Archive for the 'General' Category

Autumn

October 22nd, 2009

Fall is my favorite season — I think it has to do with the incredible colors splashed everywhere for just 2-3 weeks. It’s also flu season (H1N1-crazed this year), and I’ve been hit hard the past week, which is why there have been no blog posts. I’m slowly coming back around. Next week will be [...]

Job opening

August 27th, 2009

Hey any Rails or web (PHP, .NET or generic MVC) developers out there– Things are starting to pick up here in RedPost land and we’relooking for a 1/4 time to 1/2 time developer with at least some rails experience. It could grow into a full time job as well. Telecommuting is fine too. If you’re interested, send a [...]

RedPost/Goshen: Spring is here

April 24th, 2009

How can I tell that spring is here? There has been a ton of new posters uploaded to RedPost/Goshen, our network of 12 signs around Goshen that advertise for upcoming events. Everything from Arbor Day to concerts to a new art gallery to a green expo and free knitting lessons. With 16 ads running simultaneously, [...]

RedPost’s new digits

March 6th, 2009

We just switched to RingCentral and a new toll free number, 877-REDPOST (733-7678). Our old toll free number and old fax number no longer work. Our local number (574-971-4753) rings direct into our toll free number. We also have cool features like: an automated attendant multiple extensions and mailboxes listening to someone leave a voice [...]

President Obama visits Elkhart County

February 7th, 2009

This post builds on my earlier one, titled Interesting Times, where I stated that “the seeds of the recovery and our economic future are being planted” now. A couple tidbits that I’ll connect (promise): Circumstances haven’t changed much since I wrote that post just over 2 years ago, other than that Elkhart County is making [...]

Now Posting fundraisers on RedPost/Goshen

February 2nd, 2009

If you haven’t caught on by now, we have a nifty little network of signs in Goshen that we call “RedPost/Goshen.” These signs are currently used to advertise local arts, cultural, and entertainment events. We are now expanding this to include fundraisers for non-profit organizations. So if you are a non-profit in the Goshen area, [...]

Delicious links for January 31, 2009

January 31st, 2009

Human Nature : Tobacco’s Great Escape “…does society have any business restricting tobacco products purely on grounds of addiction? …when the products are dissolvable pellets increasingly purged of carcinogens? And if addiction per se is evil, what about caffeine?” Good questions. (tags: tobacco addiction morality)

Delicious links for January 30, 2009

January 30th, 2009

rAVe Publications – The Digital Signage Warning! A great write-up on what digital signage (or dynamic signage, I like that) is all about. redpost/sign – Google Product Search We’re in Google Product Search! Remember when it used to be called Froogle? Technology stimulus plans | Paved with good intentions | The Economist Scobleizer Tech geek [...]

RedPost/Goshen promotion

January 26th, 2009

Dear Blog readers: As a Thank You to our loyal RedPost/Goshen users, we are offering a free poster credit to anyone who submits a poster in the month of February. Just submit your poster and we’ll add a free credit to your account. If you have never used RedPost/Goshen, but would like to take advantage [...]

A City on the Go: Unleashed

December 10th, 2008

Here it is, the audio from the presentation I gave along with 3 other Downtown Goshen, Inc. board members this past October to a crowd of 300 or so at Goshen College about our development efforts in our Downtown. Enjoy!