Yesterday, I began a small series of posts on community conversation. If you missed my first blog post on the topic you can see it here. Today, I want to write about Twitter and why in my opinion, it is not the best place for healthy community conversation.
Most of my friends and family don’t understand [...]
For the past several months, some friends and I have been thinking about the way our community communicates. We have been trying to re-imagine ways to share knowledge, ideas and concerns about our community. We all recognize that our community has many challenges, but our challenges are matched with incredible potential.
In reflecting about community conversation, [...]
It is a busy week for me but in honor of the Storyland & Playland opening this Saturday, Frbruary 13th; I give you Tyler vs. The Roller Coaster from YouTube. This kid is pretty cute and he is riding our mini coaster in 2008. Speaking of our opening, be sure to visit the Fresno Beehive [...]
Last week KSEE 24 began running spots that highlight Fresno. Truly the commercial seems to be designed to highlight the entire Central Valley region. The spots feature some prominent leaders in the community and use the Fresno Brand Platform as a template for the message.
“We Are Fresno” is the message that you are left with [...]
It is somewhat interesting that this is my first blog entry on this blog about my job. I guess I have been using my blog to talk about other interests but there is no doubt that Rotary Storyland & Playland are very close to me wherever I am and whatever I am doing.
I am pretty [...]
This is an important week for the future of Downtown Fresno.
Tomorrow, Mayor Ashley Swearengin will be the keynote speaker at the Downtown Association State of Downtown Breakfast. The event which is to be held at the newly remodeled “The Grand” at the Trade Center downtown is SOLD OUT.
Thursday, the Fresno City Council is scheduled to vote [...]
I totally geek out on Disneyland stuff. I admit it. I am really excited about the new show coming to Disneyland’s California Adventure this fall. Here is a video on the progress.
Exactly one year ago today Barack Obama became President of the United States of America. I don’t envy any president as I feel it is the most difficult job in the entire world. The amount of daily pressure must be incredible.
But I wonder, as a candidate Obama ran on the ideal of change. It was a [...]
George Hostetter is one heck of a great reporter for the Fresno Bee. Today he released a blog post about the former Met Museum that is really worth everyone’s time. You can read his blog post here. He had been covering The Met for some time and reading his thoughts on the demise of the [...]
I have been attempting to to process the Haiti earthquake all day. The loss of 50,000-100,000 lives due to an earthquake seems incomprehensible. Everything about it is so unsettling.
Possibly the most unsettling aspect of the disaster for me is that the extreme loss of life is most directly related to the extreme poverty in Haiti. [...]