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Digital Ghosts – Something creepy this way comes
Here are two topics that I’ve been following coming together in a creepy, creepy way: social automation and social network profiles that remain after death. I’ve been thinking about social media automation for a while now as it’s been cropping up more and more in discussions of personal branding and social media marketing. Although automated […]
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Amazon, eBooks, and the demise of Borders and bookshop culture
The era of the big box bookstore is coming to an end and I, for one, am saddened by this. Yes, I know they were big, bad corporate giants that came in and destroyed neighborhood bookstores and coffee shops, ending third places and stifling locally-owned businesses in many communities. All that’s true – and awful. […]
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Becoming Real: Harry Potter and The Velveteen Rabbit
In honor of the release of HP 7.5 this weekend, I bring you an excerpt of my thesis, “The Branding of Harry Potter: How Fanfiction is Challenging Concepts of Owner and Author”. Before jumping in, here’s what you need to know: I love Harry Potter and I love fanfiction; not in the way that I […]
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Hyper-text and Storytelling
Today SocialTimes has an article about Twitter, hyper-text, and the evolution of storytelling (Are Twitter Storytellers the Heroes of a New Postmodernism?). It’s written by Amanda Cosco who is proving to be my social media soul mate – recently she’s written articles on foodies, citizen journalists, Lady Gaga, and super hot nerds. Ms. Cosco discusses […]
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Social Media and the Art of Storytelling
A few days ago, Chris Sullivan of MyNorthwest.com wrote an article called “The art of storytelling in a world of technology”. He asked if you can tell a story over Twitter and wondered if the limitations of the medium limited the message. He quoted professional storyteller Anne Rutherford as saying “Whatever their age, whatever their […]
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Highland Square is a Food Desert No More!
30 MarYou know how I posted about food deserts a few days ago and wrote that my neighborhood lacks a local grocery store? Well, Highland Square is a food desert no more! (Well, soon anyway.)
Today, The Akron Beacon Journal announced that we’re going to be getting a Mustard Seed (fancy locally owned health and organic food type grocery store). It seems that I wasn’t the only one concerned about the lack fresh food. The City of Akron owns some of the retail space in the area and put out a request for bids from grocery stores a while back.
I guess this has been in the works for a while and I’ve been completely oblivious.
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic made the announcement this afternoon. The city picked Mustard Seed, which already has stores in Montrose and Solon, from four grocers who submitted proposals.
Plusquellic made his decision after meeting with Highland Square business leaders, neighborhood residents and leaders of the Highland Square Neighborhood Association.
Also, apparently we have a neighborhood association…
The location of the new store is only about 1/4 mile from my house. Yea for being able to walk to the store when I realize that I’ve forgotten some vital ingredient. (This happens pretty much every time I cook.)
And, the best part, according to one of the commenters “the store will be designed to be affordable and teach people how to cook healthy”. Does this mean free cooking classes? Because if so, I am there!
Of course, not all the commenters were happy. (Have you ever seen all the commenters be happy? I think that’s statistically impossible.) Generally, the complaints were that low-income people in the neighborhood (as I said previously, I live in a mixed-income community) don’t eat organic food or cook anyway (Way to stereotype!) or that the store would be too expensive for many residents to afford.
It’s true that Mustard Seed is expensive (there’s no way that I could afford to do all of my shopping there), but it’s going to be fantastic to be able to walk to a grocery store. I can already walk to a library, a coffee shop (locally owned, thank you!), and a Chipotle. This neighborhood is getting better and better!
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