As 2011 approaches I’m looking back on my accomplishments this past year…
In 2010 I began helping my local Coldwell Banker’s office break into Social Media, at the same time as I took on Project Managing the developing SanJose.org website. Along with this began my consistent writing efforts on Yelp as well as my personal blogs.
Writing was a key focus this year, as the majority of my tasks centered on this ...
September 22, 2010
Sample Writing for Examiner
I recently did some writing for Examiner.com (links coming after their site finishes migrating data over), very similar to my writings for SanJose.org, especially since my section is Nightlife-ish topics. But for those curious, here was the writing sample that got me approved by them.
San Jose plays as hard as it works!
You may be familiar with our California Casual style of dressing, and this relaxed theme carries over into our ...
May 19, 2010
Monopoly in the Park Saga
I’ll preface this first with an apology to anyone whose name I misspell as I didn’t always have a chance to ask how the name was spelled.
It started with an email on May 10th from our hosting provider informing us that the DNS for monopolyinthepark.com had been changed. Questions immediately arose as we didn’t have the domain registered with either of our two registrars. I immediately contacted Network Solutions, one ...
March 9, 2010
Brief on Friday’s Art Walk
I was honestly expecting a lull in activity with the end of Cinequest here in San Jose, but apparently the art community is just starting to blossom.
Things kicked off last weekend when I brought a group of friends out to the South First Friday Art Walk, we took a look at the numerous exhibits housed at Anno Domini, Art Glass Center of San Jose, San Jose Museum of Quilts & ...
January 4, 2010
San Jose Needs A Giant Robot
Perhaps not literally, but we do need something to draw people here other than our business casual and leisure activities. A while back Japan started building giant robots and it seems to have been drawing a lot of locals as well as tourists to the city of Tokyo. So why can’t the tech capital of the world, Silicon Valley, build something to capture the hearts and minds of our imaginations ...
