Archives by Subject: Announcements

I Got a New Digital Camera!

newcamera2.jpgTwo weeks ago, I purchased a refurbished Nikon D50 from the infamous (and impressive) B&H Photo and Video.

I look forward to learning a lot more about photography, and hopefully taking some decent photos along the way.

Keep your eyes on my Flickr!

Posted in Announcements, Personal, Photography, Technology on March 08, 2007, 11:36 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Academia is Consuming My Soul

gallatin.gifAssuming everything goes according to plan, this May (!!!) I'll be graduating from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

The idea behind Gallatin is simple -- instead of declaring a major and taking certain classes in a certain order, we choose a topic of study and take classes we want. The requirements are minimal when compared to other schools -- a math or a science -- but the other schools extract their revenge when we have our colloquium in the final semester of our senior year.

What is this mysterious colloquium you ask? Gallatin's helpful little website defines it thusly:

The colloquium is an intellectual conversation among four people—the student, the student’s adviser, and two other members of the faculty—about a selection of books representing several academic disciplines and historical periods.

Sounds like a blast! Alas, the Gallatin Colloquium is the final hurdle we have to clear before the graduation at the end of the tunnel.

Basically, we have a list of books -- of which there must be a certain number from certain time periods -- and the panel gets to ask us any question they want related to our topic and those books.

While I'm comfortable discussing my topic -- in a sentence, how new media is bringing back the voice of the little guy (clichés abound!) -- relating it to Plato and Homer is a bit scarier.

And so I will be having this marvelous discussion on Monday, March 19 -- the first day back from Spring Break.

So, if you're having trouble getting a hold of me, that's probably why. Find me on the 20th!

Posted in Announcements, Personal on March 05, 2007, 01:13 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Team Gawker at SXSW

sxswlogo.gifIf you find yourself at SXSW Interactive, please join us for Lifehacker @ SXSW.

Monday, March 12
8pm - 12am
The Side Bar
602 E 7th St

Come drink on Lifehacker and Gawker Media! An open bar, a great outdoor space, Team Lifehacker, and maybe even a guest appearance by Deadspin's Will Leitch.

More details at Upcoming.

Hope to see you there!

Posted in Announcements, Gawker, sxsw on February 13, 2007, 11:29 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Skidder Networks Relaunches MGross.com, Powered by WordPress

Screenshot of Michael GrossToday Skidder Networks launches a redesign of the website of author Michael Gross. With the help of Josh and Taylor, this site has been built over the past several months. Today's launch coincides with the release of Michael's new book 740 Park.

One really cool feature is the Cast of Characters in 740 Park. It's a database full of information about all the "extraordinary group of tenants–achievers, heirs and even a couple of air-heads" that have lived in the building. You can sort the table to suit your liking and see photos and/or relevant web links about most residents.

But my favorite thing about this site is the tight integration with WordPress. With the introduction of Pages in WordPress 1.5, there's nothing to stop you from using Wordpress as a full-fledged CMS. That's exactly what we've done here.

Michael wanted an easy way to update the site himself. WordPress does just that.

Every single page on the site is created on-the-fly by WordPress.

List of pages

Even cooler, the navigation is generated on-the-fly. So, if Michael adds a page to the 740 Park section, it will appear in the 740 Park navigation bar instantly.

Using the Templating System

The templating system was so much easier than uploading files using FTP that I found myself running everything through it! I even coded the Cast of Characters script inside of WordPress.

This was my first site developed exclusively in WordPress, but you can bet it won't be my last.

Posted in Announcements, Media, Skidder Networks, WordPress on October 16, 2005, 02:46 PM | Comments (3) | Permalink

Gawker Media Launches Comments!

Moments ago, Gawker Media launched an invite-only comments system on Gawker, Gizmodo, and Lifehacker.

Many people have long criticized us for calling our websites "blogs" while not having comments.

Maybe I have a few invites to give away?

· Gawker Comments: We’re So Tired of Being Alone, So Tired of On Our Own [Gawker]
· Step Right Up For Gizmodo Comments [Gizmodo]
· Lifehacker comments launched! [Lifehacker]

Posted in Announcements, Gawker, Media, blogs on September 23, 2005, 12:23 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink

Gawker Media Launches Deadspin, Sploid Redesign

Screenshots of Deadspin and the New SploidToday Gawker Media launches both Deadspin, our new sports blog, and a redesign of our news site Sploid. While I can't promise 80% ads or a million posts a day, hopefully you'll check them out all the same.

Wonder what comes next?

· Sploid
· Deadspin
· Sploid: Do You Like Jigsaws? [Whitespace]

Posted in Announcements, Business, Gawker, Media, Technology on September 08, 2005, 03:23 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink

BREAKING: GAWKER MEDIA LAUNCHES SPLOID

sploid.jpg
Today Gawker Media launched Sploid, its twelfth blog. While some would argue that I'm just biased, I'm a fan. Some would also argue it's not reallya blog. As Nick says:

"One thing the webheads among you will notice: the headlines are big and, in the default view, headlines are ranked by importance rather than by recency."

Stay tuned.

Posted in Announcements, Announcements, Media, Technology on April 06, 2005, 11:10 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink

BREAKING: GAWKER MEDIA LAUNCHES SPLOID

sploid.jpg
Today Gawker Media launched Sploid, its twelfth blog. While some would argue that I'm just biased, I'm a fan. Some would also argue it's not reallya blog. As Nick says:

"One thing the webheads among you will notice: the headlines are big and, in the default view, headlines are ranked by importance rather than by recency."

Stay tuned.

Posted in Announcements, Announcements, Media, Technology on April 06, 2005, 11:10 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Welcome to ScottKidder.com...

Yeah, so I decided it's time for me to try this blog thing.

I've been really busy recently so have no time to make a "real" design for this blog, but don't worry... it's coming.

You can always email me at scott AT scottkidder.com. That is, assuming you even find this site somehow.

Posted in Announcements on January 24, 2005, 01:36 AM | Permalink