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Name: Paul Hyland
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

I'm the executive producer for the web site of a nonprofit publisher of education news, information, and resources, I play in a band, and I work on analyzing and influencing the impact of computers on society. I love my partner in life and my daughter very much.

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Paul's Web Space 2.1

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Stories about cool events I've attended, musings about social media and other technology, and commentary about people, issues, ideas, whatever. I've had a web site since 1994, at my own domain since 1997, and switched it to blog format in 2005. Now, in 2008, I've added labels, shuffled things around a bit and fixed some style and UI quirks - hence 2.1. Watch for more widgets and microformats....
Monday, August 06, 2007

Margie Perez in NYT Article about New Orleans

Margie Perez at Cafe Negril

Friend and former band-mate Margie Perez was the featured artist in an article in the New York Times about the New Orleans music scene and musicians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It appeared on the front page of the business section on Sunday, August 5.

The paper (not the web site) also includes a picture of some Habitat houses built as part of the musician's village; the house pictured might even be Margie's! In March, a video program on Netscape's New Orleans Voices series also featured Margie's story:

   Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/business/yourmoney/05tipi.html