• The first game with Paul Johnson as GT’s coach.
• The first game featuring the triple option
• The first game of the season

It was quite an enjoyable game - thanks to Jon Drews for loaning me a very expensive lens and body I can’t afford to help capture everything.  Enjoy the pictures!

Josh Nesbitt Cutting Through the Jacksonville State Defense

Running back Jonathan Dwyer breaking off his first touchdown run.

Paul Johnson gives quarterback Josh Nesbitt a piece of his mind.

Roddy Jones celebrates after a touchdown late in the game.

Hope the pictures were enjoyed.  I love shooting sports - but football (especially night football) is particularly fun and more challenging than daytime football.  It was great to see the Jackets out of the gate strong and end up with their first win of the season.  Watch out, ACC.  Here we come.

Take care.

Colin

Ubiquity can do almost anything, it all depends on the list of commands you subscribe to (you get to pick which commands it responds to).  Ubiquity will soon become ubiquitous - commands need to be better moderated, though.  Because Ubiquity commands do anything, someone at Mozilla needs to get on the ball and get their trusted Ubiquity command system up and running. If you add Ubiquity and add a list of commands you want to use, you’ll see a quite scary warning screen. Do your research and make sure you can trust the commands you’re subscribing to.

This will make life easier and I can’t wait to see Ubiquity as it continues to develop. Check it out and let me know what you think.  I’ve used Ubiquity to twitter, email, look up maps, add stuff to my calendar, and there are thousands of other commands I can use.  I can’t wait to see what sort of Ubiquity commands come out in the future - it will literally change the way I interact with my computer.

With time, Ubiquity will become ubiquitous.

Take care,

Colin

I started thinking a bit about this last week and I have found myself wondering how I’m perceived at work, online, etc. My twitter account says something about me. My blog says something. My work says something, my clothes say something, the way I talk to people says something.

So here’s the challenge - how do you want to be portrayed?  Are you doing everything you can to be portrayed that way?

It’s hard enough for me to figure out how I want to be portrayed, let alone make sure everything I do is in line with that line of thought.  How do you view me?  If someone says “define Colin” - what are the first words that HONESTLY come to mind?

Just something to think about (but I want your feedback!). Take care.

Colin

I’m currently involved in testing their new WordPress plugin. It’s got some kick-butt features that make it VERY attractive for bloggers, and though I’m not at liberty to disclose those features, let me say that if you haven’t switched over to IntenseDebate, you’ll want to when this new plugin comes out.

In the meantime, comment on as many posts of mine as you can and see if you can figure out some of the new features for yourself. ;)

One of the things I like about IntenseDebate is their great customer service. Michael Koenig is their support dude and is probably one of the easiest support guys to get a hold of.  He’s on Twitter (so is ID) - he’s on Email.  He’s really helpful and generally fast to respond (He does have to sleep some - he’s not superhuman). Anyways, if you run a blog and want a better way to manage your comments, check out IntenseDebate

Colin

Skribit (co-founded by Paul Stamatiou, Georgia Tech student and fellow blogger) is designed for bloggers to get feedback from their readers on topics to write on.  I want to provide you with topics that you want to read about.  If you prefer my commentary on web 2.0 apps, or want to hear more about school, want me to shut up, or want me to blog more on business concepts, Skribit is designed to give you the opportunity to have some input!  Take the chance - let me know if you have an idead or two for me to write about and I think you will not be disappointed.  Try it out and let me know what you think.

Take care, I’m late to bed (the only night this week I get decent sleep).

Colin

How is a service different from a product? Customers usually don’t obtain ownership of the service. They cannot be inventories and sold later - this they’re very perishable. Often there is a level of service variability that depends on the person performing the service. Services are subjective to the opinion of the customer.

One of the things I have to turn in is a Service Journal - a series of entries documenting my service experiences, both good and bad. I’ve already done a little bit of that here with my rantings against AT&T, so I believe I’ll continue the trend and post some service journal entries for you all to enjoy. I’d also love to hear from you as I post the entries to determine if you’ve had a different experience with the same company, or if you feel my interaction typifies the company’s customer service.

Sit back, enjoy, and feel free to critique the ride.

Take care,

Colin

Better Place is Agassi’s solution to environmental issues - his goal is to retire the internal combustion engine and put in a nationwide network of electric charging stations to charge electric cars. How?  He wants to separate the cars from the battery.  You buy cars from a manufacturer, and you subscribe to a plan of miles - want to drive 15,000 miles in a year?  Buy that plan.  Charge everywhere.  Shopping malls, your house, your office. Anywhere you go, plug in.

Did I mention he has the nation of Israel signed on?  And Denmark?  And he’s raised $200 million, planning $160 million more?  And he’s not worried about competition - “The mission is to end oil - not to create a company.”  He plans to pay a premium for clean energy to fuel his plan and make clean energy technologies more economic.

I like this idea.  It’s something that can be put in place NOW and can impact our dependence on foreign oil.  Now, I don’t buy into Al Gore style global warming (I’m not convinced it’s human triggered), but I do want to see our dependence on foreign oil lessen.  This would do the trick.  It’d be like your cellphone provider - companies would sell you a car at a steep discount to make profits off the energy.  Read the article if you have some time (it will take some time) - but it’s a great article.  I’m interested to see what happens with Better Place.  Soon, I’m fairly certain we’ll see it make some waves in the US.

What do you see as the next step to increase independence from foreign oil?  Would something like this work?

Would Better Place make the world a better place?

Take care, I’m off to day two of classes.

Colin

We’re planning on driving south on the Parkway to Mount Pishah later and checking out some more mountains and waterfalls and such. Saturday we head home to begin school and such.

How has your summer been? Have you taken the time to relax and get ready for the year ahead? It’s good to be productive, but it’s also important to relax and catch up on sleep.

Take care,

Colin

We will be just east of Asheville in Old Fort - we rented a house on the top of the mountain for the week. We’ll have some great sunsets to look forward to. And I just found out that we’ll be at the mountain house during the perseid meteor shower…. So we should have some great opportunities to shoot some sweet pictures of that. In addition, I brought my flash equipment so I hope to have some sweet pictures of the family and such.

I have several books with me… War of Words, Campus CEO, and Naked Conversations, a book on corporate blogging. I’ll post some pictures as I take them throughout the week.

We’re in Franklin, NC at the Motor Company Grill. Time for some great American food. I’m in and out of cell coverage so i’ll blog when I can.

Take care, y’all.

Colin

Enjoy!  I know I did!  Have a great day!

Colin