Sep 27, 2009

Submitted by Cjbart: Great Post by Mr Lewis Smile:Any time you update certain webpages or publish a new blog post or lens, you can send a Ping for it.A Ping is a little signal your new updated page sends to various search engines and directories. A ping is the online equivalent of your new lens running up to Google’s doorstep and ringing the do (Read More)

Sep 14, 2009

Submitted by Cjbart: Confessions of a Lazy Blogger... Public declaration of now working Harder to share fun ideas with others. (Read More)

Sep 06, 2009

Submitted by Thomasshaw from blog: Most of us have a profile on social networking websites such as Facebook or LinkedIn.  But have you ever considered graphing your contacts interconnectivity? Before creating a social graph, we need to understand more about social graph theory and types of social graphs. (Read More)

Sep 03, 2009

TreeHugger Photo via Cho Woong Wouldn't it be great to just skip the whole harvesting part of gardening and have your produce simply grow in the fridge so it's ready exactly when you are? That's basically the idea behind this piece from Cho Woong. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger . (Read More)

Sep 03, 2009

TreeHugger Grist's David Roberts has done a service to journalism by taking some time to help clear the air around Van Jones, special advisor for green jobs, enterprise and innovation at Council on Environmental Quality. Ever in search of a bogeyman, Glenn Beck, among others, has tried to paint J...Read the full story on TreeHugger . (Read More)

Aug 28, 2009

Google Blog Search: "social media" Image uploaded by Stinky Pinkie on Flickr1. Social climbers are attracted to social mediaThat's right. The same people who climb their way up the social food chain in the real world tend to do well in the social media world. They'll be your friend for a while, until they find someone else with more Twitter followers to twe (Read More)

Aug 28, 2009

Submitted by Cjbart: I recently wrote about prepping your garden for fall. Summer always gets the credit as the most lucrative gardening season of the year. But that doesn't have to be the case. Fall can also produce some fabulous fare. In most areas of the U.S, August is a great time to get going with pumpkins so that they'll be ready for harv (Read More)

Aug 26, 2009

TreeHugger Image Credit: ProgressOhioAre hardcore eco-challenges going mainstream? The latest in the serious 24-7-365 green blogging trend.Flower pounding and junk-making fever: Garden crafts for indoors and out.Does your pocketbook have a conscience? What "Twilight," Orson Scott Cardand a doughnut chain taught BlogHer no_i_am_zoe abo (Read More)

Jan 08, 2009

TwitLinks Goodbye Web 2. 0? The big-text-shiny-rounded-gradient “Web 2. 0 designs” will start to fade in 2009 and seem a little dated. Here’s my predictions for blog design trends in 2009. Back to the middle Blogs have been sidelined a little with social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and communication to (Read More)

Aug 26, 2009

Submitted by Cjbart: The problem is that the term sustainability can refer to many things and have manifold interpretations. Agricultural scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have shed light on the subject. Together with colleagues in theoretical and applied science they have managed to give the term "sustainability" a more defini (Read More)

Aug 26, 2009

Submitted by Cjbart: Another wonderful Blog Post by Scott Tousignant. Eating healthy is easy. (Read More)

Aug 26, 2009

TreeHugger Stay at a working farm in northern England. Photo via Deepdale Backpackers.Fancy spending some time on an organic farm, practicing yoga and taking long walks through the hills? Or would you rather stay in an art-filled old downtown warehouse, and maybe hire a bike to hit the city's nightlife? Whether your traveling tastes r (Read More)

Aug 25, 2009

TreeHugger Image from AnorakSome people are finding that losing their jobs during this recession has turned out to be an opportunity to start a new career or fulfill a long-cherished dream. It helps if you also happen to be very talented, trained in business and have supportive friends and family.Here are some young designers who hav (Read More)

Aug 26, 2009

TreeHugger Images from La Finca del SurDeep in the South Bronx in New York, sandwiched between railroad tracks and an expressway, is a community garden that is raising pride as well as vegetables. Called La Finca Del Sur/South Bronx, it's an "urban farmer cooperative run by women of color in the Bronx community." These volunteers and (Read More)

Aug 23, 2009

TreeHugger Tenants of urban chicken farming. Photo by Steven Walling via Flickr Sometimes I miss living in Seattle. I used to teach at a converted building dedicated to nonprofit orgs and low-income artist housing. There are similar endeavors in many cities, but in Seattle it’s everywhere and at the Good Shepherd Center, located a (Read More)

Chuck Bartok

50 year Veteran of the Marketing arena, now enjoying helping others, gardening and volunteering