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Some panels crackle with energy, elicit fresh ideas, and bring the audience into the discussion. Others plod along, and by the fifteen-minute mark the audience is checking Blackberries and thumbing through the program.
Trying out SnagIt
Trying out a new screen capture utility called SnagIt by TechSmith. What better to document then the latest results for the Concord City Council election taken from the County’s Election Department website? Click on the picture – it’s a thumbnail that gets bigger.
There’s really no pun intended here. The product comes highly recommended by many in the blogsosphere. TechSmith also produces screencasting software and handy tutorials on how to use their products. You’ll probably find more images in my posts from now on. I know. You can’t wait.
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Days after the U.S. Navy declared it might sell the shuttered Concord Naval Weapons Station to a private company, military officials on Monday said they don’t want to stop Concord leaders from planning the base’s future.
links for 2006-11-19
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This past Wednesday provided an excellent example of how a blog can be the quickest and most effective way to communicate a detailed message to a large body of people.
The Insider is Back…
Had lunch today with Pat Keeble, among others, to make predictions about the upcoming election. Pat asked us all for our email addresses because she has restarted the Contra Costa Insider as an online newsletter.
True local political junkies have missed Pat’s Insider – so I was glad to learn she’s on the web. Here’s what her "About Us" page says:
"The Contra Costa Insider is produced by Pat Keeble & Friends, for the purpose of providing non-partisan political information to the residents and voters of Contra Costa County.
It is informational in nature and will not take stands on candidates or issues.
Pat was for many years political editor of the Lesher Newspapers, Inc., now the Contra Costa Newspapers, including the Contra Costa Times and its sister publications. After leaving the company, she and friends published a popular print edition of the Insider. Converting to an online edition will help us continue that tradition and provide information in a more timely manner.
We get our information largely from public sources. We will apply interpretation and knowledge to such information in hopes that voters and would-be voters will find it meaningful.
We welcome comments. However, there are only a few of us and we will not be able to answer most e-mails.
For now, at least, subscriptions to the Insider are free. Just click on the e-mail link below to be added to the subscription list. You will be notified and given a link whenever there are major changes to the site.
We hope you enjoy our efforts!"
Visit the Contra Costa Insider site and subscribe. The subscription boxes are on the left margin and hard to find because they are faint and have "helpful" tips inside them – like Name and Email – just type over ’em and you’re good to go.