Hilary Mason of Bitly at Urban ReThink · orlandoken · Storify
Very insightful & entertaining talk by @hmason + my biggest take-away (be curious & fail a lot)
Very insightful & entertaining talk by @hmason + my biggest take-away (be curious & fail a lot)
a nonprofit farm dedicated to helping low income people eat healthy. At Lockhart Acres Farm, Regina and others grow all organic foods during a specific season. Other people come in to work the farm collectively in exchange for produce. In the near future there will be a farm-stand where they will be accepting food-stamps. The land will soon be welcoming chickens, and other animals as well.
The Deltona Library Amphitheater (2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona FL 32725, website) is a lovely outdoor performance space with shaded seating, stage and full public lubrary on the front side. Take a look.
Orlando - Recap by Don VanDemark
Mark Baratelli, creator of The Food Truck Bazaar, moderated a panel of Orlando's top gourmet food truck owners including The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck, The Travelling Gourmet, Mamma's Fixins, Fantastic Hummus, Fork in the Road, KBurgers, Twisted Cuban and Melissa's Chicken and Waffles. See the video below.
So if you’re craving a better social life and you do get the desire to “get the fuck out of here,” might I suggest a vacation instead of a move? I mean, the grass is actually quite green here 365 days a year, and chances are you’re going to be back in a few years anyway. Why not save a few grand on relocation costs? Don’t get me wrong. Many can thrive in a big city. That’s not my point. My point is why can’t we enjoy the one we’re already in just the same?
an outdoor projection event in April, an opening event the beginning of May at the Orlando Museum of Art and a four-day run of exhibits, seminars and lectures in mid-May.
This will be third year for Snap! in Orlando and the theme will be “Urban Wild.”
some people might think of this choice as "ridiculous," but he called Orlando a legitimate surprise.
"By Orlando, I refer to Orlando the city," he said. "Local Orlando (residents) will tell you that the amusement park scene has no connection to the city itself."
The metropolis most people breeze by as they head to Disney World will transform into celebrity central as it hosts the 61st NBA All-Star Game in February.
Reid advised travelers to check out the city's lakes, museums and scenic neighborhoods, including the bohemian Milk District.
Video tutorials welcome students to Treehouse Island, where they arrive in a zeppelin, meet a mysterious, eye-patch-wearing ambassador (see photo above) – think Mister Rodgers transposed to “Lost” — and unravel mysteries while learning to code in HTML, Ruby, Python, PHP and JavaScript. The service went live in November and offers three beginner-oriented learning tracks: Web design, Web development, and iPhone/iPad application creation.
Jeff and Anne Scheetz are moving full speed ahead with a new boutique animation studio on Sand Lake Road called Monkey Chow Productions.
“After 10 years of providing animation education at our school inside Universal Studios Orlando, we decided to return to animation production,” Jeff Scheetz said. “We had a great run with the school, but we missed doing the actual work.”