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Firefox 3.5 to a world community

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Social Media is not important, not the least bit popular, and not at all both shaping and reflecting the nature of communications and thus the nature of community building and community itself.

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The space around us is the most real, right? The most tangible – the things we sit on and walk among. And so are the people whom we see, whom we talk to face-to-face. Yet then there’s the phone. You can talk to most anybody with a phone. But we seem to [...]

So we’re speaking on social media at the coffee house

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

[ details on event ] So we’re getting together with professionals from the marketplace to discuss social media. How is it affecting things? How should I approach it? Should my business use it? And by the way… what exactly is it? Well… let’s look at it. Right? Let’s talk about it. That’s what we’re thinking. The [...]

Update on 2009 Old Town New World Conference

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

I had a few meetings yesterday advancing the 2009 Old Town New World conference ( Oct 23). Tom Stanley of Ace Projects and Karen Derksen of Winthrop university galleries will be providing a couple of speakers/a panel.  The Arts Council of York County will be curating the art portion.  Scott Nurkin, artist from Chapel Hill, [...]

Dialogos through digital media

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

I once read that dialogos to the ancient Greeks meant a free flow of information for the purpose of inspiring an idea that would have been unattainable by the individual. The web is such. I presented to the RHEDC yesterday about the 2009 Old Town New World Conference that will be on October 23rd here [...]

Upon Finishing My MBA (in a book)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

I read a book called MBA in a Book, does that mean that I now have an MBA? Of course it does. I recommend this book to everyone who is concerned over a business and its models and success. In an article entitled “Why Execution is the Source of Competitiveness” James Champy wrote, “The challenge [...]

Another EHR day in Old Town Rock Hill

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

I’m meeting today with a man who has consulted for the health care industry for many moons. We’re meeting in Old Town Rock Hill. This Electronic Health Records initiative is really taking off. I’m just happy that Open Source technology is the order of the day, and that Old Town Rock Hill is becoming a [...]

Wheels for Web Conference in Rock Hill

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

We have the wheels in motion for a conference to be held in Old Town Rock Hill at City Club on October 23rd. Keep up with progress here = www.OldTownNewWorld.net. The theme for the event will be the Internet and Our Community. The three main topics (as they are shaping up) will be: 1. Your Own Electronic [...]

Nominated to the Board of the RHEDC

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I am proud to accept the nomination to the board of the Rock Hill Economic Development Corporation. Thank you for your vote of confidence! The RHEDC is doing some great things.

Electronic Health Records, One of Three main topics for Old Town New World Conference

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Electronic health records, how they will affect us, how they will affect healthcare, how they will be achieved, how the federal stimulus plays into this, what adoption will look like, and more – EHR is one of the three major topics of the 2009 Old Town New World conference themed The Internet and Our Community. [...]

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