I tried to be one recently.  I signed up and went to the Wordcamp (seminar? workshop? geek fest?) this last weekend. I even recruited about 8 other people to go too. Wordcamp is the official ‘brand’ for a gathering of Wordpress geeks.   But I’m just a huge fan.  Just an end- user...

Rules are meant to be broken (this is not my original content).   But really worth sharing.  The message is:  openness wins, pay lots of attention and those old habits (ie press releases) die hard. From a report from the SXSW 2009 (South by Southwest Interactive show, unfortunately I don’t...

Last week at OSU, I spoke to a group of informed students in a class on community partnerships.  Their charge was to work on a non-profit writing project like a grant, press release, blog, newsletter, appeal or brochure.  I envied them that they had 10 weeks to do one of those things when I’m...

My cousin Paul Milligan and his Business partner Andy Brush are our web-video production go-to experts.  They are a delightful pair and despite being 20 (okay, almost 21 - in a few days for Paul), they are well beyond their years. But because they are 20 (and 21), we delight in having them around. ...

Facebook is one of the most popular websites in the world. It is a website where you can find just about anyone or any cool product or business. I joined exactly a year ago and I’m amazed the people I’ve found - or that have found me. It is another social networking ( a connector) site that...

Twitter may just be one of the best little applications on the web. It is in the most elementary form a social networking site that allows you to talk about yourself. A micro you out there for the web to see. A slice of your day or a window into your business. Twitter allows you to send out “tweets”...