Posts for February, 2010

Local Bristol Gourmet Market Imbibing Social Media

  • February 28, 2010 4:57 pm

Inari Wines in Bristol, Virgina has a very informative and visually compelling website, so why do they need a Facebook site?  Why do they need a Twitter site?

Inari Wines needs a social presence on these sites for the same reason that most businesses do:   To build customer loyalty, to monitor what people are saying [...]

Google Voice Making Noise on Smartphones

  • February 24, 2010 9:49 am

Wal-Mart and Google are taking over the world.  It’s true!  Google and Wal-Mart represent two of the four horseman of the apocalypse.  Until that time, we can at least enjoy some of the fruit, right?

Google Voice is some of the ripening fruit that is just begging for harvest.  What is Google Voice?  Check [...]

This dude is going shopping!

  • February 23, 2010 12:39 am

They sure are thrifty.  And they can stretch a dollar paper thin.  They have an eye for style, guys, that we sink or swim by.  Our woman can sure shop, can't they?  They practice more than we do, right?  Woman are the hunters/gathers in their roles as men are in theirs.  But watch out, ladies, [...]

Local TriCities Youth Camp’s Fund Raiser goes Viral

  • February 16, 2010 11:41 pm

Many of you here in the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee have grown up going to Appalachian Christian Camp.  Many of you, though no longer able too attend as campers, still actively support the camp as volunteers, board members, counselors, program directors, financial supporters and through your daily prayers.  And still others of you enjoy [...]

Science Hill’s Surprising Policy on Cell Phone Use at School

  • February 14, 2010 2:43 am

Wow!  My generation was the wave prior to widespread cell phone use, but even still, electronic devices were strictly verboten at my High School.  This article from the Johnson City Press blew my mind.  I did not know that cell phone use in High Schools was allowed.  I’m a child of the eighties and nineties [...]

5 Canadians I would’ve liked to see light the Olympic flame

  • February 12, 2010 10:55 pm

I was sadden to learn that not one of the following 5 famous Canadians were given the high honor of lighting the Olympic Flame.  There was not one ounce of Blackberry love either.  Come on!  For shame, for shame.  When I think of Canada, I think Research in Motion and Blackberry. Ok, my top 5 [...]

6 Benefits of Using Twitter for Nonprofit | Pamela Grow’s Grantwriting Blog

  • February 10, 2010 10:56 pm

“Because if we don’t use Twitter, we cut ourselves off from the following benefits:

To listen to what our community says about the issues we purport to be experts in.
To promote our work within and connect to a wider audience.
To monitor a variety of topics that we are interested in, simultaneously.
To let people share our work [...]

What’s the buzz about Google? Update

  • February 10, 2010 10:30 am

Google Buzz has only been out for a few days and already the Early Adopters are voicing their concerns.  The general consensus has been positive but the issue of privacy is causing a, ……well, it’s causing a buzz.  Hit the jump to see the original story then check out Google’s Gmail Blog to learn how [...]

The Ubiquitous Facebook ((Tags: Facebook Connect, Facebook Integrations,

  • February 9, 2010 6:10 pm

Photo source:  InsideFacebook
This graphic is from an InsideFacebook article about Facebook Connect, but for me the picture spoke more than the article.  It was a visual punctuation of the ubiquity of Facebook.  It goes with us on our mobile phones, it's our companion on our gaming consoles, it's a stand alone application on [...]

What is Google Profiles?

  • February 1, 2010 5:04 pm

What is Google Profiles?  Profiles, simply put, is a way for you to summarize yourself and your online activities into a searchable biographical brief. Google describes it this way:

A Google profile is simply how you present yourself on Google products to other Google users. It allows you to control how you appear on Google [...]