Archive for the 'del.icio.us links' Category

• RGJ.com: Montage developer to buy Fitzgeralds
  The developer of the Montage condominiums has agreed in principle to buy the Fitzgeralds hotel-casino, the Reno Gazette-Journal learned Friday. Fernando Leal, managing partner of Chicago-based L3 development, said the company plans to turn the aging Fitz
  (tags: reno nevada Casino gaming fitzgeralds downtown developer development)

• Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology » Blog Archive » Governor’s Cup rewards students for acting on ideas
  This letter from Lt Governor Brian K. Krolicki appeared in today’s Reno Gazette-Journal: RGJ.comNevada is continually gaining national recognition for its ongoing economic growth and prosperity. It’s important to note that while business is most certa
  (tags: NCET entrepreneurship entrepreneur governor cup business plan competition Krolicki reno nevada UNR UNLV)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology » Vegas Venture Forum - May 30 -31, 2007
  Leveraging each organization’s strengths, NCET (Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology) TBAN, The Vegas Valley Angels and Golden Capital Network are co-hosting the 2007 Vegas Venture Forum on May 30-31, 2007 at the Green Valley Ranch Reso
  (tags: ncet entrepreneurship entrepreneur nevada LasVegas las+vegas vegas venture capital vc funding angel investing)

• Vegas Party Crashing: Dropping in on the Vegas Young Professionals
  Since becoming a founding member of the Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals (YPN) and witnessing first-hand the growing base of regulars at the monthly events, I’ve been curious to peek in on the already established social networking group in Sin City. The V
  (tags: LasVegas vegas young professionals network ypn socialnetworking)

• Social Media Club - » Social Media Now: Think Locally, Surf Regionally
  Maybe it’s because I started my career in the community newspaper business, but for whatever reason I love local news. When I travel I make a point of seeking out small papers in tiny communities across the world and voraciously devour all the details o
  (tags: topix.com socialnetworking social socialsoftware redesign redevelopment relaunch Chervokas)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• Topix.com: What do you do when your success … sucks? (Skrentablog)

  We took a hard look at ourselves at Topix last year. We had built up a strong local audience on the site, but a lot of it was SEO, and while users were clearly getting some value out of our product, we hadn’t made something that people really cared about.

  (tags: blogging design blog topix content redesign redevelop relaunch Web socialmedia)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• RGJ.com: City to host ‘Green Summit’ on April 19

  The city of Reno hosts its first “Green Summit” to develop plans to reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, recycle, create sustainable building practices, use environmentally friendly products and contribute in other ways to protect the environment.

  (tags: reno nevada green summit environment conservation energy)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• RN&R > Arts&Culture > Get in gear > 02.08.07

  The Reno Bike Project is a work in progress, so when Noah Silverman and Kyle Kozar meet up for coffee, the talk centers on what they want to do.

  (tags: reno bike project renobikeproject fixed gear fixie kylekozar noahsilverman activism)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• Winners of the 2005 Business Plan Competition

  Coverage from 2005’s Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition…Ben Hass and Stephanie Luongo, both seniors in the electrical engineering program, took the top prize in the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup last week. The team dev

  (tags: donald reynolds business plan competition ncet nevada unr unlv reno lasvegas vegas entrepreneurship entrepreneur)

• Reno AT&T» Blog Archive » GSM Phone Unlocking

  - What is the safest and most reliable way to unlock a Samsung Blackjack? - There are two different ways to go about getting your Blackjack unlocked. Or for that matter any GSM phone.

  (tags: unlock unlocking cell phone carrier samsung blackjack cingular AT&T tmobile jc&c)

• SWF07: Jacqueline Novogratz and designing products for the poor

  Some excellent notes taken by Bruno Giassani on social entrepreneurship and venture funds.

  (tags: social venture socialventure socialvc fund entrepreneurship entrepreneur acumen)

• Jacqueline Novogratz on TED Talks

  This is a very inspriring video of Jacqueline Novogratz. She is the charismatic founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit that takes a business-like approach to improving the lives of the poor. In this talk, she applauds the heightened interest in Afri

  (tags: social venture socialventure fund socialentrepreneurship entrepreneurship capital africa non-profit microenterprise)

• RGJ.com: EDAWN to unveil new brand for area

  Business development leaders will unveil a new regional business brand at the Annual Luncheon on April 24 of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada.The branding initiative, part of EDAWN’s ongoing Target2010 economic planning, will add

  (tags: reno nevada branding edawn Economic development target2010 seanadams)

• RGJ.com: Reno-Tahoe to Chicago and D.C.

  Flying to Washington D.C. from Reno-Tahoe International Airport just became a lot easier thanks to Southwest Airlines’ daily service to Chicago Midway, airport officials said today. Passengers can now fly to Washington Dulles by taking the new flight to

  (tags: reno nevada airlines Airport Tahoe Lake southwest.com southwest direct flights)

• Eat The Press | Revenge Is A Dish Best Served On The Internet: John McCain’s MySpace Page Hacked | The Huffington Post

  Brilliant lesson in online social graces. Too funny.The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here). Davidson gave the template code away to anyone who wanted to use it, but asked that he be given credit

  (tags: social socialsoftware newsvine hacked hacking mccain security revenge politics)

• Nevada Conservation League Blog » Here Comes the Sun

  Nevada Conservation League has a blog now…great to see them in the Nevada Blogosphere. Thanks Myrna for the find.Senator Townsend was absolutely right. Nevada has the potential to be a world leader in developing renewable energy sources, as well as

  (tags: ncet nevada conservation league green clean fuels energy alternative randolphtownsend)

• RGJ.com: Heavenly plan moves closer to vote

  The controversy surrounds Heavenly’s plans to replace two slow and aging fixed-grip lifts on the resort’s Nevada side and replace them with a single, high-speed detachable quad lift. Environmentalists oppose the project and say the resort can build th

  (tags: heavenly green environment sierraclub laketahoe tahoe nevada TRPA)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• Death Threats in the Blogosphere at Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth)

  In her latest post, Kathy Sierra reports that she has been receiving increasingly disturbing threats (death threats, and of sexual nature), to the point that she has cancelled her appearance at ETech and has locked herself up at home.

  (tags: deaththreats death threats privacy security transparency fos freedom online socialnetworking society)

• Taking the week off « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger

  I’m physically ill after reading what happened to Kathy Sierra. Maryam and several others here at PodTech asked me about it and are concerned since the same sites that are attacking Kathy also mentioned me and Maryam. Maryam is really freaked out about

  (tags: sierra culture deaththreats death threats socialnetworking scoble transparency privacy CCW)

• Seth’s Blog: Misogyny and anonymity

  Anonymity hasn’t made the web a better place. Instead, it has allowed some of the worst ideas ever to get published. (This link is unsettling). All we can do is root for Kathy and hope that the bully behind this is caught. It makes me angry.

  (tags: threats death deaththreats socialnetworking society transparency anonymous privacy security sethgodin kathysierra)

• Kathy Sierra Getting Death Threats, Internet Reaches New Low » TinyScreenfuls.com

  Go read Kathy Sierra’s latest post at Creating Passionate Users, then come back. It’s important. That post made me feel sick to my stomach. It makes me both sad and angry when people use the shield of anonymity on the internet to do crap like make dea

  (tags: Kathy Sierra death threats transparency socialnetworking society privacy security)

• death and rape threats are criminal

  Kathy Sierra has cancelled her appearance at eTech because of death threats she has received online. I am shocked to see this happen, and I am particularly shocked because some of the people who brought me to blogging in the first place are connected. I h

  (tags: blogs Kathy Sierra death threats deaththreats privacy security transparency socialnetworking society)

• Common Craft - Social Design for the Web: The Incident with Kathy Sierra

  Kathy Sierra, from what I know of her, is an exceedingly smart and good person who has been targeted by a group of bloggers who recently posted death threats (including images) that has succeeded in scaring the wits out of her. She cancelled all her futur

  (tags: Kathy Siera kathysierra social socialnetworking society transparency security privacy hatespeech)

• Wired 15.04: The See-Through CEO

  Pretend for a second that you’re a CEO. Would you reveal your deepest, darkest secrets online? Would you confess that you’re an indecisive weakling, that your colleagues are inept, that you’re not really sure if you can meet payroll? Sounds crazy, right?

  (tags: blogging business CEO communication socialnetworking transparency management personal brand branding)

• Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: An impassioned scandal that could really change us, for the better?

  This is a real test of the blogosphere. Our culture and openness. We don’t know all the facts, but there is enough to be disgusted. We do know that part of this involves real core and dedicated bloggers. We do know that this involves trolls, there will al

  (tags: blog blogging kathysierra Kathy sierra social society socialnetworking transparency security privacy anonymous)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -

• RGJ.com: Lawmakers get good news about alternative energy

  Nevada is making steady progress toward becoming a national leader in solar and geothermal energy, state lawmakers were told Thursday. Representatives of several leading alternative energy companies, and University of Nevada, Reno researchers, told the Se

  (tags: nevada clean fuel energy alternative solar geothermal NCET)

• StartupJournal Email Marketing Tools

  Great article in WSJ on small footprint email tools. We’re in Beta on our own product…lokks like a great time to launch!

  (tags: email marketing tool Outlook Genius.com Twelve+Horses twelvehorses plugin sales)

• Day Care Is Linked To Behavior Lasting Through 6th Grade - WSJ.com

  This article makes me feel a little better. We’ve had to make a lot of hard choices to not have our kids in “day-care”.The long-running debate over the merits of day care for children is getting a new jolt of evidence that may worry working parents. C

  (tags: parenting daycare kids school education behavior child development child-care moms thejuggle)

• Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes - washingtonpost.com

  Paris is for lovers — lovers of food and art and wine, lovers of the romantic sort and, starting this summer, lovers of bicycles. On July 15, the day after Bastille Day, Parisians will wake up to discover thousands of low-cost rental bikes at hundreds of

  (tags: bike biking cycling commuting transportation)

• RGJ.com: Reno youth center outs on an out-of-this-world fashion show, fundraiser.

  The stars were out on Saturday night, delicately placed on black dresses, silver suits, and almost all shapes and sizes of clothing for the Holland Project’s Space for Space cocktail party and fund raiser. The outer-spaced themed event was held at the H

  (tags: reno nevada hollandproject youth center events fashion)

- Submit a Comment to this Post -