Category Archives: Social Media

(Author’s note: I contributed to this Kickstarter and appeared briefly in the Kickstarter video for Louisville.AM. Tom Cottingham, Insider Louisville’s CEO, and I appeared on an episode of Vonderheide’s podcast, “Startup.”) The news came on Oaks Day. In the wake of SummitMedia acquiring four Cox Media Louisville radio stations, Dan Vonderheide, Digital Sales Manager at [...]

This could be the ultimate David v. Goliath political contest … assuming Ed Marksberry can even make it through the Democratic primary. But if he’s going to get anywhere against Sen. Mitch McConnell,  one of the most powerful men in Congress, the Owensboro Democrat needs to get some free, state-wide, social media buzz. Toward that end, Marksberry just [...]

Molly Jo Rosen, 27, has been clocking thoroughbreds for 10 years, but she’s been riding horseback since her diaper days. Girlfriend knows her equines. Here’s a chance to float down her stream of consciousness as Rosen discusses the Kentucky Derby horses she has observed, in most cases, for more than a year – but more [...]

The backside of a racetrack is the sanctum sanctorum of horse racing, and it was for ages a fraternity through and through – the equine equivalent of The Little Rascals’ infamous fellowship: The He-Man Woman Hater’s Club. The only fillies permitted to tread the hallowed ground owned four legs and weighed a thousand pounds. Women [...]

No fooling. On April 1, Niki King reported that Ron Smith, the proprietor of the Root Cellar, was taking his mobile farm market idea to Kickstarter. His goal was to raise $10,000 to purchase and refurbish a TARC-3 bus and install coolers for dairy, a freezer for meats and a cash register. This week, Smith surpassed [...]

(Editor’s note: This was originally posted on the Social Media Explorer website. It’s reposted here with the permission of the author.) In the wake of tragedy, the Internet and social media sites can be the most precious resources people can have. But they can also be the most dangerous. There’s not a trained journalist in [...]

Tech buffs and higher-ed proponents tuned in last Friday to the 55,000 Degrees Innovation in Education Attainment Competition. The prize for the winning person or team is $20,000. Mayor Greg Fischer is scheduled to announce the winner at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Metro Hall. 55,000 Degrees, a local non-profit that seeks to increase the percentage [...]

Think of this as retail crowdsourcing. Yang Kee Noodle operating partner Dan Huckstein, who opened in Oxmoor Center back in 2003, is thinking about finally expanding. Why Yang Kee Noodle has remained a one-store operation is a mystery even to food critic Robin Garr. Garr wrote last week in the Voice-Tribune newspaper, ”I can’t help wondering if [...]

Got a pothole? Tweet it. Mayor Greg Fischer announced today that Metro311 is now on Twitter. Residents can tweet their issues, concerns or questions to the handle @LouMetro311 – rather than having to call 311 to verbally report issues. As of today, @LouMetro311 had 124 followers who had tweeted on a variety of topics, from [...]