Dr. James McIntyre hasn't been in Knoxville more than two months as the new school superintendent and he has already seen a tough budget, a spending freeze, an accident at Karns high school that led to the unfortunate death of a student and now a school shooting that has led to the death of another student. My thoughts and prayers go out to both families that have lost their kids, but I couldn't imagine what is going through the mind of our new superintendent. I hope he is ready for this challenge.
Once again, my thoughts and prayers are out to both of these families.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
YPLC Networking Event Thursday!
Join YPLC at the Crown & Goose on Thursday, August 21st, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. when YPLC presents its August Networking Event. The Crown & Goose will offer complimentary heavy hor 'doeuvres and happy hour drink specials. A $10 donation is asked of all those who attend. Proceeds will be donated to Cystic Fibrosis.
Tim Burchett for Mayor....
Well, although this is old news, the public now knows that Tim Burchett will be running for mayor. The question is, who will be running against him. It has come to my attention that the following will turn their petitions in to run. Now, i'm sure their will be more. But it'll be interesting if these all actually do...
Tim Hutchison
Mike Hammond
Mike Padgett
Randy Tyree
It'll be interesting to see how the conversation goes between Tim and Tim before they begin running against each other. Now, I really hope Randy Tyree doesn't waste the publics time with another lackluster campaign, then again, what else is there for him to do. As for Mike Padgett, well, it's rumored he ran for the Senate with the idea of Mayor in mind. Deep down, I hope he runs and wins the democratic primary. Reason being is that i'll look forward to campaigning against him come the general.....
Tim Hutchison
Mike Hammond
Mike Padgett
Randy Tyree
It'll be interesting to see how the conversation goes between Tim and Tim before they begin running against each other. Now, I really hope Randy Tyree doesn't waste the publics time with another lackluster campaign, then again, what else is there for him to do. As for Mike Padgett, well, it's rumored he ran for the Senate with the idea of Mayor in mind. Deep down, I hope he runs and wins the democratic primary. Reason being is that i'll look forward to campaigning against him come the general.....
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Dark Knight
Last night I was lucky to see The Dark Knight at the IMAX in Pinnacle. I want to say that if you have not seen this movie, you need to see it. Whether or not you are a Batman fan, this is and will be the best movie of the year. The casting, writing, editing, etc, etc was just excellent. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, et all, put on amazing performances. In short, I just hope they have plans for another one!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Who do you want to Jott?
Recently I was speaking with my friend Steve Drevik and he turned me on to a program called Jott. I will say that I am in my "infant" stages of using this but in the last 2 days alone, I've used it successfully half a dozen times! I'm already a big fan of it and so far I recommend it. Jott has specific programs for the iPhone as well as the Blackberry. Below is a breakdown of what it does courtesy of "The New York Times".
A free service, Jott (www.jott.com) uses your phone as a voice-dictation machine. Once you set up an account, you simply call (866) JOTT-123 on your hand-held device to connect. After the call goes through, you will be prompted for whom you wish to “jott.” You reply with the word myself and wait for the recording tone. Now you can speak “Buy birthday present for Johnny before Aug. 5,” or whatever task reminder you need. Upon hanging up, Jott will transcribe the task and shoot it off in a e-mail message to the address you provided for yourself during setup.
The beauty of this service is that you can assign a speed-dial number to Jott’s service for a one-button call any time you need to send yourself a reminder. The approach can be used while driving or in other situations where text messaging or typing on a small device are less than ideal.
The uses for Jott as a productivity tool do not stop with reminders to yourself while on the go. You can dictate a message to other individuals or whole groups. You can even post an entry to your blog.
Below is a comment about Jott from the creator.
We feel pretty strongly about working hard to create something of value, and only then trying to pay the rent around here.
So yes, the Jott for Blackberry beta is free right now, and will be for awhile, but eventually we'll have to keep the business going. The plan is to make this appealing to a broad set of folks, and so we will try to keep the price very reasonable.
We're getting amazingly strong feedback on it, so hopefully we're on the right track.
John PollardFounder and CEO, Jott.com
A free service, Jott (www.jott.com) uses your phone as a voice-dictation machine. Once you set up an account, you simply call (866) JOTT-123 on your hand-held device to connect. After the call goes through, you will be prompted for whom you wish to “jott.” You reply with the word myself and wait for the recording tone. Now you can speak “Buy birthday present for Johnny before Aug. 5,” or whatever task reminder you need. Upon hanging up, Jott will transcribe the task and shoot it off in a e-mail message to the address you provided for yourself during setup.
The beauty of this service is that you can assign a speed-dial number to Jott’s service for a one-button call any time you need to send yourself a reminder. The approach can be used while driving or in other situations where text messaging or typing on a small device are less than ideal.
The uses for Jott as a productivity tool do not stop with reminders to yourself while on the go. You can dictate a message to other individuals or whole groups. You can even post an entry to your blog.
Below is a comment about Jott from the creator.
We feel pretty strongly about working hard to create something of value, and only then trying to pay the rent around here.
So yes, the Jott for Blackberry beta is free right now, and will be for awhile, but eventually we'll have to keep the business going. The plan is to make this appealing to a broad set of folks, and so we will try to keep the price very reasonable.
We're getting amazingly strong feedback on it, so hopefully we're on the right track.
John PollardFounder and CEO, Jott.com
Coming to a Country near you!
As most of you know, Barack Obama is on his "world tour" right now. I say "world tour" because this seems to be more like a concert than anything else. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad B.O. is going to visit a number of foreign countries as well as the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. I mean, this could be our commander in chief in 4 months and he's "now" seeing the troops face to face for the first time. I want to say "it's about time" but really, it just feels like a photo opp for me...
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