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Our Cyberplace – Another Twilight Moment

Once again, around 6:00 a.m., another twilight moment occurred before I was fully awake. It centered on our community and how knowledgeable its citizens are about all the "good deed" activities, events, and projects that take place throughout the year that enhance and improve the quality of life in "Our [...]

By | July 31st, 2014|0 Comments

Our River Town Continues to Celebrate Its Place in Cyberspace

Can you believe it? Today, March 11, 2014 is the 8th anniversary of Our River Town blog on what is now known as the Argus-Courier's Petaluma360. To date, this volunteer blogger has posted 540 blogs, organized in 14 various categories. ((Look for these categories in the column to the right.) [...]

By | March 11th, 2014|0 Comments

Volunteers Create PetalumaNet: 1995

A small group of concerned citizens initiated PetalumaNet in 1995 in order to promote greater use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Petaluma area schools. As time went on, it became apparent that all sectors of the community - education, business, government, health, and non-profit organizations - needed [...]

By | February 28th, 2013|0 Comments

What now … e-Newspapers!

It's amazing how we tend to reflect on the past during the beginning of a new year. In my case, when we moved to Petaluma in the mid-90s, the " Computer Information Age" was just starting to take off with the rapid expansion of the Internet. WWW was recognized as [...]

By | January 7th, 2011|1 Comment

My … How time flies in the ICT World

 It's 2011 and you know whose garage hasn't been cleaned out, yet, after all these years. We won't mention any names, but long-time readers know about this local "disaster." (They have even seen photos.) Why are we starting out the New Year with such bad news? Wait! It ends up [...]

By | January 5th, 2011|0 Comments

Another Anniversary to Celebrate

Last month, I posted my 40th “Then & Now” blog using next year’s Centennial Celebration of Fred J. Wiseman’a first airmail flight on February 17-18, 1911, as the subject matter. When I woke up this morning, it dawned on me that tomorrow, March 11, will be the fourth anniversary of [...]

By | March 10th, 2010|0 Comments

“Will We Get Google Internet?”

My favorite “river town” was destined to become the hub for Telecom Valley when Don Green, founder of Digital Telephone Systems (1969) conceived of Optilink and moved to Petaluma in 1987, after leaving DTS. He then went on to manage DCS (1990) and Alcatel (1998), before establishing Advanced Fibre Communications [...]

By | March 3rd, 2010|3 Comments

New Sign Posts for Petaluma

“Mr. Pepper” certainly enjoyed the “punch line” to the blackboard article he shared with the school board in a recent blog; but historically, he was known for how he mobilized the financial, material, and human resources of the community to establish Pepper Kindergarten in 1894. Just as the original Mr. [...]

By | January 13th, 2010|0 Comments

The Sage of Petaluma II Joins the Visit Along Our Information Highway

At precisely 3:15 a.m., the other morning, the Sage kicked off the blankets and emerged from his warm and cozy bed because too many thoughts, ideas, words, and analogies were bouncing around inside his head. He realized that he would need help to sort things out, so he convened a [...]

By | January 11th, 2010|0 Comments

Revisiting Our Information Highway – 1995-96 Accomplishments

Our PetalumaNet Scrapbook contains the following list of accomplishments for the 1995-96 academic year as the result of various activities and events: * Two Computer Tech Fairs for 60 Teachers were held at Grant & Penngrove Schools * School site workshops for 35 teachers at McDowell & Dunham Elementary Schools [...]

By | January 8th, 2010|0 Comments