Archive for May, 2008

Triangle Tweetup at Capstrat

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Capstrat recently hosted Triangle Tweetup 2.0, a gathering of Triangle residents who use the popular social networking service, Twitter. Twitter is a service that allows users to stay in contact with one another by sending short answers to the question, "What are you doing?" Nearly seventy people attended ...

140 Characters or Less

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Since joining Twitter back in March and gaining some insightful, and sometimes entertaining, conversation from it, I've noticed a change.  I now think in 140 characters or less.  At random times throughout the day, usually during transitions, I think of short comments to post on twitter.  Many of them don't ...

Time at UNC Renewed

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

This morning, while on my way to spend time with family here in Chapel Hill, I checked my mail to discover an acceptance letter to the MSIS program at UNC. That envelope had the potential to ruin my graduation weekend, but instead it made this occasion much brighter. ...

USS North Carolina

Friday, May 9th, 2008

On Monday, May 5th, I twittered about the departure of the USS North Carolina (SSN-777) from the Port of Wilmington, after its commissioning ceremony. Here is a photo of the vessel departing the Cape Fear River at Southport. A crowd of about 300 gathered at the waterfront in ...

Brightkite

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Earlier this week I was at home in Shallotte, NC, a small town between Wilmington, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC. There the light of Web 1.0 barely shines and there's not much Web 2.0 action. I actively Twittered the departure of the recently commissioned USS North Carolina (SS-777) ...