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Featured Blog Posts – November 2009 Archive (53)

Cycle of Buzzword Oblivion

“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.”

Macbeth, Act 5, Scene… Continue

Added by Mack Earnhardt on November 30, 2009 at 2:59pm — 1 Comment

Elinor Ostrom's Organization of Cooperation

It might have caught your attention several weeks back when professor Elinor Ostrom from Indiana University was announced as a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, alongside…

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Added by Janneane Blevins on November 30, 2009 at 11:40am — No Comments

Emotion

Over the holiday, I went and saw a movie with my wife called “The Blind Side”.

You’ve seen the trailers. It has Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and a gigantic African American high school student from the wrong side of town.

I wasn’t interested in seeing this movie at all. The reason was that I already knew exactly what was going to happen. So did you.

Here’s what I thought the storyline would be – We are introduced to a disadvantaged poor kid from a bad part of… Continue

Added by CJ McClanahan on November 30, 2009 at 9:49am — 5 Comments

Web 2.0 Expo in New York

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York. My session went very well and we got excellent feedback but I also had a wonderful time attending the other presentations and learning from other speakers.

The first session that really piqued my interest was "The Elephant in the Room: Social… Continue

Added by Michael Reynolds on November 30, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Reasons To Say "No Comments"

As my blog Turning Left Against Traffic barrels into another year, readers and dissenters seem to offer one unifying query. Why does this blog refuse to permit comments? For the answer to this puzzling question, you will need to head down an electronic rabbit h***. Namely: venturing past this teaser paragraph into the heart of the post.

Demonstrating freedom of speech on Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech” to… Continue

Added by Robby Slaughter on November 29, 2009 at 3:34pm — 5 Comments

Drumstick Dash With The Beans

Did the Drumstick Dash with my brother and daughter. Huge crowd made for a bit of an obstacle course. I think that made the 4.5 miles a little closer to 5 with all the dodging and weaving. Glad the rain wasn't any more than a mist. (thanks for the help @paulpoteet )

This was my daughter's first race ever. She did great! I'm very proud of her.…

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Added by Bill Bean on November 27, 2009 at 12:36pm — 2 Comments

What I Am Thankful For - republished from "What I Would Miss" Blog because it is fitting for this time of year

Republished - Last night at the Rainmakers Main Event, Lorraine Ball of Roundpeg spoke about our local economic eco-system. She asked each of us to list three businesses we would miss if they were to close up, and it really started making me think what part I can play to make sure this doesn’t happen to the three I listed.

First thing I can do is to make sure everyone within my circle or “tribe” knew how much I appreciated my three –… Continue

Added by Serina Kelly on November 26, 2009 at 8:37am — No Comments

Shallow Indiana (Sorry, but you disappoint me sometimes.)

(originally posted on hicksvilleliterary.blogspot.com)

One of these days. ONE of these days, I will surely learn to stop looking at the comments-section when I read the Indianapolis Star or the Evansville Courier and Press.

Take, for example, a fairly matter-of-fact article on… Continue

Added by Leah Barr on November 25, 2009 at 11:30pm — 5 Comments

Thankful for Windows 7 or Google Chrome OS

Going into the Thanksgiving weekend I thought it was a perfect time to write an opinion piece on these two new operating systems released in the past 30 days. How do they compare and what is best for you, is still to be determined and may need further thought and consideration.

Windows 7 has a new and improved Taskbar and Start Button functionality, Multiple Windows, Transitional Pop-up, and Shake Feature, better Security and overall seems to be more suited for traditional desktop… Continue

Added by Harvey Mover on November 25, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

The Internal Pilot Light

With another year zipping by I found myself reflecting this past weekend on 2009. One of the questions I asked myself was “why do I actually enjoy getting out of bed in the morning?” This question came about as I was talking with a close friend of mine who does not enjoy where he works. After he left our house and the kids were in bed I started to wind down and think why I actually enjoy what I do. There are many reasons, but the number one reason was I like to help people. I know, sounds corny… Continue

Added by Aaron Prickel on November 24, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

The Blind Side is a "must-see" for Thanksgiving weekend

I think it’s safe to predict that The Blind Side will earn Sandra Bullock an Academy Award nomination. Not that she alone makes the movie, because it is perfectly cast and excellently written and directed. Based on Michael Lewis’ 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, the movie is the true story of Michael Oher (played by newcomer Quinton Aaron), the Baltimore Ravens rookie tackle who came from the Memphis projects. Homeless, uneducated, and dismissed by most as a lost… Continue

Added by Marcia Clutter on November 24, 2009 at 8:50am — 1 Comment

Sony Computer Entertainment of America Does Social Media Right - And You Should Do the Same!

My co-workers know how much I love my PSP, and how much of a love-hate relationship I have with Sony. But I just gotta give them credit for one of the best online social media marketing strategies I have seen. Not only does Sony have a very well run Blog, Twitter feed, and Facebook page, but they have both the KAHONAS and the common-sense needed to run them effectively. Other companies concerned about their branding in the brutal arena of social media would do well to follow their… Continue

Added by Todd Muffley on November 24, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Breast and cervical cancer.... spending money to save lives? And at what cost?

In a non-scientific poll, the IndyChannel.com asked on Friday whether you believe in the recently published recommendations of less testing for certain cancers for women in specific age brackets. The poll is not perfect. It includes false choices. But for the sake of discussion, lets say we trust the data in the… Continue

Added by Caleb Decker on November 21, 2009 at 7:41am — 1 Comment

One Art Event A Week: Matt Owens at Herron

Weeks 34: Matt Owens at Herron

Recently, April and I went to hear Matt Owens speak during the Herron’s visiting artist series. Herron has recently added FREE lectures during the lunch hour, which makes it easy to just pop over and hear

some pretty innovative artists speak.

Matt Owens is a founding member of… Continue

Added by Laura Frank on November 20, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

MySpace is dead....the Prostitutes and MLM'ers have left...

MySpace has been struggling against the ever growing popularity of Facebook, but I believe the real “last nail in the coffin” is coming from Twitter. MySpace used to pummel my inbox with “friends” I have never met, but apparently found me irresistibly sexually attractive. I was beginning to think I had lost that cyber-sex appeal as my MySpace spam trickled to a stop. Lo and behold, my inbox has once again began filling with pleas from girls who desperately wanted to meet me. This time it wasn’t… Continue

Added by Todd Muffley on November 19, 2009 at 3:46pm — 2 Comments

This cruise ship has Indiana roots...

"It has taken nine months worth of social networking strategy, preparation, creative, acquisition, production, broadband and web development rise to its peak. Our efforts on the launch of, Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship will see its second biggest national audience on Good Morning… Continue

Added by Pat Coyle on November 19, 2009 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Understanding Loyalty in the Facebook Era

Yesterday the New Oxford American Dictionary named “unfriend” as the top new word of 2009. Unfriend: to boot someone out of your life, either virtually, in real life, or both. The fact that we need a common word for this act may underscore a growing problem we’re having with loyalty these days.

How loyal are you? To your friends, family, employer, customers, colleagues? If you’re like most people who answer that question, you believe that you’re giving way more loyalty than… Continue

Added by Crystal Hammon on November 18, 2009 at 9:25am — 3 Comments

The Rise of Creative Philanthropy

Special thanks to the writer of this article, Scott Henderson for his permission to let me post this. Read more on his site Rally the Cause.

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Added by Paul Waltz on November 17, 2009 at 3:31pm — 3 Comments

IMA in Fall: A Series of Images

Images from my IMA in Fall series. To learn more about the process of making these images please visit my blog at… Continue

Added by PK Koduri on November 17, 2009 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

The Future of the Web - What Does It Mean For Your Business?

With Internet usage up by almost 133% in North America since the dawn of the new millennium and almost three quarters of all Americans using the internet on a regular basis it is no doubt that the Web has come to be a mainstay of how we conduct life and business. With the way Websites and Internet based applications have exploded over the last decade and a half, the world has not seen advancement in the wealth and ease of access to information like ever before. There also seems to be nothing… Continue

Added by Bjorn Carlson on November 13, 2009 at 4:07pm — 1 Comment