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I’m in the Adirondacks

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

And I need a beer.

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Tags: technology

Google Maps for Everyone

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

I Love/Hate Google.

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Tags: map·technology·web 2.0

Using WordPress to Power Your Website

July 16th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Destination Marketing

Over at geek ramblings there’s a collection of 14 sites that use WP as a CMS. I need some help.

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Tags: seo·technology·web 2.0·webdesign·wordpress

Playing with Picasa

July 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Miscellania

Blah, blah, blah, and all the other stuff about the new functionality Google has included in Picasa.

Here’s what I like:

Integration with Web Albums
Easy Geotagging
KML
Embed Slideshow

Albums are a work in progress for a more detailed trip report.

Tags: google·photography·technology·web 2.0

19th Century Marketing, Today

June 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

“Is your organization just as stuck? Are there marketing dynamics that you’re not discussing, merely because there isn’t even a way to talk about them?”

Tags: technology·web 2.0

Hey, I can see my House!

June 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Destination Marketing

Google has blown my gasket again. Street View.

Google No Follow

Actually, those of us in tourism would be wise to save our pennies and get these guys to drive-by. When will the madness end?

Oh, anyone know how I can register my entire destination in Google Local?

Tags: map·technology

We are the Web

April 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

Oh man, Steve sounds as blown away as I am by the release of My Maps.

I have yet to fully digest the implications of the user-generated atlas of the known world. Indexed by Google.

Even more useful – that little KML button. Scrap all the fancy coding.

Creating maps just got too easy. Enjoy golf?

Tags: map·technology·web 2.0

Adirondack News
- World Visits Lake Placid in Feb… Bobsled and Skeleton World Champs
  This should be pretty cool, wish I could get in.
- Clifton-Fine School overestimated expenses, overtaxed residents by $300,000
  "District officials consistently overestimated expenditures for the past five years by a total of $4.5 million. As a result, the district had operating surpluses totaling $2.3 million in four of the last five years."
- State office cites local agencies for lack of compliance
  The rules governing public authorities is quite clear, and the reporting requirements are super-easy. The reasons for not reporting.... well.
- Most winter fests a go despite the weather
  "Carnifest"
- Former Warren County man accused of 'electronic torture'
  "one-man crime wave."
- Many agencies working together on waterway remediation
  Everyone wants to play God with the waterways.
- Pipeline work on hold
  "Increased demand for specialized workers doubles expected costs"
- Current Conditions - Adirondack High Peaks
  Weather, trail conditions, and notices - compiled on February 2, 2012.
- Bubblers melt Lake Placid access
  What if there was no ice? Who would they blame?
- Railway operator seeks to invest $6 million+ into county tracks, reduction of fees?
  Some kind of shell-game going on here.
- Upstate NY winter carnival goes on sans ice
  "Helicopter rides have been canceled and the outhouse races have been moved to a parking lot, but the 51st annual Lake George Winter Carnival will go on, ice or no ice."
- Environmental groups fight hunting cabin plan
  What kind of "cabins" are these? I need some pictures.
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- Lions tigers on DEC Response to Mountain Lion Rumors
- TourPro on Night Vision – Wildlife Photography of Hobart V. Roberts
- Donald L. Brockman Jr. on Night Vision – Wildlife Photography of Hobart V. Roberts
- TourPro on Lyon Mountain – Hiking the New Trail
- AdkHiker on Lyon Mountain – Hiking the New Trail
- Stephanie Siciliano on Tourists Make a Billion-Dollar Impact on Northern New York
- Bill on An Adirondack Gift
- Barbara on An Adirondack Gift
Around the Campfire
- Slideshow: Wild Hogs Wreaking Havoc in North Country (graphic?)
  It's like a Swine-Zombie Invasion.
- Proposed Northern VT Rail Trail
  Strange how the Train-people never mention the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail.
- Lana Del Rey’s SNL performances of “Blue Jean” and “Video Games”
  I defy you to watch the entire thing.
- Adirondack Club and Resort Draft APA Permits
  Maybe with Free Flights into the Saranac Lake Airport this would make the proposed camps more attractive to buyers.
- Oak Mtn Ski Area/Cell Tower Sale RFP (PDF)
  All the details here.
- Meet the Adirondack Heritage Pigs
  Ha ha.
- Flashback: Former Olympic speed skater proposes to lease, manage Oval
  See today's Press Republican "Letters".
- Obama Takes Over Santa's Workshop (video)
  What?!
- Who Am I?
  A fun new game.
- This is the Perfect House for Surviving a Zombie Attack Gallery
  This house has been getting a lot of play. Now on eBaum's.
- Hikers threatened at gunpoint in Windham
  "Get out of here or I'm going to kill you" (via adkforum)
- Can You Really Eat Tree Bark?
  "There is a tribe in the mountains of upstate New York called the 'Adirondack', and that name translates to 'bark eaters' from the Iroquois language."

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Adirondack Buzz
- Change in inmate counting is only a start
  "Far too many of our young urban men in New York spend often-brief sojourns in rural prisons that stigmatize them for the rest of their lives, exposing them to legal discrimination and relegating them to a lower class existence."
- Time Running Out for Spruce Grouse
  It's the other Adirondack Chicken.
- Hadley Mountain provides great views, requires great effort
  "Southern Adirondacks, inside the Blue Line, near Lake Luzerne"
- Tax returns derail hope of viable train (including PDF)
  I've got the perfect solution.
- @AndyArthur Map of the Day "Lake Lila" (PDF)
  Why not take a tour of Shingle Shanty Brook? Heh.
- Basic Avalanche Awareness - Jim Giglinto (audio 58:55)
  Worth a listen.
- The Great Range
  "The High Peaks have a way of making you sorry for even the slightest notions of overconfidence."
- Glennon steps back into Adirondack environment "wars" (audio)
  He wants to be an environmental warrior.
- Neighbors should let St. Joe’s treat veterans
  No Walmart, No Veterans, but Yes Community Store.
- Neighbors should let St. Joe’s treat veterans
  No Walmart, No Veterans, but Yes Community Store.
- Peru Nordic Goes Back To School… Delivers a Lesson in Violence!
  "These young college kids need to learn the ways of the Masters."
- Flurry of Activity Births M9 Trad in Adirondacks (via @MountainVisions)
  "Bossman is now one of the hardest gear-protected mixed lines in the Northeast. In the Adirondacks, its difficulty is second only to Fecalator (M10)."
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Destination Marketing
- A Regional Destination Marketing Organization?
  Uh huh.
- Teresa Mitchell RIP
- 5 Flaws in Your Mobile Marketing Strategy
  If it's poorly presented on the web, regurgitating it in a "mobile" version won't help..
- New Life for "I Love NY" Campaign?
  In the 1970's, the NY State Department of Commerce created the popular "I love NY" advertising campaign.
- Did Foursquare just kill a bunch of trip planning startups?
  Foursquare definitely has user-momentum. The crowdsourcing model is quite cool.
- Empire State Tourism Conference 2012
  I'd like to go.
- A Christmas Story from Lake Placid, Adirondacks, USA (video)
  Real-people marketing. That's what I'm talking about.
- Flashback: Taking Adirondack Tourism 2.0 the Next Level
  "Things are moving quickly in regards to the ever changing information channels presented by the internet."
- For a better tourism industry, just sing along
  "Promote the region as the Lake George/Saratoga region."
- Warren County has more cash and fewer events to give it to
  Strange problem.
- Top tips for marketing to affluent Chinese travellers
  Maybe after we successfully market to Quebecers.
- Massena Chamber Map Progressing
  Unless they are cartographers, better to spend the money on improving Google's map.
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