Laura Good comment-43333 2011-01-08T16:37:15Z 2011-01-08T16:37:15Z You can vote for ioSafe's Rugged Portable for CES People's Voice awards up until 10 a.m. on Saturday! http://ces.cnet.com/ces/peoples-voice/ Laura Good 2011-01-08T16:37:15Z Laura Good comment-43320 2011-01-08T03:48:22Z 2011-01-08T03:48:22Z Update: Sacramento ended up in 8th place, a no-money spot. Salt Lake City won the $1 million; Fresno and Bakersfield placed in $100,000 spots. Laura Good 2011-01-08T03:48:22Z Laura Good comment-42895 2010-12-30T17:22:28Z 2010-12-30T17:22:28Z I just placed a Facebook ad for this! Please help spread the word! Laura Good 2010-12-30T17:22:28Z Laura Good comment-42885 2010-12-30T04:18:15Z 2010-12-30T04:18:15Z There is more than one way to like! Please do some of these additional actions to increase our likes! # The following actions will increase a community's "Likes" total: * Clicking the "Like" button on the "Select the community you want to support" map or on the community's page will add a "Like" to that community's total. * "Sharing" upon clicking the "Like" button will add a "Like" to that community's total. * Adding a comment in the field that appears immediately after clicking the "Like" button will add a "Like" to that community's total. * "Liking" a community from another Facebook user's news feed (once that user has "shared" that community) will add a "Like" to that community's total. * Commenting on a community from within another Facebook user's news feed (once that user has "shared" that community) will add a "Like" to that community's total. * "Sharing" a community page that another Facebook user has already shared will allow others to add "Likes" to that community's total by "Liking" and commenting. Laura Good 2010-12-30T04:18:15Z Laura Good comment-42884 2010-12-30T04:06:58Z 2010-12-30T04:06:58Z In the time between drafting this article and publishing it, Sacramento is now back in 7th place and Charleston has moved to 6th place! Keep those votes coming! Laura Good 2010-12-30T04:06:58Z cprice525 comment-39227 2010-10-20T14:25:24Z 2010-10-20T14:25:24Z Looking forward to a great event cprice525 2010-10-20T14:25:24Z Laura Good comment-25136 2010-04-19T19:23:46Z 2010-04-19T19:23:46Z There is a TEDx Silicon Valley too. I haven't checked it out many of the videos yet, but there is a YouTube channel for TEDx --perhaps you could catch some of the content there. Laura Good 2010-04-19T19:23:46Z Laura Good comment-25135 2010-04-19T19:21:00Z 2010-04-19T19:21:00Z Taking off my journalist hat, I enjoyed the first Sacrament TEDx very much. The pace was quick and the topics were all interesting. My favorite speakers were Robyn Waxman on FARM and Scott Brusaw on Solar Roadways. But all of the speakers were very good. I was excited to hear that the next event is planned for November. The challenge will be to find a venue large enough to allow everyone who wants to come to be there! I also enjoyed talking with fellow attendees at the reception after the event. I reconnected with some friends and twitter buddies and also met some new folks. Laura Good 2010-04-19T19:21:00Z Che Perez comment-25134 2010-04-19T19:18:47Z 2010-04-19T19:18:47Z TED is an excellent organization, a bit too academic for me, but good speakers who are OUTSIDE academia nonetheless. I was fortunate to meet their music director, the incomparable Sir Thomas Dolby. A few years ago, he performed at Harlows. I had no idea what TED was at the time, but we spoke and he gave me his card and it said TED... So I looked it up and was blown away by their FREE VIDEO ARCHIVE of GREAT SPEAKERS talking about RELEVANT topics. I'm not a big fan of TEDex, it's like a franchise version of the original. But since it's SUPER difficult to be accepted into the core group, this will be attractive to them. As for me, I wouldn't trust any group that would have me as a member - paraphrased, Groucho Marx. Che Perez 2010-04-19T19:18:47Z bbbbmer comment-25117 2010-04-19T15:54:26Z 2010-04-19T15:54:26Z I wish I had known about this or another similar event in San Francisco... It could have been fun to attend... Does the local TEDx group have a website??? Whoopsie -- nevermind... I found it... bbbbmer 2010-04-19T15:54:26Z Opiner comment-25111 2010-04-19T07:39:10Z 2010-04-19T07:39:10Z Curious as to no comments. Who went, any responses? What you like, what not? If we do this again, how to make it better? What themes to explore? Who to invite? Opiner 2010-04-19T07:39:10Z freshair4all comment-24930 2010-04-16T17:40:32Z 2010-04-16T17:40:32Z Yea Sac Town! By going to Ellabakercenter.org/stopvalero you can stop Valero Oil Comany from stalling California's Global Warming Solutions Act AB 32 which would expand green technology through out the entire state. freshair4all 2010-04-16T17:40:32Z Geoffrey Sakala comment-24724 2010-04-14T15:02:30Z 2010-04-14T15:02:30Z There's a lot of great efforts underway to provide event more awareness and information about Clean Tech/Green Tech efforts in California. It's exciting to see. Geoffrey Sakala 2010-04-14T15:02:30Z Mariel Tagg comment-24701 2010-04-14T07:10:51Z 2010-04-14T07:10:51Z I agree, this is great. Mariel Tagg 2010-04-14T07:10:51Z MegArnold comment-24646 2010-04-13T17:26:10Z 2010-04-13T17:26:10Z Great article, Laura! Thanks so much for highlighting the region's successes in clean tech employment! I'm sure that with the launch of Place County's mPower and Yolo and Sacramento's California First programs, the opporutnities will continue to grow. MegArnold 2010-04-13T17:26:10Z clarep comment-24466 2010-04-09T14:21:44Z 2010-04-09T14:21:44Z Great article. Sacramento has truly made its mark as a clean tech hub. I am looking forward to attending this year's PowerSurge event. clarep 2010-04-09T14:21:44Z Laura Good comment-24065 2010-03-31T17:05:15Z 2010-03-31T17:05:15Z Fabulous event yesterday! Over 300 people registered. The keynote speakers were awesome! The panel discussions informative! The exhibits were intriguing. Laura Good 2010-03-31T17:05:15Z RobertMees comment-20387 2010-01-09T20:30:40Z 2010-01-09T20:30:40Z I will pray for you Markes. We have an abundant life and would be more than happy to share it with you. RobertMees 2010-01-09T20:30:40Z ScribbyKitty comment-18210 2009-11-24T16:23:06Z 2009-11-24T16:23:06Z A great round up of all the tweetup happenings in the area! It's been a great year for networking through Twitter. Bravo! ScribbyKitty 2009-11-24T16:23:06Z Sue Hepner comment-18178 2009-11-24T07:51:01Z 2009-11-24T07:51:01Z What a fun write-up. I didn't realize how much I had missed at the #tweetups I hadn't attended. Clever how you snuck in an explanation of #hashtags, too. Thank you for being so diligent. Sue Hepner 2009-11-24T07:51:01Z JT Long comment-18177 2009-11-24T07:35:32Z 2009-11-24T07:35:32Z Thank you Laura for posting this. I will send people here for an explanation if they give me that raised eyebrow "whaaat" face like I am talking a foreign language when I invite them to these valuable networking events. I look forward to seeing you at the next one. JT Long 2009-11-24T07:35:32Z Mark comment-18081 2009-11-21T08:46:58Z 2009-11-21T08:46:58Z Great just what we need new tools to spread old lies. Psstt..it's not real folks -get a life. Mark 2009-11-21T08:46:58Z JT Long comment-18025 2009-11-20T16:36:10Z 2009-11-20T16:36:10Z Laura: Great advice. Thanks for sharing. Your consistent communication through social media brings people together. JT Long 2009-11-20T16:36:10Z Melissa Warren comment-17851 2009-11-17T05:30:28Z 2009-11-17T05:30:28Z I attended this event and found it interesting to hear the speakers' perspective about social media in church. Melissa Warren 2009-11-17T05:30:28Z jhoggie comment-17840 2009-11-17T01:00:31Z 2009-11-17T01:00:31Z Twitter & FaceBook are great tools for any organization & seemingly more so for a church or worship group because their inherent focus is on building community relationships. What better way of doing this in the new age than using the Web 2.0 tools at their disposal? Great Article Laura & *THUMBSUP* all the way! :) jhoggie 2009-11-17T01:00:31Z Cinde Dolphin comment-17825 2009-11-16T21:43:15Z 2009-11-16T21:43:15Z Great job of reporting the meeting Laura! I gained a lot of insight -- as the church I attend considers entering the world of social media. I hope similar discussions are going on in other communities around the country. Thanks for driving the discussion in Sacramento! ~Cinde Dolphin Cinde Dolphin 2009-11-16T21:43:15Z carson comment-15542 2009-10-14T16:44:51Z 2009-10-14T16:44:51Z This conversion from the existing paradigm to a 'cleaner', more sustainable energy source landscape can be a 'top-down' or 'bottom-up' process. I see effort in both approaches being made, but it is not reaching 'critical mass'. The structure of our economy, culture and vested interests trumps something insidious we cannot experience in a tactile way. How do we get past the intitial cost resistance without damaging the economy further today? Academically, it all makes perfect sense. In the business world, it's a slow - often profitless - process to contribute to reduction on carbon footprint, switch to currently more expensive fuel sources, instigate use of inefficient transportation networks, etc. Don't even get me started on the rail system in Sacramento!....As a knowledgeable developer and resident, my take is it's nearly useless. The State Capital of the 7th largest economy in the World can't get people to the airport from the Capital Building....enough said. I am an energy systems cost management and Efficiency Upgrade professional at the moment and truly support change to a sustainable transportation and energy consumption economy, but still find the halls of academia are filling the air with sound (another form of pollution), not results. Any great idea needs 'funding', and in a free capitalist country the application of capital needs to show some 'bang for the buck'. Thus far, we haven't been able to achieve that in California due to CEQA and various other impediments. We are legislating ourselves out of practical solutions - leaving only very cost-heavy, minimally potent, compromise driven attempts to accomplish a modicum of progress toward the crucial goals so eloquently supported by the research community. How do we ALL close the loop? That's my open question to anyone reading this. -Have a nice Day! carson 2009-10-14T16:44:51Z Laura Good comment-12455 2009-08-22T14:38:39Z 2009-08-22T14:38:39Z So glad you found the information useful Kassandra. Here's an article I found that does a good job explaining many of the Facebook Privacy settings: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/ Laura Good 2009-08-22T14:38:39Z Kassandra Perlongo comment-12434 2009-08-21T19:17:26Z 2009-08-21T19:17:26Z Really enjoyed this story, very easy to follow. I am wanting to know more about some of these privacy settings on Facebook (I had no idea you could even do what was described above), so I will definitely check the links out. Thank you for covering, this is a lot of valuable information. Kassandra Perlongo 2009-08-21T19:17:26Z TheContentCoach comment-12378 2009-08-20T23:31:08Z 2009-08-20T23:31:08Z This is an awesome story. Great stuff to be doing these days. TheContentCoach 2009-08-20T23:31:08Z Lesley3Fold comment-12350 2009-08-20T16:25:50Z 2009-08-20T16:25:50Z Great article, Laura. I wasn't able to attend so I appreciate the detailed info. Looking forward to September's presentation. Lesley3Fold 2009-08-20T16:25:50Z