vimeo
Last night I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit Charlotte resident Fantasia Barrino’s home as she hosted a high-profile dinner party, teaming up with Macy’s and Feeding America for their “Come Together” campaign. The goal is to raise 10 million meals for those who struggle with hunger [...]

Posted in Charity, Events, Food, Fundraising | Comments (3)

Uptown Charlotte men’s hairstyles hit all-time low

6 Oct 09 – 7:32 am

photo credit: James Willamor, of course!
Uptown Charlotte is known for a few things: banking, nightlife and pretty people. Charlotte women are chic, fashionable and contemporary. It’s not uncommon to see a flirty, couture style party dress on a fabulous woman after hours Uptown, then shortly after that notice her rather bleakly dressed male cohort. Her [...]

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Mario moves to NoDa

17 Sep 09 – 9:36 am

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
In 2007 Super Mario Brothers images started popping up around the UNC Charlotte campus and quickly became an Internet phenomenon, including a fan page on Facebook. Inspired by this original art, a new Mario artist has emerged in NoDa. He is a well-rounded conversationalist and artist who [...]

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