Around the Interwebz
Have you heard all the buzz about Dwolla yet? Duh-what? DWOLLA – a very cool way to pay for things, and to receive payment. Visit www.dwolla.com And you betcha – Debworks is a Dwolla Spot! The Eagle Has Landed…. and babies are due around April 1. Live action cam in Decorah, Iowa http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ Strangely addictive.…
The Gift of Love
Though I may speak with bravest fire, And have the gift to all inspire, And have not love, my words are vain, As sounding brass, and hopeless gain. Though I may give all I possess, And striving so my love profess, But not be given by love within, The profit soon turns strangely thin. Come,…
Facebook Fan Pages
Debworks offers a service for small businesses – we set up your Facebook Fan Page. You receive a welcome/landing page graphic design, basic information added to your page, upload of pictures to an album or two (you provide the pictures) and a request of our fans to take a look at your page and like…
Four More for the 140
Would you want to miss these speakers? 140 Character Conference in Des Moines is May 9. Here’s just a few of the speakers. Drew McClellan 5 Lessons on Crowd Sourcing a Book Drew will talk about How the 3 Age of Conversation books came to be, the lessons learned and the value of the project.…
Speaker Sneak Peak
The Des Moines 140 Character Conference is May 9. I wanted to give you a sneak peek of just a few of our speakers. (Stay tuned, we’ll feature them all before it’s done!) David Murray For the last 3 years I’ve seen the Midwest take great strides in redefining itself. Having lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin,…
Another Time Saving Tool from Google
I love my Google Reader. I’m sitting here with tears streaming down my face, because I read this article by Kyle Munson. Kyle has the enviable job of writing about the stories of Iowa. I met him when he came to Hampton to do a follow up story about our Band Shell. I added the…
You Don’t Have to be Boring
I attend a lot of conferences, meetings, and events. I see many presentations. Most are just okay. Some are awful. Once in a blue moon I see spectacular ones. Here’s a few don’ts from a seasoned observer. DON’T ..ever apologize for anything. We don’t care that you are sorry the projector is not working, or…
Dreaming of Scotland
When I was a young girl, I dreamt of walking the moors on an English coast somewhere, following my Heathcliff. My coat would be a cape that went to the ground and fastened only with a big brass button. My hair would be flowing free in the wind, the view bringing tears to my eyes.…
Q and A with Debworks
Q and A with Deb Brown Why did you leave corporate America in the first place? I had a job as an insurance underwriting assistant. While I was very good at it, I detested working in a cubicle 29 floors above the ground. It’s important that I have interaction with people – and I wasn’t…
Monster Barbies Rule
I was at a Hailey’s birthday party today. She’s four. She got a lot of presents. Three of them were Monster Barbies. The boys at the party played with the Monster Barbies. One of the adult boys asked Steven, the 6 year old, why he was playing with Barbies. Steven answered “You don’t know why…