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YouTube + Erie = ErieTube!

Have you seen this site?  www.erietube.com.  No? 
Better yet, post a video from your camera-phone. 
Now this is some funny stuff man:
http://www.erietube.com/kickapps/service/displayMediaPlayPage.kickAction?mediaType=VIDEO&mediaId=130436&as=3766
 This proves why Erie (and the surrounding townships) is such a great place to live.  Where else can you see something so COOL?  Nowhere, that’s where.  There’s also a really cool video of a guy surfing [...]

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 Talk about breakthrough moments: My father in-law discovered that he can send text messages from his cellphone. 
He told me the story of when he was a boy, his family had a party line installed with a bunch of neighbors.  He couldn’t make a call unless none of the neighbors were using the line.  To “dial”, he [...]

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Bye Bye Registration, Hello Search!

Part 1: Teach an old dog new tricks.
I’m a frequent GoErie.com visitor.  I’d say in any given week, I visit the site eighteen to twenty-five times.  I always want to see what’s the breaking news, local sports headlines and the blogs of local writers. One thing is different these days, I’m able to link to [...]

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The Future of Computing?

It’s been a while, I’m sorry for remaining silent.
I just attended the District Two conference meeting here in Erie and a recurring question kept coming up, “What are some trends you’re seeing?”  The question was asked about the different facets of the ad industry - print, broadcast, online and futures of ad agencies.  To answer [...]

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Yahoo Widgets + Twitter = Good Fun

I was introduced to Yahoo Widgets not too long ago and my life has been forever changed!  Now on my desktop I have a continually-updated weather widget, a Twitter button and a beaker icon representing my battery life.
I used to visit Twitter to let everyone know what I was up to on a minute-by-minute basis, but [...]

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To Unplug…or not to Unplug?

I’ve been bringing home work more and more often it seems.  I think my wife is getting a little fed up with it.  Know how I know?  “Jeff, I’m getting a little fed up with you bringing work home.”  Perceptive, aren’t I?
I genuinely enjoy my job.  I love the people with whom I work from [...]

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