Posts Tagged ‘tech’

Tuesday SEO Learning Lab @ Semple

After graduating from YSU with a liberal arts degree, I went to work for IBM, with their Catapult software training division. I stood in front of a classroom every day for a year teaching users about Microsoft Office, the Internet, Databases, Lotus Notes, and just about anything else that was requested....
April 17th, 2010 | Technology | Read More

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 there are still 86 days to go as support.com is looking to hire 100 new employees over the course of 100 days. Support.com has local connections and is looking to our area for...
January 20th, 2010 | Technology | Read More

Match Your Email to Your Custom Domain

Every week I encounter a business or organization who still uses an e-mail address with a nondescript domain address. ginasflowers@yahoo.com or fishinginc@ameritech.net There’s really no excuse for this. Domains cost about $10 per year, and you can get your e-mail hosted at your custom domain name...
January 20th, 2010 | Technology | Read More

Let your users set policy

In the past, I have seen software and Web applications developed so that all kinds of interesting business rules were added. The intention was to help users out, to protect them from unwanted behaviors or imagined side effects. The problem was that these weren’t requests from the user, they were...
September 14th, 2009 | Technology | Read More

Nonprofits’ Guide to: Getting the most out of Twitter

I will be speaking about social networking at the Third Annual Nonprofit Summit “Creative Partnerships: Connecting the Dots in the Mahoning Valley,” which takes place at YSU on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 from 8:00am to 4:30pm in Kilcawley Center. The session’s description: “You’ve...
August 26th, 2009 | Technology | Read More

Youngstown Means Business: An Entrepreneur’s Magazine Top 10 City to start a business

“Youngstown, Ohio, anyone?” offers the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine’s August 2009 issue. The story behind the feature stretches back not just to the inception of the Youngstown Business Incubator but to the very origins of steel at the banks of Yellow Creek with Dan and James Heaton’s...
July 23rd, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More