Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari is encouraging his country’s political leaders to start using New Media and technology, in Namibia: Youtube, E-Mail, Skype And MPs. Hengari points out that it is easy for leaders to talk about the importance of technology, even if they have no knowledge of it. If leaders actually use wikis, blogs, and even […]
Archives for March 2007
Local sources of resale merchandise
Our Friend Chuck Huckaby wants to share some ideas on where to find local sources of merchandise to resell. This is a solid model for a small town business: take a local resource into a larger market. Find your local sources: landfills, garage sales, auctions, local manufacturers, local retailers, local farmers. Look for their overstocks, […]
Brag Basket – Share your good news!
UPDATE: Even more brags!UPDATE: Read our brags, at the end of the post. And join us by sharing some news of your own! Sometimes you just want to share some good news. It may not be something earth-shattering, just something good. Or maybe something bad that you learned from. You can brag on yourself, your […]
Idea: Space for creativity
Reader Evelyn Mitchell sent this story to me. I’ve been following the blog The Thrifty Knitter. She’s participating in this: http://harveyvilleproject.com/yarnschool07/index.html I thought it was an interesting story for you for a couple of reasons. First, that the Harveyville Project is re-purposing buildings in a small town for conference space and artistic residences. Secondly, that […]