Checking Your Company’s Disaster Communications Plans

September 6, 2011

For most companies, disaster planning centers around recovering data. While that’s clearly a critical factor in your company’s ability to survive a major disruption, it’s also important to consider how you’ll communicate with customers and team members in the aftermath of a disaster. If, for instance, your company is affected by a disaster, you have [...]

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Companies Showing Compassion After Irene

September 2, 2011

As Connecticut continues to cut, chip and pump out the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, a number of local businesses have shown concern and compassion for their customers and neighbors. One of the first was Marge’s, a sandwich and ice cream shop in Stratford that, like large chunks of the state, lost power during the [...]

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Ocean Beach Park, New London, CT

August 22, 2011

We spent a relaxing weekend day at Ocean Beach Park in New London. It’s one of our favorite beaches because it offers clearer water than some of the more local options, doesn’t get as packed as Hammonasset, and is closer than the southern Rhode Island beaches.                   [...]

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Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk, CT

August 18, 2011

 

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Minor Downtown Flooding

August 15, 2011

Heavy rain turned the small river and duck pond near City Hall in Milford, CT, into a larger river and duck pond Monday morning. More shots on a Flickr set.                        

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Moon and Clouds Time Lapse

July 13, 2011

Here’s a brief look at some clouds sliding past the moon the other night. The video is made from 300 still images, with each shot taken 10 seconds apart over the course of a relaxing hour sitting in the yard listening to a Mets-Giants game on the radio. We used MPEG Streamclip to convert the [...]

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Milford’s New Boardwalk: Egrets and Old Tires

April 25, 2011

After nearly a decade’s worth of fits, starts and assorted funding delays, a new boardwalk has opened connecting Milford’s Walnut Beach with Silver Sands State Park. You’ve always been able to walk between the two beaches, but now there is a nearly three-quarters of a mile boardwalk that makes the trip a lot easier. While [...]

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Roof Rake Highlights

February 6, 2011

Joining the latest New England winter trend – roof raking.

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Fighting Customer Contact Fatigue

January 3, 2011

The end of the year brought another round of last-minute appeals from a variety of charitable organizations seeking donations before the calendar flipped (metaphorically) from December to January. One caught our eye with an interesting message on the envelope – “Make one gift now and we’ll never ask for another donation again.” The charity was directly [...]

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Tweaking Photos in Your New Facebook Profile

December 10, 2010

As part of changes to the design of our profile pages, Facebook now displays the five most recent pictures in which you’ve been tagged. Which is fine if you’ve added the photos yourself, but could be a bit awkward if someone has tagged you in photos you’d prefer not to have displayed online. Fortunately, there’s [...]

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