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August 2008
Newsletter
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 This month, it's all about
Blogging! As we make the transition from eNewsletters to
Blogging, we thought it might be beneficial to explain why
we have chosen to depart from our traditional eNewsletter and
move to Blogging.
There are several
major benefits to Blogging - notably, we can release (and you can
receive) information without waiting for a monthly publication
date. Second, Blogging is SPAM proof. You only get
Blogs if you ask to get Blogs. That's as simple as it gets!
Third, Blogging
provides interaction with our readers. You can make a comment,
ask a question, or get involved with others having a common interest
in a particular topic. Lastly, you can easily retrieve and
review archived information by topic.
With all that
said, we thought we would take this opportunity to explain how our
Blog works and how you can use it to your
advantage.
 How does Blogging work?
In the most simple terms, a BLOG is a posting of information on the Internet that can be automatically forwarded to readers that (a) have an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Reader, and (b) have subscribed to receive updated information. My Space is a form of a Blog used primarily for personal use. Business, institutional and government users post Blogs to keep those they serve up to date on happenings within their organization. Information can be sent to a desktop or laptop PC connected to the Internet or to "smart" phones capable of receiving email such as the iPhone or Blackberry. More information on RSS is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format). You don't have to sign up to receive every posting. If you prefer, you can visit the Blog at any time and review the postings for the current month or select the archive to review earlier postings. Our blogs are categorized by subject matter as "Labels". These are shown on the top right side of our Blog page. Everything relating to our comments on digital radios are under the label classification of "Digital Radios". Other popular labels include Fire & EMS News, Church News, General News, Government News, Industrial News, Institutional News, Law Enforcement News, Municipal News, Paging News, School News, and Transportation News. You can simplify your search for information by scanning our Labels for topical information, then reviewing just those post for news of interest. You can review and sign up for our Blog at http://falconinfo.blogspot.com or just click on the RSS icon at the top of this page. Our Blogs come to you as an email, but you will need an RSS reader to receive our Blogs. You have a choice of just reading our postings or all postings including comments by our readers. A few of the more popular readers are listed in the upper right hand corner of our Blog page. Many RSS readers and Blog page host services are free. Some have enhanced features and make a small charge for their services. We use Google for a number of reasons but the others, including Yahoo, are also good. Chose one for your reader. You can then add News feeds from a variety of Blog pages. It's kind of like subscribing to a daily newspaper where YOU choose the content. We like Blogging and as you get into it, we think you will too! We will be adding audio and video clips to our Blog with information that we hope will be of interest to those we serve and we hope that includes YOU! |
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As
always,
we close our
eNewsletter with things that have nothing to do with business.
These are subjects of a higher order. This month, we would
like to start with some truly amazing pictures from France at www.info4u.us/PHOTOSNOIRetBLANCetenCOULEURS.pps. Beauty
knows no boundaries.
August is one of those crossover months with no exciting days
or events, so we thought we would take the liberty of dropping back
a month to visit a combined school event celebrating
the heritage of this great country. This group consists
of one elementary and three high school choral groups. Give it
a play by going to www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm.
We're proud to be Americans, citizens of the greatest nation on Earth! |
Burch Falkner Falcon Direct Quote of the month - Money sometimes makes fools of
important persons, but it may also make important persons of fools -
Walter
Winchell |