LINK: Web app–BudUrl– to shorten URL, plus keep stats

February 2, 2009

Here’s another potentially helpful link for a web app to shorten URLs.  It’s BudUrl which I haven’t had a chance to look closely at yet, but will.  I wanted to not forget it and to share it with those who might find it useful.  There are times when long and ugly URLs need to be [...]

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LINK: Michigan Senate Democrats have active YouTube channel

February 2, 2009

For those following such things, the Michigan Senate Democrats have a pretty active YouTube channel.  I haven’t had a chance to look at the content and how it’s used, but I will.

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Utah State Senate uses Twitter

February 2, 2009

With the demise of most news media coverage of state legislative activity, it’s heartening to see that the Utah State Senate uses Twitter to keep followers informed about that body’s activities. I’ve only scanned a couple handfuls of its Tweets, but the information being Twittered seems to have usefulness, including links and alerts to upcoming [...]

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What steps can pastors take to avoid becoming blogger dropouts?

January 31, 2009

Pastor’s are really busy people.  They are loaded with responsibilities and they have the chore of having a to-do list that leaves them little breathing space.  So where does blogging fall in a platter full of things to do? I’ve seen plenty of pastors start blogs, get excited about blogging and then discover that writing [...]

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Welcome new pastor blogger: Kevin DeYoung of University Reformed Church, East Lansing

January 30, 2009

My friend, David Porter of Boomer in the Pew, pointed me to this new pastor blogger, Kevin DeYoung of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MI just down the road. I read his two posts and I wanted more.  Check his writing voice in his first post about why he’s blogging and then one about [...]

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Could Twitter help small, local business build a following?

January 29, 2009

Here in my part of the country most business people have barely heard of Twitter and fewer understand it. That’s why this post from Blog of Mr. Tweet is interesting and potentially valuable for an adventuresome business owner willing to try something new.  It’s about a coffeeshop in Houston, Texas that started using Twitter to [...]

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I found an answer on how to shorten long, ugly URLs with “tinyurl.com”

January 28, 2009

I’m part of a growing Twitter group and I stumbled over the answer to sharing links with a long URL that bumped up on the 140 character limit.  When this happened, I had room for two or three short words of explanation in my tweet. When I posted this question yesterday, I received an immediate [...]

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Running for the MI State Senate, Lauren Hager starts a community conversation with a blog

January 27, 2009

Can a 67-year-old retired special ed teacher use a blog to create a community that will help his campaign to win a seat next year in the Michigan Senate? My friend, Lauren Hager, is also a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives who feels the call to help lead our state out of [...]

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Twitter users: How do I get rid of my ugly URL for a tweet?

January 27, 2009

I’ve gotten a ton of helpful and interesting links from my Twitter group and I would like to return the favor, but I’ve had a challenge that I’m sure is not unique. How do you get rid of a butt-ugly url that’s to long for Twitter and a few explaining words?An example is from the [...]

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My Sears snowblower experiment shows that YouTube really works

January 26, 2009

I’ve lived in Michigan most of my life and I’ve only come to tolerate snow.  A few years ago I found an antidote to my disdain for the fluffy white stuff and that was a snowblower.  It worked.  I love blowing snow. To test the power of YouTube, my wife used my Flip video camera [...]

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