Archive for the ‘Kevin's Thoughts’ Category

I’m on Lockergnome today!

Recently I submitted an article to the website known as Lockergnome, a network of blogs about a variety of topics (mostly tech-related). And today, it’s being featured on the main page of the site!
I’ve been a fan of Lockergnome for a long time, and even knew Chris Pirillo when we both went to the University [...]

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My first code camp

Yesterday, I attended my first code camp. I heard about the Iowa Code Camp a few months ago from a tweet by Chris Sutton, one of the organizers (@chrissutton on Twitter).

First off, I really don’t consider myself a “coder.” Most of the time, I can look through a Javascript or PHP script and manipulate it [...]

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The Prez comes to town

I’m not going to get into my political beliefs during this post. Instead, this is just a quick note to introduce my “famous” (it was on WGEM!) video of President Obama’s motorcade going into the Siemens Energy plant just outside of Fort Madison.
It’s about as exciting as it sounds….

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Lapping the competition… or wrecking. Really, it’s a toss-up.

Backslash Technologies owner, Kevin Harter, will take on 23 other area business leaders at the Fort Madison United Way Charity Go-Cart Race. The event is going to be held at the Hill Side Go-Cart Track, at the top of Burlington Hill in Fort Madison, on Thursday, April 29th. Bring your lawn chairs, racing begins at [...]

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Another great tech podcast

The best tech podcast around is, of course, Backslash’s TechTalk. But if you’re looking for something a bit longer than four minutes, let me recommend the Global Geek News Podcast. My friend and former TechVi colleague, Jeremy Bray, and his buddy, Wesley Faulkner, have a lively conversation about technology — computers, gadgets, gaming, you name [...]

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Flying kites on Easter afternoon

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Posted via web from Kevin’s Mind Dump

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