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If you’re a fan of history and/or gardening and you’re going to be in Georgia next Tuesday (August 12th), you should drop by Berry College’s Oak Hill for a Historic Gardens of the South seminar. Oak Hill is an old plantation home owned by Berry College and contains The Marth Berry Museum. It’s a registered Historic site and a AAA Star Attraction. My cousin Jennifer Word Dickey is the director there and will be giving a free presentation on the historic gardens of Oak Hill. It starts at 7 p.m. and is FREE and open to the public.

You can get more information by calling 706-368-6775 or going here.

OK. It’s not history-related, but I’m so excited I jsut had to share. Startup Weekend Nashville has been scheduled for October 10-12 and I am SO there!

I first learned about Startup Weekend (SW) close to a year ago through someone’s tweet on Twitter. Since then, I’ve been anxiously waiting to see if Nashville could make the cut. The idea behind SW is to pull together entrepreneurial people who break up into teams of 5-10 people each. They develop a product idea and see if they can build a viable product and business structure in just over two days. Most teams don’t get their product launched by the end of SW at which time many of the products and companies die. However, a few companies have persevered and a few products have actually launched. However, despite how backward it sounds, the successful launch of a business and product takes a backseat to the experience of SW for most attendees. Even for teams that don’t survive the end of the event, team members say the experience and challenge of the event was more than worth the time and effort invested.

So, if you have a strong interest in new media and Internet technologies, you might find this event to be a blast. You don’t have to be a tech geek (though developers are a major part of it) to take part. You can get more information at the new Startup Weekend Nashville online community at http://nashvillestartup.ning.com. From there you can decide if you want to take part in the weekend and register. If you do join the community, be sure to stop by my page, say “Hi!” and friend me.

I’m heading to Podcamp Nashville tomorrow. I’m not a podcaster, but the place will be crawling with the new media/social media elite. And I already talk with many of these people online, so I’m looking forward to meeting them in person.

If you’re going, look me up!