The fossil diggers

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This is a photo taken in May at Monument Rocks (the Keystone Gallery) where Dana and Jackson joined Michelle and Thane for a day of fossil digging.

White House 2.0

Here's a blog post from the White House that gives you some great links to various social networking sites that the White House is using to communicate with the American public. Nice to see!!!

I especially like the Flickr photostream.


The White House - Blog Post - WhiteHouse 2.0

Just lost some respect for Discovery Channel Networks

Discovery Communications is going to re-do its cable channel for kids - DiscoveryKids - into a commercial for Hasbro toys. What was once a good company and great cable channel (plus all of the other Discovery channels), is selling out to advertisers.

Not good for children's television offerings.

Here's the article from Advertising Age:

Funny Facebook Video

Ok, here's your Tuesday afternoon chuckle!!!

Testing How Easy it is to Blog!!!!

I'm showing a few folks on just how easy it is to blog.

Online Portfolios

There are many thoughts as to how you should "show off your skills" when in the job market. Our college students today should be touting their skills in a Web 2.0 world - they live on Facebook - now they can show these skills to potential employers!

Resumes in a Web 2.0 world | Education IT | ZDNet.com

One of the coolest things I've seen in awhile....

March Madness in Ad Spending

A new report out today comparing the NCAA championship tournament to other "big-time" sporting events shows that the NCAA championship game is the second most expensive sporting event to advertise on. The number one? The Super Bowl.

The average price that CBS is getting during this year's NCAA Championship Game for a 30 second ad???

$1.2 Million!!!!!!!!

Here's the link to the article.

The beginning of the end????

Here's a 1981 news story about how newspapers were beginning their presence on the "web" - just 28 years later and the same San Francisco papers are having a hard time staying in business.....

RSS in Plain English

I love the "In Plain English" videos on YouTube. They do a great job. Here are a couple of my favorites that I use in many of my classes and presentations.

We Kan Powerpoint

Here is the slideshow regarding PowerPoint and presentation tips I gave at the We Kan! conference on March 24, 2009.

We Kan Powerpoint

View more presentations from Andy Stanton.

We Kan! Web 2.0 presentation

Here is the slideshow presentation I gave to the We Kan! conference on March 24, 2009 regarding web 2.0 and tourism.

We Kan! Web 2.0 presentation

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Another use of technology!!!!TwitterCOP

Glad to see that public safety officials are using Twitter - another great way to communicate quickly with a target public.

Police departments keeping public informed on Twitter - CNN.com

Advertising Evolution

Wrigley's has it figured out with showing an evolutionary chain of events in their Extra Spearmint gum commercial. I wonder what the "Intelligent Design" folks think about this one??????

Gabe corn

Gabe corn
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Just showing how easy it is to blog with Flickr.

The White House addition

I LOVE it that the Obamas are making the White House kid-friendly for their family. It is refreshing to have a young family in the White House. Hopefully they will better understand what it is like to raise a family!!!

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.com

Are you on LinkedIn? It continues to grow

Many people are out of work and know the value of social networking. LinkedIn is a great site that allows you to post your resume and make connections with current and past clients, co-workers and business contacts. LinkedIn now has 36 million members - quite small compared to Facebook, but knowing that it is there for business and professional networking - that has expanded the value of the "networking" at a cocktail party!

LinkedIn Skyrockets as Job Losses Mount - Advertising Age - Digital

Playing around with Google Maps

Just playing around with Google Maps on my blog. Seeing what works and what doesn't work.

This is a map pointing to the metropolis of Longford, Kansas - home of Longford Water. Read more about it at my friend Marci Penner's blog - http://kansassampler.blogspot.com



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SuperBowl Tweets - technology is invading (and it is a good thing)

COOL interactive map of twitter activity during the SuperBowl. I LOVE technology! What a way to see who and where people were watching and talking about during the SuperBowl!


Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on Twitter - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Be Prepared - your popcorn might make you sick????

Will the salmonella-laced peanut scare ever end? The latest barrage of peanut-laced product recall includes caramel corn that the Boy Scouts sold.
Popcorn Sold By Georgia Boy Scouts Recalled - News Story - WSB Atlanta

At least the BSA is warning folks with a link at the top of their website to the FDA recall