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Friday
Mar262010

I went to Canada, eh

Fancy meeting you here. Come to my blog often?

Really?

Because, as you can tell, lately I don't.

The past seven months have been bonkers. Between our jobs (I had lots on my plate with basketball and the Free State Social and Jake is now the videographer for the Wizards), owning a home through this craptastic winter and our responsibilities to the dog's health... It's seriously almost April? April?

Anyway, I suppose it's time for a quick update.

I went to Toronto this week for work. My boss Jane and I were asked to do a workshop on social media for the CBC's documentary unit. It was a successful couple of days for everyone involved, I think. Here is a Twitter list of their docs team - they're a very cool group of folks, so I suggest you follow along.

Toronto is a really lovely city, for those of you who haven't been. I got to eat at Wayne Gretzky's restaurant (those are his hockey sticks in the photo!) and had a random dinner at Czehoski with one of my childhood best friends.

Cara is an engineer based out of KC, but is helping design a power plant in Niagara Falls, so she drove up on Tuesday evening to catch up. Funny - we grew up next door to each other, our houses are five minutes apart and we haven't seen each other since Christmas, yet we found three hours to hang out on coincidental international business trips. Sing it with me... It's a small world after all.

Well, it's Friday at 5 p.m. and there isn't enough Coors Light in the world. Catch y'all in a month or so!

Tuesday
Nov242009

When you're at the counter and you hear that beep...

Sometimes at the office we'll start discussing how awesome TV used be when we were kids. Lately we've focused a lot on Supermarket Sweep... because it was one of the best shows ever.

Proof:

Always go for the meats and cheeses first.

Anyway, my co-worker Brett recently took a trip to Las Vegas. Prior to his trip, we did some in-depth research on Supermarket Sweep host David Ruprecht and found out he is currently hosting The Price is Right live show at Bally's. In jest, we decided Brett needed to track him down and shake his hand.

Then this picture happened:

Brett actually randomly met David Ruprecht in a bar at Bally's.

How envious are you on a scale of 1-10? It's like a 9.2 isn't it?

Tuesday
Nov102009

Learn to Tweet!

Part of our social media efforts at the Lawrence Journal-World include educating the community on how to use (and the uses for) social media.

Wednesday (tomorrow) Ben, Kristen and I are hosting a FREE workshop at the Lawrence Arts Center on Twitter. Short notice, I know. But if you're curious about WTF this Twitter thing is, make sure to attend. Here's the basic info:

Join the World Company and members of the Lawrence Twitter community on Wednesday Nov. 11 at the Lawrence Arts Center for a free beginner’s class on the basics of Twitter. Learn what Twitter is and how to use it with hands-on assistance in setting up an account and making your first “tweets.” See how easy it is to make new friends and become a part of a vibrant and growing local Twitter community.

Register below for your choice of one of two sessions beginning at 8:00 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Each session includes a short presentation introducing you to the basics of Twitter and how people are connecting here in Lawrence, followed by small group break outs with an experienced Twitter guide who will help you to set up an account and get you started following people and finding the news and information that interests you.

Take advantage of this free opportunity to discover how Twitter can help you connect with your local community in a whole new way.

You can sign up on the LJWorld.com page.