tully’s has the best hot chocolate
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This is just a quick note to remind you that if you want the best hot chocolate anywhere, you have to be in the Pacific Northwest and you need to find a Tully’s Coffee Shop.
That’s all.
This is just a quick note to remind you that if you want the best hot chocolate anywhere, you have to be in the Pacific Northwest and you need to find a Tully’s Coffee Shop.
That’s all.
So you may recall that in the spring, I wrote The Voice Over Entrance Exam, a free e-book about whether or not a career in voice over might be the right way to go for someone. I’ve enjoyed hundreds of downloads and a lot of gracious and passionate comments that I sincerely appreciate.
Along the way, I’ve heard about these Facebook “fan” pages, where people who follow you on Facebook can become a sort of virtual groupie (with much less traveling and certainly much less in the way of expectations).
Now I could see no purpose to have something about that about myself for about a billion reasons…but I got to thinking that I should set it up for The Voice Over Entrance Exam. Everybody really liked it. So let’s keep the communication channel opened via a fan page.
Now The Voice Over Entrance Exam has a fan page on Facebook. I hope very sincerely you’ll become a fan.
Not for the egotism of it but rather to avoid sheer humiliation. Sort of like hosting a party and having nobody show up. Or writing a blog post to ask people to join your fan page.
Let’s be clear: you’d be becoming a fan of the book, not the author so your reputation won’t be that tainted ;).
See, all the while I was creating this thing, I’m thinking to myself two things: this all seems very self-aggrandized and I should have set it up when the book came out (likely a marketing miss – see, everybody makes them!)
So if you could help me avoid self-inflected humiliation and come to my Facebook “party”, I’d be grateful.
I hope I didn’t make too much food!
In Remembrance of 9.11_Chagrin Falls Intermediate School by Danielle
You know where you were.
You know how you heard about it.
It defined your generation and it changed everything.
And then you died and the memory faded into another generation and some of the lessons were lost.
September 11, 2001
November 22, 1963
December 7, 1941
April 14, 1865
April 12, 1861
April 18, 1775
History is not about the constant recitation of dates. They are the prompts to a bigger picture, the larger story. The tale of how you were given the gifts of your country, your family, you.
Immerse yourself in your history, learn from your history, mourn for your history and celebrate your history.
Not just the dates, not just the places but the stories and the people who lived, fought and died for their beliefs.
You would, quite literally, be nothing without them. But today you are an American because of them.
God bless the United States of America and her citizens, past and present, on this day and everyday. Amen.
All I was doing was reading old posts in my Google reader that I hadn’t yet seen.
Then I saw Julien Smith’s naked ass on my screen while reading a blog post by Mitch Joel.
I was not upset about a naked picture of Julien Smith on my screen.
I was upset that even though his face is hidden, I knew it was a naked picture of Julien Smith.
The thoughts in my head went exactly like this:
“Why is there a picture of a naked Julien Smith on my screen promoting Podcamp Montreal.”
Then immediately after that I thought:
“Why do I know that’s a naked picture of Julien Smith?!!!! Oh my God, my retinas, ack!!!! ”
So, um, Podcamp Montréal is September 19th and 20th at the UQAM Design Centre. You can read all about it here.
As far as I can tell, it is not a clothing optional event.
Just got pinged (and I think we all know how painfully THAT can be) that the dates for Podcamp Philly are set for October 3 & 4 at Philadelphia’s Temple University.
I am a big proponent of the Podcamp experience so if you’re nearly by I highly encourage you to attend.
HEAR’S WHY: [audio:http://www.audioconnell.com/clientuploads/mp3/audioconnell_PodcampPhilly_2009_Promo.mp3]
Click here to download the promo for your podcast and help promote Podcamp Philly 2009!
To the unfamiliar (and fear not, there are plenty of you…that’s OK this event is FOR you!) PodCamp is a BarCamp-style UnConference dedicated to podcasting, blogging, video blogging and all things New Media. Whether you’re an industry veteran or new media “newbie,” you’ll find that PodCamp offers low cost, high-quality, user-generated content in a welcoming, all-inclusive environment.
For more information, click here or to register, please click here. Enjoy!
Professional voice talents Peter O'Connell & Kelly Klemolin
Tuesday I was in Packerland, WI, also know as Titletown (most outsiders know it as Green Bay) for a quick in/out meeting. So I pinged that fact and saw a note back on Facebook from female voice talent Kelly Klemolin who I hadn’t met before and who lives only 30 minutes away near Appleton, WI.
We were able to set up a lunch at the Titletown Brewing Co., and I got to hear all about her voice over career and her business. Super nice lady and very talented. Kelly was very generous to share her time and great stories with me.
Kelly then introduced me to Carl Romey who is basically THE voice of Green Bay (pipes so deep, seismologists in Green Bay have to call him occasionally to see if he’s recording or there’s actually an earth quake). His studio was very nearby our lunch place. Great set up and a very kind man indeed.
None of this planned and all of it because of my social media status updates. That’s just one type of opportunity that social media offers business people who know how to use it.
