Entries from May 2009

May 14, 2009

Thank you WordPress

Just wanted to say thanks for still being up even though Google is down. I am really glad I host my site here instead of through Blogger right about now. Check out all the complaints at http://twitter.com/#search?q=google

May 12, 2009

Shout out to my icon buddy

Just got the coolest new Twitter icon (check the top right hand side of this page) and I want to thank Paddy Donnelly for sharing his awesome designs with the world. Read his blog here: http://blog.iampaddy.com/ Or download your own nifty icons here: http://blog.iampaddy.com/2008/11/12/web-20rigami/

May 11, 2009

Why Tweets aren’t enough

I’ll admit I’ve been sucked into the Twitter world. So much so, that I have to limit my time on it to once every few hours. Hey, some people get coffee breaks or cigarette breaks… I get Twitter breaks. I started using TweetDeck, which is an application that allows you to organize, search and mark [...]

May 5, 2009

Seven Deadly American Sins

I came across these maps and thought that this was an interesting way to demonstrate statistics from across the United States. These images and descriptions of how they were created originally came to me fromĀ  Gene Expression, via Andrew Sullivan, One nation, seven sins: Geographers measure propensity for evil in states, counties. When reading them, [...]

May 4, 2009

Networking

I am continually amazed by the return on investment that I have experienced through networking. Whether it be through business meetings, volunteer work or even social media, I have been able to start building a network of people that can help out whenever I need anything. And I mean anything. If I need to find [...]