Education:
Masters in Social Sciences from Southern Oregon.
Multimedia, GIS, and Geography.
Bachelor of Science from University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Majors: Botany and Psychology.
Professional Experience 1990-2005.
Coordinated Internet marketing and multiple website development for the Southern Oregon Visitors Association, a large regional tourism promotion group covering seven counties of Oregon and over 14,000 square miles. Developed organic and pay per click search strategies for several websites.
Managed grant and deployment of statewide touch kiosk Internet system for the state of Oregon, a partnership with the Federal Scenic Byways Program, Oregon Department of Transportation, State Tourism, and the Southern Oregon Visitors Association. Developed organic and pay per click search strategies for several websites. Developed the first commercial websites for Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument.
Presented findings of one of the first online Internet conversion studies at the Travel Industry Association of America national education conference in Vail, Colorado. Have also spoken extensively in Oregon about internet marketing strategy for the travel sector.
Past board member: California Oregon Intelligent Transportation Systems project. Helped review policies and deployments of travel technology (such as road web cams) for the Northern California and Southern Oregon regions.
Winner of Oregon's Governor's Award for Innovative Tourism Development for creating the partnership and grant that led to Oregon's first state travel website TravelOregon.com.
Publisher of travel, history, and news at several regional and national websites and blogs. Major annual conference coverage include CES Las Vegas and Search Engine Strategies San Jose.
Partner/Owner of Online Highways LLC. This Florence, Oregon internet publishing company works in conjunction with two of the Pacific Northwest's leading travel magazines - Northwest Travel and Oregon Coast Magazine to produce one of the most comprehensive online travel resources "Online Highways".
As an owner my work with Online Highways has been primarily company strategy and blogging.
Web 2.0 - A Collaboration Conspiracy
Reassessing Midsize Company Server Costs - A Critical Review of the White Paper
IT 2009: The Silver Lining of Cloud Computing
Skilled Immigration Fuels Innovation
Recession Impression = Review Your Technology Expression
A CwF+ RtB by any other name will smell sweeter
Big Trouble Can Spawn Big Ideas
Print THIS! Microprinting, Micropayments, and a new print paradigm.
Business in the 2010s: Proceed with caution, but proceed.
Customer Service and Social Media
End of Capitalism? Heck no, think of this as the *beginning* of a new economic era.
Easy as 1-2-3 . Three hours to a small business online presence
2008 Was "The Year of the Rat". Accept it and prepare for 2009.
Give me a home where the digital nomads roam
The Benefits of Virtualization
An Economic Hibernation Nation
Should Cell Phone Use Be Banned In Restaurants, Theaters and Classrooms?
Digital Nomads. Keep in touch ... but not too much.
Mobile Workforce ROI. Are Your Digital Nomads Showing You The Money?
Mobile Computing is already off to the races
The Financial Crisis' Impact On Small Business
Best Banking-By-Phone Services?
Which TV Shows Have The Best Mobile Tie-Ins?
Security Challenges When Employees Are Digital Nomads
Following Politics Via Mobile Phones
Getting Distributed Workforces On The Same Page
What Are The Best Mobile Services For Staying Healthy?
How To Follow The Olympic Games On Mobile Phones
Continuing Insights Into The Rapidly Evolving Storage Area Network Market
What Are The Ramifications Of Multiple Open Source Mobile Platforms?
How Do You Find Cheap Gas Using Your Cell Phone?
How Do You Use Analytics Tools To Enhance Sales/Marketing?
Celebrating The 10th Anniversary of Symbian
Sales 2.0: Are Collaborative Technologies Helping to Drive Your Sales and Marketing Efforts?
More Insights Into The Rapidly Evolving Storage Area Network Market
Where Do You Find Games For Your Phone?
The Potential Of Mid-Market Solutions For Accounting Software
Insights Into The Rapidly Evolving Storage Area Network Market
Strategies For Cadbury Schweppes To Engage Consumers And Promote Its US Retail Channels
What Kind Of Laws Are Reasonable For Driving While Talking On The Phone?
What Location Based Services Do You Want/Use On A Phone?
Smart Dossier: What Are The Repercussions Of Microsoft's Offer For Yahoo?
Smart Dossier SWOT Analysis On: CNET Networks, Inc.
What's Your Favorite PIM For Your Phone?
What's The Best Way To Dispose Of An Old Cell Phone?
Compare Netflix's Online Video Model To Apple's Video Business Model
Will Apple's MacBookAir Boost Adoption Of UMPCs?
The Shift To Computing As A Utility
Would You Buy A Phone Made By Dell?
How Would You Allow Phone Calls On Planes?
What Kind Of Mobile Advertising Will You Tolerate?
What's The Secret To Mobile Social Networking?
Unexpected Beneficiairies Of Wireless Industry Turbulence
How Will The Subprime Fallout Impact Tech Companies?
Where To Sell Hardware For The Online Gaming Market?
What Do You Think Of Mobile VoIP?
What Does A Food Company Need To Know About Social Media?
Buttons On Phones Are Nice, But What About Voice Interfaces?
How Do You Use Your Camera Phone?
Do Tagging and Folksonomies Fit Into The Enterprise?
Investment Opportunities In Wireless Broadband
Why Did You Want A Social Media Strategy Again?
What Can Consumers Expect From The 'GPhone' Platform?
Which Tech Companies Will Be Hurting Soon, And Why?
Who's Afraid Of Mobile Phone Insecurities?
Wall Street Wants To Know What Google's gPhone Is All About....
Forecasting Trends in Digital Entertainment
Do We Need A Bill Of Rights To Protect Us Against Our Cell Phone Service Providers?
Spreading The Word For JAJAH And JAJAH Buttons
How To Index Multimedia Files For Fun And Profit
The Emergence of DIY Application Development Platforms
Applying The Lessons of The Dot Com Bubble: What Social Network Investments Make Sense Today?
Is It Worth Joining The Facebook Fad?
Design A Strategy For A Mobile RSS Reader
White Paper For Techdirt: How To Respond To The iPhone?
What If eBay And Google Had A Messy Divorce?
What Can Small-Cap Companies Learn From Governance Risk And Compliance (GRC) Lessons So Far?
Will Security Software Mergers and Acquisition Continue?
Is there a better way to approach computer security?
Joe Duck
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