Newest Gig: That Dusty Blog

I’ve been thinking for a long time about creating a blog for my radio show on Radio Tierra. One issue for a while is that I haven’t had enough time to get it up and running. Recently, we’ve decided to revamp our internet presence with a new site, individual show blogs and other goodies. Enter WordPress. My show is That Dusty Road- so I thought “That Dusty Blog” would be a pretty good...

Communication Breakdown

The wonderful post by Cami Kaos on communication has had me thinking over the past day, and I’ve come to some realizations. This is a post about communication. It’s about the greatness and the biggest failure of social media. It’s about the love of two people, and the silence that grows between them. The Issue I’m a quiet person. In many cultures, silence is important. In some, silence is...

Paulson: ‘Aggressive’ Global Effort Planned; U.S. to Take Bank Stakes

Wow, I go out into the field for one day, and the US government goes crazy! Driving back from an environmental assessment in The Dalles, I heard Henry Paulson’s voice on the radio, Details can be found on the Wall Street Journal. Real Time Economics : Paulson: ‘Aggressive’ Global Effort Planned; U.S. to Take Bank Stakes. the Fed is not going to buy the bad debt of lending institutions, but rather...

Plugins

Found a great post about 20 wordpress plugins to make the blog a CMS. I’ve got a few, but there are more I need to tap into! Thanks @justinkistner!

Posterous proves why Twitter works for Customer Service

This is a follow-up to my previous post on the use of Social Networking in Business. It’s meant as a real-life example of Twitter being used for excellent customer service by the folks at Posterous. It’s also meant as a very serious suggestion to all tech companies- including non-tech companies who have tech-savvy customers. Use Twitter! Twitter is one of the greatest things to happen to customer service...