Entries by Ryan

The Pittsburgh Rare: Steaks and Real Estate

Posted by Ryan on October 7th, 2008 filed in Blogs, Technology, Websites

Pittsburgher’s can look no further for the latest in real estate trends, the blog The Pittsburgh Rare delivers a meal they like to consider “cutting to the bone of Pittsburgh Real Estate.” The Pittsburgh Rare has become the go-to destination in the local real estate market offering great facts, market info, and current real estate […]

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PodCamp Pittsburgh

Posted by Ryan on July 1st, 2008 filed in Events, Technology

What is PodCamp Pittsburgh? It’s the event focusing on local bloggers, podcasters, vlogs, social media, and so much more. The event is considered an “unorganized conference” and is a great way to meet and discuss local technology involvement. The event is a three day event and is completly free, so registar today with our friends […]

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Girl Talk the next Radiohead?

Posted by Ryan on June 22nd, 2008 filed in Music

Pittsburgh mash-up creator Girl Talk may not create music that sounds like Radiohead but he does create buzz similar to Radiohead. Girl Talk has just released his new album Feed the Animals. Radiohead style, allowing fans to pay what they believe the album is worth! That means you can download the album for free and […]

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Flashpitt 2008

Posted by Ryan on April 24th, 2008 filed in Events, Technology

Flash users of Pittsburgh rejoice, there is a new conference occuring in Pittsburgh strickly on Flash. Flashpitt 2008 is centered on educating, inspiring, and engaging the region’s New Media community.
Flashpitt invites regional designers, artists, students, and developers who work with Flash, Flex and AIR. Two tracks of sessions will run from 9am until 6pm, the […]

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Luke Skywalker Speaks at RMU

Posted by Ryan on April 9th, 2008 filed in Events

Luke Skywalker who is played by actor Mark Hamill will speak tomorrow (April 10th) at Robert Morris University. Hamill is representing U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for the Presidential election and will be speaking on behalf of Sen. Obama.
The disappointing note however; is this event is only opened to RMU students, faculty and staff, which ID […]

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Forbes Lists Pittsburgh as Up-and-Coming Tech City

Posted by Ryan on April 9th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

Forbes online has ranked Pittsburgh 6th of it’s list of Up-and-Coming tech cities. The first position went to Columbus, Ohio. Forbes notes CMU’s Robotic Institute, health care, and labs from Intel and Apple as main reasons for it’s ranking. Surprisingly, I would have guessed Pittsburgh would have been ranked higher and even within the top […]

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RedZone Robotics Expanding

Posted by Ryan on April 9th, 2008 filed in Technology

Pop City has reported on RedZone Robotics move to Lawrenceville, with this move comes more hiring as RedZone fills it’s niche of developing robots to inspect the nations sewers. Founded by Red Whittaker in 1987, RedZone was originally located in Homestead.
The company was originally founded to develop robots to search nuclear accident sites but now […]

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Street Artist Swoon Returning to Pittsburgh

Posted by Ryan on April 4th, 2008 filed in Art, Events

New York street artist Swoon has been in Pittsburgh many time pasting her iconic posters around town. She will be returning on Tuesday the 8th, giving a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University School of Art. While in Pittsburgh, Swoon will be working in Braddock, PA on a community art project aiming to revitalize the […]

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RoboBusiness Expo 2008

Posted by Ryan on April 2nd, 2008 filed in Events, Technology

Pittsburgh has a lot of robotics action going on daily, and once again will host the RoboBusiness Expo. The expo welcomes more than 500 participating companies to show the latest in robotic technology while expressing the importance of efficient robotic practices in the business world. The event allows business professionals and developers to see the […]

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Brewers Ball

Posted by Ryan on March 26th, 2008 filed in Events

The Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis foundation will be holding their first annual Brewers Ball on April 4th from 6pm-11pm at the I.B.E.W Circuit Center on South Side. The event will be filled with microbrewed beer, music, and appetizers. The goal of the event is to raise $35,000 through auctions that will be […]

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