Notes"I am interested in organizing a coworking environment in the Metro Detroit/Ann Arbor area for independent web workers, designers, startup entrepreneurs, writers and freelancers who want to enjoy a shared space and network with like-minded folks."Unfurl
Notes"Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring a laptop, and work alongside other creative, fun people. Hope to see you there! See workatjelly.com and this blog post for more background. Email if you want to start your own!"Unfurl
Notes"I do love my home office and zero-mile commute (especially in winter), but there’s something about not having people around most of the day that’s starting to bother me again."Unfurl
Notes"Southeast Michigan's creative business community will get a boost as a result of Governor Granholm's signature on a series of bills that would make creative businesses eligible for state MEGA tax credits."Unfurl
Notes"Circuit Court Judge Ronald Giles sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for failing to notify the court of his trip to Canada and violating the terms of his bond. Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court beforehand, Giles said he needed to treat Kilpatrick as an ordinary citizen and sent immediately to jail." The pride and joy of our fair city, ladies and gentlemen.Unfurl
Notes"Detroit deserves to be a thriving metropolis, but instead we get idiots who are motivated by self-interest rather than building up Detroit."FeedUnfurl
Notes"There are some great things happening in social media in Metro Detroit. If there was one clear lesson from last night’s gathering of Twitterati from the Metro area, it’s that SF, Boston, Austin & Toronto are NOT the only social media hotspots."Unfurl
Notes"The La Shish restaurant chain, which helped popularize Middle Eastern cuisine in metro Detroit, went out of business Saturday night -- the victim of bad publicity involving its fugitive owner, Talal Chahine, whom federal prosecutors linked to terrorism."Unfurl
Notes"I think Michigan has done a fairly poor job of telling its story and selling itself to the nation and the world. Nor has the squabbling of the state’s dysfunctional politicians helped."Unfurl
NotesDetroit goth nightclub. "High-energy industrial cutting edge music, dark, mysterious, scantily clad women, good-looking, sexy men, cigarette smoke and cheap drinks and a atmosphere too real to be imitated."Unfurl
Notes"Big Sonic Heaven had an eight year run from 1995-2003 on 96.3 FM (WHYT, WPLT, WDVD) in Detroit, Michigan. ... Darren has recently revived "Big Sonic Heaven" on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles, California."Unfurl
Notes"Besides the obvious economic boost to Detroit, it would be hard to overstate the psychic lift Quicken's decision would give to the city and Gov. Jennifer Granholm"Unfurl
Notes"....JC Penney just announced that they'd be the anchor tenant in an $80m shopping center on Woodward, and builders in the region are reporting that Detroit's the best place to find work in the region these days."Unfurl
Notes"With bidding stalled on some of the least desirable residences in Detroit's collapsing housing market, even the fast-talking auctioneer was feeling the stress."Unfurl
Notes"House are cheaper than cars. The city's neighborhoods are in decay. Families are leaving. Even "revived" areas are struggling. Entire portions of the city are starting to revert to prarie and ruins."Unfurl
Notes"FERNDALE, Mich. - A man who has a history of smashing windows to indulge his fetish for female mannequins could draw a long prison term for his latest arrest."Unfurl
Notes"In a risky experiment, Chevrolet asked Web users to make their own video spots for the Tahoe. A case study in customer generated advertising."Unfurl
Notes"Luckily I am just old enough to remember the good ole days when we had a news anchor who would get loaded and challenge the Mayor of Detroit to a boxing match. God how I hate local news."Unfurl
Notes"At this weekend's Motor City Comic Con, fans and vendors were abuzz about a police raid on Friday targeting the sale of illegal recordings."Unfurl
Notes"Many parents used the Motown Winter Blast as an opportunity to show their children the city for the first time." Now, let's see how long this lasts after the Super Bowl.Unfurl
Notes"Before demolishing the building, the city couldn't be bothered to remove these artifacts. All sorts of historically important ephemera, knowingly demolished." As if I didn't have enough reasons to despise the Super Bowl and the MayorUnfurl
Notes"We, the Public, are deeply disappointed in Wayne State University’s decision to stop the broadcast of all daytime music on WDET FM Detroit Public Radio."Unfurl
Notes"Of those who would opt to move, 59% said they would leave the state, 24% said they would move to a suburb and 13% said they would choose another city."Unfurl
Notes"Troy, Birmingham, Royal Oak, Madison Heights, Pontiac, Oak Park and Wixom won out among 31 communities that applied to be the pilot cities for the county's Wireless Oakland Project."Unfurl
Notes"What happened with the petty case fund reflects the Kilpatrick administration's philosophy: Let's have a party and let the taxpayers of Detroit pay for it"Unfurl
Notes"Michigan is far more at risk than many other states because its manufacturing-dominated culture is addicted to an entitlement mentality that has long since disappeared in other regions and industrial sectors"Unfurl
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