Fred brought to my attention that a few political links in HumGuide were broken. It’s hard to keep up with them all as the election seasons come and go. But one really surprised me, especially at this time just before the election: The web site for the Humboldt County Republican Party was not working. I called the party office and the person I spoke to told me they didn’t know what had happened to...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Email Communication Can Suck
Yesterday, wearing my web hosting service provider hat I sent out an email to the main contact for each hosting client. My attempt was to update each client regarding a change in policy regarding invoicing and payments. The policy change really would only affect 2% of all clients. But I thought it fair to inform everyone. I also felt I needed to put the policy in to context by explaining why I felt the...
Bloggers’ Show Up – Eat and Drink
I don’t know what picnic that Bob at the NCJ went to, or Jack, for that matter (although I think I did see that guy over at the kid’s swings), but I was there and this photo is proof. People ate, drank, talked and there were no knife fights. Although I did leave a little early. Fun! Let’s do it again. Technorati Tags: bloggers, picinics
RTC Looking for Tech Award Nominees
The Redwood Technology Consortium is looking nominees for a new program called the Technology Leadership Award. The Award is designed to recognize an outstanding technology leader (or leaders), who are current RTC members. This new, yearly award program will grant a $1000 cash prize to a person or group who demonstrates leadership qualities in the technology field. Nominations can be submitted online until September 30th. Award winner(s) will be announced at RTC’s annual holiday...
More Suddenlink Stuff
There have been some recent interesting comments on Suddenlink, their HD and DVR service and other issues on this old post of mine. I thought it worth pointing out.
C. Crane Co. at RTC Meeting
This weeks RTC meeting is a little different and should be lots of fun. The featured speaker will be Jessica Gillette of Fortuna based C. Crane Co. Gillette will spotlight some of C. Crane’s newest gadgets, including a wi-fi radio that picks up web stations (11,000+ stations at current) and plays them at a nice fidelity, and their LED lighting system, which produces the equivalent of 60 watts at 7-9 watts and doesn’t contain...
How Not to Make Your Site Accessible
As Fred Mangels points out on his blog, City Councilwoman Polly Endert has her web site up for her campaign for re-election to the Eureka City Council’s 2nd Ward seat. Fred complains that the page(s) are too wide for his browser and he has to scroll horizontally to see all of them. He must mean his screen resolution is set too low to allow him to expand his browser window to accommodate a wider...
Digital Media Opportunities
I attended the first part of today’s “Canopy” event at the WildRivers 101 Film Festival held in Access Humboldt’s site at Eureka High School. It got off to a slow start and was sorely under attended. It’s too bad, because a great discussion took place for those who were there. Topics ranged from collaborations between video and film professionals, to training resources for youth, to the grey areas surrounding intellectual property and fair use....
