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date: Sat, Nov 15location: uptown @ Charlotte Observer As the first event of its type in the Queen City, Charlotte WordCamp is a conference on all things blogging. Why WordCamp? The conference is focused on WordPress, currently the most popular blogging software. Registration opened up last week and is already 50% full. It is $15 [...]

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image via Niner Nation At the close of business Friday, a little more than 30 hours after the announcement by Chancellor DuBois that he supported football at UNC Charlotte, the Athletic Department had collected requests for 823 seat licenses. This would be about 16.5% of DuBois’ initial benchmark of 5,000 ($1k each for $5 million), [...]

This is off Mallard Creek Rd. in Charlotte. I usually ride my bike on a trail that leaves from these soccer fields and follows a creek as part of the Charlotte Greenway trail system. Rain for 3 days straight and 4.5 inches yesterday alone has crested that creek to about 14 feet above normal. The [...]

Trade and Tryon, looking at the BOA tower This entry was cross-posted at Design Charlotte. On June 10th, Charlotte, NC was added to Street View, the collection of interactive, panoramic photos that Google Maps has been adding to since May of last year. Charlotte is thoroughly covered by Google, with every conceivable part of town [...]

This entry was cross-posted at DesignCharlotte.org. The Fat City Lofts developers are sponsoring “The Graffiti Exhibition” on Friday from 6 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. at 3100 N. Davidson St., Suite 104. Visitors can examine graffiti artists’ conceptual ideas for covering a wall of the residential-retail building and vote on their preferences. Five participating artists plan [...]

This entry was cross-posted at DesignCharlotte.org. Yeah, I know, “Another social networking site?” Bear with me. BrightKite.com has a cool twist. Think Twitter (network-based micro-blogging) combined with Google Maps. The short of it is you can see your network on an actual map. “Brightkite enables location-based community and friendships on the fly. Discover social communities [...]

This entry was cross-posted at DesignCharlotte.org. Off The Wall is the first graffiti-inspired art show in Charlotte and opens this coming Friday at the Charlotte Art League, a Southend art gallery. The exhibit will showcase graffiti and graffiti-inspired artwork, featuring veteran graffiti artist Desism, among others. gallery crawl & reception: May 2, 6-9 pm showing: [...]

“…a Cornelius police officer in an unmarked car saw the suspects breaking into a house on Will Knox Road… The suspects, driving a silver SUV allegedly stolen from Huntersville on Tuesday, veered around the stop sticks and the pursuit began. When the suspects got to Sherwood Road, they allegedly carjacked a Huntersville town employee at [...]

“Charlotte’s trolley, which some credit with laying the groundwork for light rail, will resume service again Sunday after a two-year hiatus. Three replica trolleys will run from uptown to the historic South End, using the same tracks as the Lynx Blue Line.” Read more from Steve Harrison at The Observer. When we searched for a [...]

Back by popular demand, the Thursday Night Concert Series, River Jam, sets off May 1st – with what looks to be a pretty eclectic set of acts throughout May. The US National Whitewater Center is definitely one of Charlotte’s hidden gems. Charlotteans are just beginning to discover what the center has to offer, and with [...]

Studiobanks is a young, web-focused design firm that has steadily recruited bigger and bigger clients over the years, always delivering unique eye-catching designs. Of note recently is their work on the Muzak family of websites, the Kublin’s Transportation website (above), and Dilworth Billiards. All are very slick, especially Kublin’s with its awesome animation work. More [...]