Little Rosies – A taste of the Philippines made in Athens, Ohio

February 3, 2010

The other day I ventured out to the Hills Market for a Small Business Beanstalk event introducing Worthington to the wonders of the SBB card (which I’ll have to write a post about soon).
I’m glad I went, since I was introduced to Pamela Loch of Little Rosie’s. She makes some amazing Filipino salad dressing that has to [...]

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List of Columbus Social Media Experts

December 18, 2009

Dear Columbus Social Media Expert,
I know how hard it is for you to establish yourself as an expert in the new field of social media. After all, most people have never heard of it until this year. And how do you get your name out there if you can’t get high on the search results?
Well, [...]

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Ohio needs to abandon voting for Constitutional Amendments

November 24, 2009

I am not in favor of Ohio’s current system of amending our Constitution. I hate it when proposed Amendments are on the ballot that I oppose. I even hate it when there are measures that I support.
Popular vote just doesn’t cut it with something so important. We just end up with a special interest with [...]

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In defense of the Social Media Expert Critic

October 5, 2009

Of course, the companion piece to my last blog post, is to celebrate the Social Media Expert Critic. If you’re bashing this type of behavior, then by all means, bash away.

But I don’t think our experts are like that.
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In defense of the Social Media Expert

October 5, 2009

Ok, not really. But sub-head this post “You’re never appreciated most in your hometown”.
Yea, I get the whole social media expert bashing thing. I think generally it’s pretty funny. But I don’t get the bashing of the folks trying to make a living off of social media. Case in point, Len Hewit (name changed to [...]

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Ah ha ha ha, I suck, but you knew that

October 5, 2009

First off, congrats to all involved with TEDxColumbus, great list of speakers.
Second, my apologies for the guest post I published here. Clearly it was wrong. But I’ve been wrong in the past and I probably will be wrong again. I won’t apologize for mucking it up, but I’ll man up when I’m wrong and apologize [...]

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Wanna Experience Columbus? Now you can at a discount.

September 29, 2009

I’m not sure how long Experience Columbus has been doing Experience Columbus Days, but last year I took advantage of the promotion and whole heartedly recommend you do too.
This year, ECD will be from October 9-12. You’ll get up to 50% off at at variety of Columbus entertainment and attractions, plus a can’t-be-beat 25% discount [...]

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Behind the Curtain of TEDx Columbus by Ryan Bauer

September 25, 2009

Guest post from Columbus celebrity and great guy Ryan Bauer. Full disclosure, I really want TEDx Columbus to be a hit. I share the same community goals of Ryan and TED (the original). Hopefully, the organizers of TEDx Columbus see Ryan’s post as a good thing and be open with their motives. After all, I’m [...]

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Hey look ma, we’re in Sports Illustrated

September 17, 2009

Grove City. Southwestern School District voters. You should be proud of yourselves.
Idiots.
Update, a friend on facebook made the following comment, and thus the strike out:
I just want to clarify something, Alvin. Grove City DID pass the levy. It was the others who did not, and that is why people are talking here about wanting to [...]

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