George Nemeth: Fast away the old year passes
Best wishes to all of you for a prosperous 2K7
n.The times gone past; the good old days.
[Scots : auld, old + lang, long + syne, since.]
December 31, 2006
George Nemeth: One less reason to read the ABJ
Dave Giffels is on hiatus. Which begs the question, will he be back?
Beacon Journal | 12/31/2006 | Columnist taking break to write memoir
George Nemeth: Got my official V&C Final Report
You can download one here. One comment I’ve already heard is there’s nothing in it that addresses the environment.
From an email sent out with Ron Briggs’ and Brad Whitehead’s name attached:
As the development of the agenda moves forward, we will keep citizens informed of progress and actively engaged in decision-making. We believe that individuals and officials in the region will need to play a concerted role in moving the regional agenda from the development phase to the implementation phase.
The Fund and many organizations have begun addressing a number of the priorities identified in the Voices & Choices process.
One notable example is the recent million dollar grant to the Northeast Ohio Sourcing Office (NEOSO), which is working with municipalities from 13 counties across the region to reduce redundancies in the way services are provided. To date, more than 30 communities have signed up for NEOSO and significant savings are being generated by coordinating to collectively buy auto parts, road repair services and other local needs. For example, the city of Maple Heights expects to save more than $1,000 per month by purchasing auto parts with the city of South Euclid.
Individual Fund members have also taken action…
I think it’s worth noting that NEOSO as well as the Individual Fund members all got their starts before V&C got started.
Thoughts?
George Nemeth: Post Secret: apathy and self-interest
From this week’s PostSecret, freedumb.
Do you have a favorite this week?
George Nemeth: File sharing
Jack Ricchiuto:
I was listening to Thich Nhat Hahn last night, talking about how the present contains the past and future. It’s a perfect reflection as we transition into a new year, reflecting on everything good we take from 2006 into 2007…
Ed Morrison: Can Northeast Ohio become a leader in Wikinomics?
Open Source Economic Development is an approach that focuses on how communities and regions can adjust to a new world of networked collaboration. On January 3, an important new book will hit the shelves that explains these trends in more detail: Wikinomics.
In the last few years, traditional collaboration—in a meeting room, a conference call, even a convention center—has been superceded by collaborations on an astronomical scale.
Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created by teams numbering in the thousands or even millions. While some leaders fear the heaving growth of these massive online communities, Wikinomics explains how to prosper in a world where new communications technologies are democratizing the creation of value. Anyone who wants to understand the major forces revolutionizing business today should consider Wikinomics their survival kit.
The Toronto Globe and Mail has been running a multi-part series on the book:
Part 1: Peer Pioneers
Part 2: Ideagoras
Part 3: Prosumers
Part 4: The New Alexandrians
Part 5: Platforms for Innovation
December 30, 2006
George Nemeth: Still no first night for Cleveland
I guess if you don’t make the trek to Akron, you’re SOL when it comes to alt.nye:
First Night started a few years back as an answer to the problem of not much else being offered besides staying up to midnight to watch the New York Times Square ball drop. Actually, I don’t know how many people in Ohio stay up to watch the ball drop, but the point is, there wasn’t much to do except stay up and drink. Not the best form of entertainment for kids or folks who were looking for some other kind of good time.First Nights across the state are more than staying up until midnight…
Ring in the New Year with a First Night Celebration - Blogging Ohio
George Nemeth: “You’ll have a better experience with HMon”
From the HMon website:
You don’t have to put up with lousy support, attitudes, and waiting for help from your hosting company. If you have to roll your eyes when you need to call tech support, you’re hosting with the wrong company. Instead, Call HMon today and discover what you’ve has been missing. Don’t just take our word for it….
You know. I have to tell you. I wasn’t getting “lousy support, attitude or waiting for help” with my previous hosting company. My problem was that I had a dedicated server, and didn’t feel like I was getting the proper performance out of it for the cost. I’m still hosting a bunch of sites there. Over the past several months, WordPress has been hitting the MySQL database pretty hard. Problem is, it’s be dragging down other sites with it because of the MTB Ad Network.
When the guys at HMon offered to take on the problem, I was cool with that. We had difficulty working thru the database move, since it was so huge. They worked it out. The database kept bringing down the Slackware server they set it up on. They kept working on it until all the options were exhausted. The guy who maintains the Windows servers thought it’d be better off on a Windows box, and figured out how to get WAMP configured for BFD. Since that move, he’s also set up some monitoring as well as set up a system that will restart the services.
Bottom line. There’s plenty of hosting companies out there. There’s quite a few in the Cleveland area. I know a bunch of them, and they’re all good guys. I only know of one who’s been there to help me work through this problem (and I’m no slouch when it comes to this stuff)… HMon. I bet they’d help you too.
