A remarkable time to be in Youngstown
Youngstown — March 5, 2010 at 10:57 amWe’ve taken it on the chin and had a generous share of speed bumps for many years. That only makes the times we’re living in more remarkable.
Professionally, I’ve had a surge of projects in 2010 that has kept me from blogging actively. I’ve added about a dozen clients in about as many weeks, and I’m trying to spend spare time with family and friends.
Personally, I’m just so...
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Events
GoodGuides Open House Today
Goodwill Industries has created an interesting program for youth mentoring. In February of 2009, some in the community gathered...
Feb 18, 2010 11:44
Technology
100 Jobs in 100 Days
I got this a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve had my head buried in work and not much blogging. On the upside, that means...
Jan 20, 2010 21:00
Youngstown
A remarkable time to be in Youngstown
We’ve taken it on the chin and had a generous share of speed bumps for many years. That only makes the times we’re...
Mar 5, 2010 10:57
Events, Music
Controllar with Digimob Friday at Cedars
I got an e-mail from Thomas Myrmel. He’s from Amsterdam but will be at Cedars Friday night performing with Anat Spiegel...
Jan 22, 2010 5:08
Recently...
Nothing Down, $0 a Month, Hammer Required
The New York Times has an interesting article about East Coast programs that take state-owned historical properties and lease them to willing renovators who show they can plan and execute: “WHY would some people willingly spend decades — and hundreds of thousands of dollars — renovating houses...
August 31st, 2007 | Youngstown | Read More
Keeping track of it all
You want to stay on top of everything that’s going on, but you don’t know how. There’s too much information, and keeping track of who’s posted a new article consists of running through a list of a dozen blogs individually, then feeling frustrated when the only one with something...
August 30th, 2007 | Technology | Read More
Bizarre Read of the Day
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation: “In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes...
August 29th, 2007 | Personal | Read More
Meet Christopher Barzak
I secretly want to be an author. I would like nothing more than to spend my days reading and writing about Youngstown. So, I’m particularly envious that a friend of mine has gotten his FIRST NOVEL published! It’s called One for Sorrow, and is being published by Bantam Books today.
He’s...
August 27th, 2007 | Youngstown | Read More
Turning Heads
It’s no secret that I’m an optimist. I believe we are doing great things in Youngstown right now, and we can do even more. But even I am amazed at the latest news.
Inc. Magazine has published the list of the top 25 companies by growth. Note that Turning Technologies has an astonishing 3,907.9%...
August 23rd, 2007 | Youngstown | Read More
Heady stuff
Quite a week so far. I had a repeat appearance on Louie Free’s radio show, this time with Tim Sokol to talk about the Campbell Workers’ Housing project on Saturday. And two nights in a row I was interviewed by German television network ARD. Tuesday night was with a group of friends involved...
August 22nd, 2007 | Personal | Read More
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