Posts by Peter Ellis
Talk To Me Book website
We have created the Talk to Me website to help Smith’s Picker Engineering Program to inspire young people to engage in engineering through the electronic media that they use to communicate. Consistent with the vision of Smith’s Picker Engineering Program, the Talk to Me project views engineering as applying basic scientific and mathematical principles in…
Read MoreMoving: Day 7 (Finally!!!)
Moving Day 7: Move-out/move-in day, 26′ truck completely filled with desks, chairs, computers, tables, filling cabinets and other types of furniture.
Read MoreMoving: Day 3 and 4
Moving Day 3: Wall construction began, touch-up paint, paint trim pain. Moving Day 4: Wall construction, wall sanding, more painting, ceiling repair, bamboo flooring got delivered.
Read MoreRe-opening of Fran Johnson’s
Fantastic news from our client, Cindy Johnson, owner of Fran Johnson’s Golf & Tennis in West Springfield: Popular Local Retailer to Re-Open Thanks to Unorthodox “Staying in Business” Campaign Customers loan $150k for business to Re-Open West Springfield, Ma – Local retailer, Fran Johnson’s Golf & Tennis in West Springfield, will re-open on Thursday, May…
Read MoreSocial media backlash
Friends, followers, connections, likes, fans, tweets, RTs, diggs, shares, comments, posts, updates, walls, events, groups, clubs, views, impressions…WOW, I got tired just by typing this, how would you feel about worrying regarding this on daily bases? OVERLOAD? Imagine this, “Is it enough just to be on LinkedIn and Facebook? I just got an invite from…
Read MoreTwitter Verified Account
This is new. To prevent identity confusion, Twitter is experimenting (beta testing) with a ‘Verified Account’ feature. They are working to establish authenticity with people who deal with impersonation or identity confusion on a regular basis. Accounts with a are the real thing! Twitter is currently testing verification with some businesses and working hard at…
Read MoreWhite House and Social Media
I was doing research on current social media usage trends. Many will say that every business should use social networking (after all its a free tool). The questions is, can any business adopt social networking practices that will return on their investment? In my humble opinion, the answer is simple – it depends on the…
Read MoreMicrosoft Office 2010 is out
Microsoft Office 2010 Beta version is available for download now. Come to think of it, I started using the Office programs back in 2000. It has been 10 years and I am still using the software today. I could not let go of the Microsoft Office software, even though I am a Mac user. It…
Read MoreFacebook Survey
Hi Everyone, This week we want to conduct a survey to see how much time on average people spend on Facebook daily. Please take a second to answer this one question. Leave your answer as a comment on our Facebook Page, comment on this post or use the Polls feature on the right sidebar of…
Read MoreHappy Birthday to LinkedIn!
Seven years ago today, LinkedIn social networking website was launched. This makes it older than Facebook (2004), Twitter (2006) and even MySpace (2003). The company was started in December of 2002, but the website did not launch until May 5, 2003. While LinkedIn is much smaller than Facebook and other social media sites (Facebook has…
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