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Lessons in social media policy from the EPA
When social media tools and techniques are applied to government communications, agencies are able to meet the obligation of transparency and “open books” initiatives in ways that were impossible to imagine just a few years ago. One of the tricky things about overseeing social media initiatives is introducing tried and true marketing, public relations, and…
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7 things I like about the Amazon Kindle
It’s been a few weeks since I got an Amazon Kindle as a gift from my wife. Here’s a quick and hastily written review of the device based on my experience thus far. 1. Portability I went to West Texas to visit family over Christmas. I brought six books, three magazines and several newspapers with…
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Sunday shopping and successful corn popping
We spent the day Christmas shopping at the Domain. It doesn’t quite feel like a recession at stores like Macy’s, Borders and many of the boutiques. Sales can be found just about everywhere, with the exception of the Apple Store, where bustling customers greedily snatched up iPhones and accessories. We’re very near being finished with…
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‘MacHeads’ is an accidental study in creating passionate users
Before there were tech hipsters, there were tech hippies. Both are a major part of a documentary available on Hulu. MacHeads is a film about the cult aura that has surrounded the Apple brand from its inception in the 1980s, its fall in the 1990s, and its grand rebirth at the turn of the new…
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Colorado Mountaineering 2009
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649
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On ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
My parents divorced when I was 10, and like every child who goes through such a thing, I was devastated. My dad soon fell into the safety of a new family and, for the most part, out of my life. While my mother often did the best she could under her circumstances, financial and emotional…
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Another spoke in the hub
Things have been low-key the past several weeks. I finally gained control of a bad situation with my spine that involves several herniated and reputured discs. The rain finally came and washed away months of blistering heat and humidity here in Austin. It’s been very pleasant to see the rain. At times I wondered if…
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Best snowboarding video you may ever see
Michael Castellon 