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Ignite Denver is back!

John Wilker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:00:01 +0000

If you made itto the first Ignite Denver, back in September, make sure to come back, this one is gonna rock. If you didn’t make it, here’s your chance to redeem yourself.

When: March 11th

Where: Forest Room 5

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Don’t miss it, make sure to register space is limited. We’re going with a small venue to get everyone revved up again, then we’ll start looking for larger ones.

Sponsors welcome! Every loves the guy who paid for beer.

A tasty sammich

John Wilker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:02:13 +0000

Tasty sandwiches, I’ve never had their cheesesteak, not really my thing

Obama Rally in Civic Center Park today

John Wilker — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:33:32 +0000

I headed out into the early (9am) morning winds to the 16th st mall, hopped on the mall ride to the end, walked about a mile and a half to the end of a line that turned out to go nowhere, and finally landed in a pretty good spot in the park, where I saw an Obama shaped spec in the distance.

Rumor has it, we had about 100,000 people turn out. I believe it. The entire park was jammed with people, as well as the lawn of the capital. I was shoulder to shoulder with my fellow Colorado Dems, and it was pretty damn cool!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p2AouZv8Qg[/youtube]
Obama rally snippet

I took a bunch of pics (which are stuck on my iPhone until my main laptop is back from the shop, short of emailing each one to myself), and 16 clips of video. This is one of them. I woulda done his whole speech, but my arm wouldn’t have made it.

More firemen

John Wilker — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:30:39 +0000

More fire trucks at 20th and Arapahoe. Not sure what happenned this time, must have not been too serious, since they were packing up when I walked by and I saw them enroute 10 minutes before.

What do you want to see?

John Wilker — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:03:48 +0000

Aaron and I met this pas Saturday, and were talking about what to do make the Denver Metblog, kick ass! I know it’s kind of a vicious circle; good content will attract readers, which might want to write more good content.

So in the hopes of writing good content to get our readers back and increase their numbers, what do you want to see here?

Polls? Memes? Food stuff? Videos? Pictures?

By the way, if you want to write, that invitation is open, always. Just let me know in a comment, here.

So tell us, Denver, what can we do to be better for you? We can’t be Westword, there can only be one of them, and the Rocky has a corner on the market of tasteless reporting, so what can we do?

Cool looking new condos on blake

John Wilker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:53:41 +0000

Wanna live near 16th st? Blake and 18th has some neat new condos going up. No clue on price, just know they look kinda cool.

Cool looking new condos on blake

John Wilker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:53:41 +0000

Wanna live near 16th st? Blake and 18th has some neat new condos going up. No clue on price, just know they look kinda cool.

Highlands Ranch Fall Craft Fair

John Wilker — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:09:06 +0000

Tomorrow and Sunday the annual fall craft show take place at the East Ridge Community Center in Highlands ranch. My wife will have a booth go say ‘hi’

Avs opening night

John Wilker — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:20:58 +0000

Packed pepsi center for the avs home opener. Fun so far

Update: tied up 1:1

Update: tied again 2:2

So neighborhood Flix is gone

John Wilker — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:12:04 +0000

I’m not sure I care. Harsh as that sounds, I think they executed poorly. Here’s why.

1. Cost. I tried to have Ignite Denver there, they wanted $2500 for the night, not counting any food or drink, that was just to secure the location. Other bars (including the one we ended up at) were free, relying (successfully I believe) on food and drink orders from the 100+ people to carry the night.

2. First run movies. Blah. There’s too many movie theatres already, if I want to just go see whatever is out, I’m not gonna do it at a place where I can eat and drink. I’ll find a showtime, and go. I’ll meet up with friends, or go out on a date with my wife before or after. Go for the niche stuff. Do a Planet of the Apes day/night. Star Trek marathon, Star Wars, B movie marathons, heck a Shermer Illinois marathon!

Go for the off beat, the “Brings back my childhood”, the “I want my kid to experience the wonder” type films. I don’t know and could be wrong, but I’m guessing it’s easier to get the rights to Planet of the Apes, than to Iron Man.

I hope the next owners of ‘Flix are better able to capitalize on the incredible library of past works. Shoot, show a “Movie remakes that were better the first time” marathon, there’s no end to what could be seen.

And advertise, set up a twitter account to let people know what’s playing, blog about what running the joint is like, get social. Don’t just expect people to show up, being next to Tattered Cover isn’t enough.

Maybe I should buy the place? LOL