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Aaron M. Renn
  • 40, Male
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • United States
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Can we shrink a whole state?

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Aaron M. Renn and Carol Gray are now friends
August 15
Aaron M. Renn commented on Aaron M. Renn's group 'Naptown Architours'
Hi, Jeffrey. The project is moving along offline. I actually ended up partnering with a local architecture firm and some other organizations and I hope that we have something in the next 2-3 months or so. Which reminds me that I still have to inco...
August 10
Jeffrey L. Madden commented on Aaron M. Renn's group 'Naptown Architours'
Hi all. Just wondering what the status of this project is. I am an Indy native (my great-grandfather helped carve the statues on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument) and would be interested in helping out if needed. For the record, I have always ha...
August 10
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July 18
Aaron M. Renn replied to Pat Coyle's discussion 'Can we shrink a whole state?'
Shrinking Cities is about cities and metro areas that have lost large amounts of population to suburbanization or migration and which have no means to regenerate themselves. Clearly, many of the smaller cities of Indiana have experienced significa...
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At 5:06pm on November 16, 2008, Kyle Lacy said…
I love reading your blog. Just wanted to let you know. :)
At 3:47pm on September 28, 2008, Michael Bivens said…
Aaron - good to see you on SI! I've been enjoying your posts on the Property Lines blog for a while... -MDB
At 11:25pm on June 24, 2008, Jennifer Shirk Mentzer said…
yes, i would like to know where you shop online. You would probably like Thomas Pink or Ben Sherman
At 3:34pm on June 23, 2008, Jennifer Shirk Mentzer said…
a fashion fan, eh? Where do you like to shop?
At 11:19am on April 29, 2008, Ross Burdge said…
That's great to hear that you are already active with HEC. Did you get a chance to attend the Earth Day Indiana festivities downtown Saturday? There was quite a turnout. I had the opportunity to speak with a few of the HEC members and it sounds like they will be planning a monthly meeting if you would be interested in contributing your thoughts to the group.

Althought remaining active in the community is something I enjoy, it is not my day job. I represent a company that specializes in men's custom tailored business clothing, so I can relate to your passion for a tailored appearence. If you would be interested in a tour of our facility the next time your are on the Northside, please feel free to contact me.
At 10:43am on April 24, 2008, Ross Burdge said…
I apologize for not reading your profile ahead of time, but after doing so I thought you might have an interest in HEC, Hoosier Environmental Council. I attended one of thier events last night, and transportation was a huge topic of the discussion. SI member Maya Worman would be a great person to introduce you!
At 10:37am on April 24, 2008, Ross Burdge said…
Thank you for your comment Aaron. I agree with you, personally I enjoy wearing a tie. It adds something to my overall professionalism when I know I have a good one on. They often even serve as an ice breaker/conversation piece. And who doesn't like receiving the "great tie" compliment!
At 10:04pm on April 10, 2008, Polina Osherov said…
aaron, thanks so much for stopping by my blog! good for you for being a fashion fan - we need all the support we can get! Totally off the cuff: I wonder if there's any benefit to your co to provide sponsorship to local fashion-related events? any thoughts?
At 10:47am on April 6, 2008, Bruce LaDuke said…
Aaron,

It was great meeting you too. I haven't been back to southern Indiana in quite some time. I did see the golf course when it was first built several years ago and that blew my mind too. When I was young, we lived just down the road that goes straight at Baker's corner (the big curve before you get to the golf course). I remember walking out the back door and crossing a field to go squirrel hunting.

For me personally, those were both the best of times and worst of times. I have a lot of fond memories though and it's kind of an shame to see it changing.
At 10:51am on April 2, 2008, Jeremy Schieler said…
Likewise!

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My greatest strengths are being a "thinker" who enjoys intellectually analyzing things at the conceptual level, and being someone who is able to marry strong technology implementation skills with business competence as well.
What are you working on?
I am a partner in a large IT consultancy by day, and a writer on transportation and urban planning issues by night.
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large company
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http://theurbanophile.blogspot.com/
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Indiana University
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Aaron M. Renn

Six Reasons I Like Twitter - And Don't Like Facebook

Twitter is the social networking tool du jour. It would be tempting to view it as just another time waster - and it is - but there are some interesting things about the platform that I think make it very fun and useful, especially in comparison to say Facebook.

Firstly, compare having a friend in Facebook or similar site to having a follower on Twitter. Twitter following is a much lower cost, lower commitment point of entry. You typically don't need to ask someone's permission to follow. And th… Continue

Posted on March 24, 2009 at 6:20pm — 5 Comments

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My First Ever Podcast

Some of you may know that I started this Naptown Architours group to try to put together iPod based architectural tours for Indianapolis. There's just one problem: I had no idea about how to record an MP3 of anything.

One of the virtues of this project is that I get to actually learn new stuff. It turns out, this podcasting thing is pretty easy. I just downloaded a free recording program called "… Continue

Posted on October 25, 2008 at 12:02pm —

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Announcing Naptown Architours

For those who know me, you know I've had this idea for a while that Indy should have some type of architecture tours available for visitors and locals. Since there aren't hordes of tourists every day of the week to justify daily guided tours like they have in New York, one way to do provide something is to create self-guided tours using mobile device technology such as the iPod. I've looked around for a while and talked to a lot of people about it and never found anything like this that exists l… Continue

Posted on September 30, 2008 at 7:40am — 2 Comments

Aaron M. Renn

A True Smaller Indiana Moment

So I had the good fortune to attend a SI life sciences discussion kindly hosted by Jack Pincus, where I got to meet a few Smaller Indiana folks in person. Imagine to my surprise discovering that Bruce LaDuke went to my high school. That probably wouldn't mean much if it were North Central, but we're talking South Central Junior-Senior High School in Elizabeth, Indiana, about as far from Indianapolis as you can be and still be in the state. The average class size there was, at least when I gradua… Continue

Posted on April 3, 2008 at 8:39pm —

 
 

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