AARCEE Party & Tent Rental has supplies for parties, weddings, corporate events and more. I love visiting their shop because they have lots of beautiful tables with fun, festive and elegant settings. Well we just did an intervention with a new web site . They have always had a nice catalog that folks have found … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Social Networking site for Grown Ups
A couple of months ago I gave a presentation on Web 2.0 with my friend David Erickson. Someone in the audience asked us about whether there was a MySpace or FaceBook for grown ups. Well, I found one. Boomj.com (http://www.boomj.com). They call themselves the Lifestyle and Social Network for Baby Boomers and Generation Jones (who … Continue reading
American Appliance & Mechanical
I want to welcome a new web site into the world – American Appliance & Mechanical, based out of Coon Rapids, Minnesota. I was very pleased to unveil the site last week and completely forgot to mention it in my blog. One tip – American appliance offers coupons (online and off) twice a year, in … Continue reading
Adding pictures from Flickr to another web site
Flickr is a great place to save and store pictures. One of the things I really like is that you can post pictures from your Flickr account to another web site easily. Then when you update your pictures in Flickr the update is fed to your web site. You can post all of your pictures … Continue reading
Google Trends
OK I’ll admit it’s Wednesday night, I’m on the road and I’m tired! So I checked out Google Labs again for a topic. Tonight I found Google Trends (http://www.google.com/trends). It does two fun things: It shows the top terms searched today (or any day). I think this is a great way to keep on top … Continue reading
SightSpeed
Yesterday a friend of mine (Bill from Mahtomedi) sent me information on a free online video phone service, SightSpeed (www.sightspeed.com). You visit their site, download the software and magic presto you can make video calls to friends who have downloaded the same software. It took only a few minutes. Admittedly you have to have a … Continue reading
Google 411
Sometimes it’s fun to just peruse the Google Labs (http://labs.google.com) to see what they’re looking into these days. Tonight I tried their Google Voice Local Search (http://labs.google.com/goog411). It’s pretty much like calling 411 only it’s free. Just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411). You give them city and state. You ask for a business name or category and … Continue reading
Fun Web Sites
Today’s Byte is a little disjointed but I have come across some fun sites lately that I wanted to share: TechPresident http://www.techpresident.com/ Tracks how the Presidential candidates are doing online including how often they’re mentioned on blogs, the popularity of their YouTube videos and more. I wrote more about then in the Blandin on Broadband … Continue reading
SlideShare Presentation Tool
This morning I gave a presentation to the Minneapolis Breakfast Club http://www.minneapolisbreakfastclub.com. I am a member there, each week one member gives a presentation on their industry, and this week it was my turn. The presentation, 8 ways to drive traffic on the Internet, is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/atreacy/8-ways-to-drive-traffic-through-the-internet/ I wanted to share the presentation … Continue reading
Real Estate Podcast
I’m trying to pepper the Byte blog with tidbits throughout the week – mostly focusing on real life use of Web 2.0 applications, last minute conference type announcements, or super fun successes. These won’t appear in the email newsletter – just online. I just did a podcast with a client of mine who is a … Continue reading
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