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Garnet Ghost Town, MT

We visited Garnet Ghost town during our trip to Montana in July, 2009. Here are some of the photos I took. It was a most interesting ghost town (very well preserved). We also visited the abandoned gold mines associated with the town. Some are log lined shafts over 100 feet […]

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Family Vacation 2009

We had a great vacation with our family in July. In addition to visiting a number of sites in Montana and Wyoming, we also had some great time to just visit. Thought readers might enjoy some of these photos. www.flickr.com

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Great Falls 4th of July Parade

We had some time to view the 4th of July parade in Great Falls, MT during our first few days here. Thought these photos would be of interest. Let me know if you have questions (I simply don’t have time to tag the photos at this point). www.flickr.com

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Highwood Mountains, MT

These mountains are near where our family lives. Just a sampling of numerous photos I took during our visit. We had a great time. I wish I had time to place tags on these photos (I will try to do this later). In the interim, contact me if you have […]

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Yellowstone National Park

In addition to visiting Glacier National Park, I also was able to visit Yellowstone National Park with my family in early July. Ben – thanks for driving most of the way. I have a fair amount of video in addition to over 500 photos. Thought some of these might be […]

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This is 2009?

I came across this sign during my recent trip. I suspect I am not understanding something, but it seems a bit out of place in 2009. I hope the sign implies gang colors…

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Glacier National Park, MT

I had the great pleasure of visiting Glacier National Park in NW Montana during early July, 2009. These are some of the nearly 500 photos I took. Thought you might enjoy them. Contact me if you have questions about any of them. I don’t presently have the time to tag […]

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WOW Web Design Contest

These are some of the photos taken at the WOW Web Design Contest held in Kansas City, MO June 23 – 25, 2009. We had 46 teams competing for over $190,000 in prizes. Prizes were awarded on Friday, June 26. www.flickr.com

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Congratulations

Congratulation to Kathleen Quinlan and Matt Scachette on winning second place in the national SkillsUSA web design contest. The contest was held on June 25, 2009. Great work!

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WOW National Web Design Contest

I had the opportunity to coordinate the WOW (World Organization of Webmasters) national web design contest in Kansas City, MO with Bill Cullifer. Thirty secondary teams (2 individuals) and 16 post-secondary teams competed for over $190,000 in education scolarships and prizes. Winners will be announced tonight in front of 15,000 […]

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Celebrate Web Professionals’ Day

Please join me in celebrating Web Professionals’ Day! The second annual Web Professionals’ Day is today April 29. Congratulations to all those who keep the websites up to date and functional (as well as secure, usable, accessible, and conforming to established standards and best practices).

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Illinois SkillsUSA Web Design Contest

Congratulation to Kathleen Quinlan and Matt Scachette on winning first place in the Illinois SkillsUSA web design contest. The contest was held on Friday, April 24, 2009 in Springfield. It consisted of a series of 6 separate challenges. Many focused on the area of web standards. Some dealt with specific […]

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2009 Technical Skills

The Society of Digital Agencies recently conducted a survey to determine what technical skills would be in demand this year. Details can be found in graphical form on page 20 of the report.  Although I question (and others have as well) why Java and JavaScript are lumped together, one can […]

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Twitter

I will be the first to admit that I don’t fully understand Twitter. However, I recently finished a short course on emerging technologies for education. This inspired me to obtain a Twitter account. I plan to take a different approach. Rather than posting what I consider trivial nonsense about what […]

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MAPS Fossil Show

I attended the Mid America Paleontological Society annual show in Macomb (Illinois) this weekend. These are a few of the photos I took at that event. www.flickr.com

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