Where Do You Stand?

Since joining the Standing team, Marijean has grown from resident blogspert (web log expert) to everything-onlinespert … and we love her for it! Non-profits in the Charlottesville, Va. community are singing her praises too. Yesterday, she appeared on WCAV-CBS 19 discussing the benefits of blogging for nonprofits seeking to increase thier “Googlejuice.” Read on for more detail or to watch the online video … her points are well-taken regardless of your tax exempt status.

Standing Partnership staffers dressed in their best for The Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis Annual Charitable Fund Dinner and Gala at The Ritz Carlton on November 28. The first Jack Buck Media Person of the Year award was presented to Joe Buck. This “natural choice” made for a hilarious 2-hour roast.

Fall finally shows its true colors outside Standing Partnership’s office.

. . . some moron burned the popcorn. And, it was me. The near fire-alarm smoke-out happened last week. Despite this recent news and a colleague’s warning not to burn it because “the last time that happened it stunk like heck,” I pressed in 2:00 and WALKED. A. WAY.

A short time later, oh, about two minutes or so, we all had the taste of popcorn in our mouths … and hair, clothes … office walls.  And the microwave? Forgetaboutit. Despite several scrub downs and a box of baking soda, it was fried, literally… butter and all.

So what do my friends at Standing Partnership do? Nothing. Not a word, save a few quiet jokes. They went out and bought a new microwave, with a “popcorn” button, plugged it in and left the old one by the trash. It, yes the microwave, laughed at me I’m pretty sure, as I hung my head in embarrassment. The box, it mocked me too and said that I’ll see it tomorrow when I’m packing my stapler.

But my real friends? They didn’t mind. And they didn’t hand me the box. They just helped me pick up the pieces and move on. ‘Cause we all have moments that stink. And we all help each other out. (Insert smile.)

Wired magazine’s Geekipedia landed in mailboxes, of the physical kind, this month. A supplement to the monthly edition of Wired, the Geekipedia outlines “149 people, places, ideas and trends you need to know now.”

Aside from the obvious Facebook, MySpace, Flash, Googleverse and iPhone definitions, the all-things-online guide illiminates for us non-geeks BitTorrent (no, it’s not a surprise seed in your grape), the Fake Steve Jobs (FSJ) and (musical) Mashups. It also examines the “Apple smackdown,” Apple Corps. v.s. Apple Inc. case, and the emerging popularity of crowdsourcing, the digital cousin to outsourcing.

So, if you don’t have a migraine by now, consider subscribing to Wired magazine to get the inside scoop this stuff every month. You’ll be geekier for it, if that’s any incentive!