October 2009
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NewMediaForum.ge day one (a day late)
Day one of the New Media Forum was a blast - everyone was fired up and ready to learn.
We kicked off in the morning with a talk from the Open Society Georgia Foundation Director and then broke into our separate sessions.
Did I mention that the conference venue is an amusement park? Mtatsminda Park. Complete with mustached mice, a mechanical bucking bronco (instead of a bull) and crooked houses....
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Tbilisi
Tibilisi is amazing. Kicking myself for not bringing my USB/camera cable…I’ll upload pics later.
Saturday was spent exploring Tbilisi - we walked up to the Narikala Fort and checked out the views of the city. Tbilisi has a wicked pedestrian area with cafes, shops, bars and clubs. I have paid attention to Georgian politics for several years and it is so cool to actually experience...
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me: Hi. Could I have a couple of bottles of water?
him: Oh, well, it will take us a few minutes to sort out that problem, you see, as the mountains are very close.
me: The mountains are very close?
him: The markets are closed.
When is a mountain not a mountain? When it’s a mini-bar.
The one where I write a cliche blog post to...
Georgia.
Tbilisi, Georgia —> you know - the country. That’s why I am starting a blog.
I complain about being unemployed - because it really sucks - but to be really honest, it has allowed me to be flexible enough to experience some really incredible stuff. And I really have yet to capture and tell the stories that have emerged from the past few months.
So, it begins in Georgia.
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