One of the things I love about smartphone technology is apps that make life better. Yep, apps that make life better. Recently I rode the Megabus overnight from Knoxville, TN to Washington, DC, and I woke up a few minutes from the end of the trip. I had some vague instructions from a friend to [...]
Over the weekend I had pleasure of speaking at the East Tennessee Preservation conference in historic Rugby, TN. I’ve posted a recap of panel on using social media for historic and preservation tourism with slides and video over on the New Streak, where I blog for Moxley Carmichael. Check it out. Related articles Social media [...]
Happy to be in the running for East Tennessee’s Best Tweeter with a couple others from the team at Moxley Carmichael, including Scott Bird and Cynthia Moxley. (Cynthia’s also nominated for best blogger for The Blue Streak!) Thanks for the nomination and your votes. Please vote! Ends tonight Aug. 20! Vote for Best Tweeter Vote [...]
Samasource might be my favorite new non-profit. Why? Because they bring together the scrapiness of a startup with the social effects of a non-profit. Like charity:water they operate under the model that their “return” is about bringing an American commodity to the global poor. So what is Samasource? It’s pure and (not) so simple social entrepreneurship, using [...]
Silence is golden and rejuvenating in the Smoky Mountains