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Fray Day 8 SF is Saturday!

In Fray on 9 November 2004 with Comments Off

Fray Day 8 San Francisco is this Saturday night at the Swedish American Hall! There’ll be music by Goh Nakamura and Kid Beyond, as well as stories from Jack Boulware, Kevin Smokler, Beth Lisick, Kirk Read, and of course the open mic! Don’t miss it!
UPDATE: And it’s all over! And it rocked! In fact, I’d [...]

Fray Day is Now

In Fray on 25 October 2004 with Comments Off

Fray Day 8 began last weekend in Mesa, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California. Next up: Copenhagen, Denmark on Oct. 31 and Tucson, Arizona on Nov. 6. Events continue through November. If there’s a Fray Day near you, don’t miss it!
The San Francisco event is on schedule for Saturday, November 13 at The Swedish American Hall. [...]

Fray Swag Sale

In Fray on 24 August 2004 with Comments Off

Less than one week left to get Fray Lunchboxes and Messenger Bags at back-to-school prices! All proceeds go to support Fray Day 8.

48 Hours to Go

In Fray, Life on 16 July 2004 with Comments Off

Fray Wins a Webby

In Fray on 12 May 2004 with Comments Off

Fray is the winner of the 2004 Webby Award in the Print & Zines category.
I know it’s not cool to be stoked about something like this. I should be detached and ironic. I should point out that there’s no awards ceremony this year. (Hell, there’s no award - the big springy things they used to [...]

New in {fray}: The Worm Within

In Fray on 7 May 2004 with Comments Off

Back in November of last year, when we had our first Fray event in Cardiff, Wales, one of the most unforgettable stories of the evening came from Vincent Eaton. After the show I told him, “I’ve heard a lot of stories told at Fray events over the years, but I’ve never heard that.”
Vincent has written [...]

It’s an honor to be nominated. Again.

In Fray on 21 April 2004 with Comments Off

Fray has been nominated for a Webby Award. When this happened three years ago, we were nominated in the Community and Personal categories and all hell broke loose. People kvetched that Fray was not personal, not a community, and besides the Webbys are passe.
This time around seems much calmer, which, in a way, just shows [...]

New in {fray}: Making Leta

In Fray on 11 April 2004 with Comments Off

The best part about running a collaborative site is being able to mix and match all of the talented people I have the privilege of knowing. Like, I wonder what would happen if we mixed the lovely, hysterical words of Heather Armstrong and the emotional, gorgeous art of Claire Robertson?
Well, wonder no more. Enjoy [...]

New in {fray}: Skidmarks

In Fray on 1 February 2004 with Comments Off

Skidmarks: An inside look into the life of a crash test dummy, um, tester. And of course, a question for you to answer: What has your job taught you?

People keep asking me:

In Fray, SXSW on 1 February 2004 with Comments Off

Is there going to be a Fray Cafe at SXSW this year?
Answer: Yes, oh yes.