Monthly Archives: March 2009

Sledding Jumps

I’m up in the mountains this weekend and my friend and I were out building jumps today. When we got in, we went to youtube to see wha tour competition was. These two videos were too good not to share them here. We videotaped our jumps, but it would take too long to upload them from here so I’ll wait until I get home to put them up.

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Time’s 50 Best Websites

Congrats to all the websites that made Time’s 50 Best Websites 2008. And I’m particularly happy to see Kiva.org, one of my favorite sites, on the list!! [via myKRO]

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Matt Flannery of Kiva in Seattle on March 5th

For the microfinance fans in Seattle reading this, don’t forget that Matt Flannery, co-founder of Kiva.org, will be in town at City Hall on March 5th to speak about microfinance and Kiva. If you’re interested in attending, you can buy tickets on Brown Paper Tickets. Where: Town Hall 1119 Eighth Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 When: 7pm, March 5th (doors open at 6:15pm)

Social Media Can’t Be Done In-House?

I’m going to disagree that the following point in the Debunking Six Social Media Myths Business Week article is a “myth”: 4. You can do it all in-house. Wrong! You need strategy, contacts, tools, and experience—a combination not generally found in in-house teams, who often reinvent the wheel or use the wrong tools. It is rare indeed to find an in-house team that can not only conceive and execute a social media campaign but also drive traffic to it with effective e-mail segmentation, search optimization, blogger outreach, blog advertising, Google ads, and more. Social media can and has been successfully tackled in-house by numerous companies. Make no mistake, it takes resources in the way of … Continue reading