Beef Stick Lollipops

The dentist told me if I want to stop getting cavities that I must stop eating so many beef sticks.

By emilwisch, on July 1, 2009 at 9:01 am, in Blog and tagged beef sticks, lollipops, suckers.
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I was a little disappointed in my fellow peeps today. I was on a certain popular social network and news was reported that Michael Jackson had died. This report came from TMZ.com and spread very rapidly by many, many people. Yet, no other news source had reported the same. It did not seem that Michael Jackson’s death had really been confirmed. Nobody questioned the news. We just gobbled it up and regurgitated it as soon as we could. Is it our society’s obsession with being the best, the fastest, the biggest gossip? Do we just say or repeat things to hear ourselves talk sometimes.

I’m not looking to hurt anyone’s feelings. I’m just…sayin’.

It seems to have turned out that Michael Jackson did die. Who really knows for sure. I wont speak about this anymore out of respect for the dead.

But what if this was something that affected our lives differently? What if we were spreading unconfirmed rumors about something that could cause widespread panic? Would we be so nonchalant about it then?

More organized reading from Mashable: Michael Jackson’s Death Spurs Ugly Fake Stories About the Demise of Other Celebs

By emilwisch, on June 25, 2009 at 5:10 pm, in Blog.
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You’ve landed on the Emil Stories Wiki Page.

This is the place where the term ‘Emil Story’ gets defined…by YOU.

I named this blog as such because I’ve been known (dating back to elementary school) to sometimes tell stories that would excite interest in the beginning and wind up being sort of a let down in the end. I believe I’ve become more empathetic in recent years and I’m trying to change the face of what is known as an ‘Emil Story’.

I decided to create this wiki page as a place for anyone who has had the opportunity to hear one of my ‘Emil Stories’. If you know what it is, go ahead and define it below in the Say What?! section of this page.

I’ll start with the first definition from my great friend, Nick Zalabak:

em·il sto·ry [ee-muhl stohr-ee] noun, plural -ries

-noun

1. stories that start strong and quickly go nowhere leaving all listeners dumbfounded and wanting that time back.

By emilwisch, on June 22, 2009 at 10:44 am, in Blog.
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Yo dudes and dudettes! I miss you all. My friends. I’m on the comeback trail.

It’s been a long and trying personal time over the past few months. I’ve discovered a great deal and I will be sharing much of that soon.

For now, though, I’m back…kinda.

By emilwisch, on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 am, in Blog.
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Nick of UrbanMelt.com will be giving a presentation at SocialDevCampChicago about UrbanMelt’s switch from Java to Ruby on Rails.  Find out why we made the switch and what he’s learned during the tedious process.

Here’s a bit more about the event taken from the SocialDevCampChicago event wiki (check out the wiki to see who else will be there and what topics will be discussed):

“SocialDevCampChicago is an unconference for people passionate about social networks, web applications, platform development, new media, and any of the exciting (but messy) topics in-between. Join some of the brightest minds in the Midwest for a day of fun, learning, and coding!

SocialDevCampChicago will be on Saturday, August 9, 2008, 8:30am-6:00pm (with afterparty TBD)

Location:

Illinois Institute of Technology
McCormick Tribune Center (the cool Rem Koolhaas building)
3201 South State Street
Chicago, IL 60616

After Party Location:

Grace O’Malley’s
1416 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Complimentary drinks from 6:30 - 8:30
Feel free to stay longer

Easily accessible from the CTA Red Line via the Sox-35th Street exit. Even better - the Green Line actually lets out *inside* the building (the tube above the building are the El platforms). Ample parking is available to the south of the building.

Grace O’Malley’s is also accessible from the CTA. Both the Green Line and Red Line stop at Roosevelt and the bar is two blocks south on Michigan.

SocialDevCamp Chicago was inspired by SocialDevCamp East, hosted on May 10 in Baltimore. The name remains the same (with permission of course). The crew for the Chicago installment, however, will be headed by Tim Courtney and Andy Angelos. Same mission, different minds!”

By emilwisch, on August 7, 2008 at 8:39 pm, in Social Media and tagged ruby on rails, Social Media, SocialDevCampChicago, urbanmelt.
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Computer Services USA

Computer Services USA (a Chicago area computer sales, service and repair facility) has just relocated to 3552 West 95th Street, Evergreen Park, IL 60805. 

Stop by and say hi to Jay and tell him UrbanMelt sent you.

By emilwisch, on August 1, 2008 at 7:34 pm, in Business Listings and tagged 60805, computer repair, computer sales, IT services.
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UniversalBusinessListing.org allows you to do it.  Instead of trying to find every online directory and then spend all the time listing your business information over and over again, just list once and forget it. 

$30 gets you listed on the major online directories, local search engines and 411 directories for the year.  Renew after the first year for $15.  It’s well worth it.  I’ve seen search companies charge more than $300 for a similar service that’s not as extensive.

Moving your business into a new location?  You can change your information at UniversalBusinessListing.org as many times as you need with no additional charges.

To find out more, just visit their site.  It’s a no brainer!

By emilwisch, on July 29, 2008 at 4:51 pm, in Business Resources and tagged business listings, directories, local search engines, sem, seo, universalbusinesslisting.org.
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Hello Folks,

It is my duty as an advocate of small and local businesses to spread the word about new and useful tools to help your business adapt and grow.

Earlier today Silkfair.com was brought to my attention.  It is an online marketplace similar to eBay or Etsy.

What I like about it:

- Free Online Store for sellers

- Education and positive attitude about social networking to promote seller stores

- Custom URL

- Sellers can use video to sell items

- Sellers can link back to their eBay rating

I’d love to hear what the rest of the community thinks about Silkfair.com.  Please check it out and comment back here, at Silkfair’s blog, or suggestions [at] silkfair.com.

Take care,

Emil

By emilwisch, on June 27, 2008 at 4:43 am, in Business Resources, Consumer Resources, Local Businesses, Social Media and tagged ebay, ebay alternative, etsy, online marketplace, silkfair.
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Quick Post:

You can use ping.fm to update your posts on a variety of different social services including Twitter, Plurk, Jaiku, Pownce and Tumblr all in one shot.  I just signed up and received this as the beta code to share - “pingofpings”

Enjoy,

Emil

By emilwisch, on June 26, 2008 at 9:42 pm, in Business Resources, Consumer Resources, Social Media, microblogging and tagged beta code, jaiku, ping.fm, plurk, pownce, sync, tumblr, twitter.
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We have had tons & tons of work to do to make UrbanMelt.com better for everyone.  We’re a team of two and only one of us is a software developer.  We will be releasing a completely revamped version of UM that will provide a solid foundation to facilitate the creation of future features.  The work that has been done will allow us to make changes on the fly quickly.  This makes it possible to give our community what it wants when it wants.  So, to those of you who have been waiting for the new release so long that your forgot who we were, it’s coming and coming soon.

We appreciate your patience and support,

Emil

By emilwisch, on June 14, 2008 at 4:51 am, in Business Resources and tagged urbanmelt.com.
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