Lone Baby Photo

Erik Schark and daughter Kate
Whenever someone you know has a baby, expect to see dozens of photos and videos as every step of their newborn's life is charted.

Here at STBD, we know you're all busy. We just wanted to post a photo that proves Erik Schark (aka Rich) is different from his character in at least one respect: he has a soul.

Cheers.

Baby Schark

The STBD family just keeps on growing!

Erik Schark (aka Rich on STBD) and his wife Gwen had a baby on Monday!

Kate Schark arrived late Monday night. She's happy and healthy (and sleeping most of the day, every day), and so is Gwen. Erik won't be filming again anytime soon, but there will most likely be homemade movies and pictures aplenty.

Best wishes to Erik, Gwen and Kate.

Someday she'll be old enough to realize that Rich is nothing like her dad. More or less.

A New Direction

Some of you know that I also keep a personal blog, in addition to the STBD blog.

Lately, I've noticed my thoughts straying further and further from STBD as I write more often about the new media evolution and other off-topic concepts. Meanwhile, my personal blog was primarily devoted to Pittsburgh's cafe scene, on which I hadn't been writing much lately because my lifestyle has somewhat changed.

So, I'm making a big distinction: My personal blog is evolving.

From now on, I'll keep most of my new media and motivational observations there, and I'll keep most of my STBD-specific news and updates here. There will always be overlap, but the lines are more clearly drawn.

(This also means you may want to bookmark my personal blog, which kicks off today with a new direction and an important question: What drives you?)

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REMINDER: Last week's PodCamp Pittsburgh Mini-Meet-Up was postponed due to snow. It's actually taking place tonight at 6:30 at Affogato in Bellevue. If you're a podcaster, blogger, photographer, designer or other new media creator -- or fan -- and would like to join the conversation, you're welcome to join us. We'd love to chat with you.