I see young people have immersed in Social Media to point where blogs have lost their buzz (not to be confused w/Google Buzz, which I’m now playing with – I don’t use gmail much, maybe this will get me using it?
Anyway, what a week. Arrived Monday to an empty newsroom – qhickly learned it was because an ODOT building almost NEXT DOOR was burning.
Turned out to allegedly be a troubled resident of the nearby Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter – which to their credit actually notified police a weird guy had been raising red flags, and could be their man. It was.
Contrast that to Friday, when I was asked by Redmond Airport Manager Carrie Novick – and when Carrie asks, you say yes, even senators and congressmen know that – to attend the ribbon cutting for the great big terminal expansion project.
It looks marvelous, even before all the furniture and signs and my fave thing – newsstand – are in place. Do check it out!
Other achievement this week: Finally got the onboarding questionnaire turned in for our new Web platform for KTVZ.COM and sister NPG sites, Internet Broadcasting.
I can’t wait to get started! A cleaner, faster-loading (yay!) Website, building in a better commenting system (probably Disqus) and lots more fun down the road.
But of course, my all-too-rare chance to get out and a) report personally and b) schmooze with old friends, like Wyden press aide-former UPI colleague Tom Towslee – made for a very stressed late afternoon catching up w/the news. Still, it was worth it!
Meanwhile, right now, listening to my fave podcaster – Leo Laporte at http://www.twit.tv – talk about Google Buzz, last weekend’s show.
As tiny as the ‘QuickPress’ window is in WordPress.com, maybe if I just GET here more often, will post more and … someone will find it interesting. I hope;-)
Leave it to Barney 
You can catch Leo live Saturday and Sunday am 11-2 at KFI http://www.kfiam640.com/mediaplayer/?station=KFI-AM&action=listenlive&channel_title=
Between KFI, twit and twig it’s a good way to find out what’s going on with Leo.
Yeah, but I like watching, and hanging in the chat room. Hey, Todd, could you guys keep your postings to our community event calendar to … community EVENTS. One-day, post-the-day-of stuff? Between you and the “I’m going to post the ENTIRE REDMOND PARKS AND REC CATALOG to your calendar!” it gets harder and harder to find the real EVENTS there. I mean, you have a Website, feel free to promote more in places like http://www.superoregon.com our free classifieds. OK?