Posted by Backroadsnews on Mar 2, 2009 in
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I will live tweet tonight’s Washington City Council meeting again. You do not have to be on Twitter to see what I’m writing, though.
You can go here: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=washks to see what I write, as I write it. If you are on Twitter and you are following me, my comments will also show up on your Twitter [...]
Tags: twitter, Washington Kansas City Council
Posted by Backroadsnews on Feb 26, 2009 in
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I’m telling you folks. You need to sign up for Twitter. I continue to post things on Twitter that don’t make it onto the blog. So if you’re not following me on Twitter, you’re missing out on some select local news and commentary.
It is free and should only take you a couple minutes to sign [...]
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Posted by Backroadsnews on Feb 3, 2009 in
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To see the results of last night’s live tweet of the Washington City Council meeting, go to:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=washks
I believe this is the first ever live tweet of a government meeting in rural north central Kansas. Basically, I used Twitter to post occasional council meeting updates to my Twitter account. If you are following me on Twitter, [...]
Tags: Live tweet, twitter, Washington Kansas
Posted by Backroadsnews on Jan 22, 2009 in
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A group of 12 seniors from Washington County High School, in rural north central Kansas, have traveled to Washington, D.C., to see the sites and experience a moment in American history – the inauguration of Barack Obama, the next president of the United States of America. Their thoughts, during the trip, are being posted below [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, inauguration, twitter, Washington County
Posted by Backroadsnews on Jan 19, 2009 in
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With the recent programming upgrade to my site, it is my understanding that I will be able to add a variety of new features and looks. Evidently, I will also be able to ad advertising to it!!! Woohoo!
But as I do that, I have also been hoarding plans for other features and sections of the [...]
Tags: blog ideas, new media, recipes, twitter
Posted by Backroadsnews on Jan 15, 2009 in
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I’ve been talking a lot lately about Twitter because of the DC Tigers online project. You should spend two minutes and no money and start up a Twitter account at www.twitter.com.
This is not necessarily a social web service, like Facebook. I didn’t like Facebook so much because it seemed mostly social with no business applications. [...]
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Posted by Backroadsnews on Jan 3, 2009 in
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I have what I hope to be a groundbreaking online project in the works for the presidential inauguration in a couple weeks. My plan was to create a type of live, online experience of the presidential inauguration, through the eyes and thoughts of the local group of WCHS seniors who are attending the event in [...]
Tags: flickr, inauguration, twitter