I know that the title for this post might seem critical to some readers, but I believe it is a legitimate question to ask. Today's edition, introduced their "Sonoma Sunday" section which privides "a place on the page for dialogue with the community." Congrats to Pete Golis, the PD's editorial [...]
Since my own birthday is coming up in a few days, I'm in a reflective mood about what has happened over the years; especially the years spent living in Petaluma after retiring from San Francisco State University after 32 years of teaching in the College of Education from 1960-1992. Moving [...]
Yesterday afternoon, Fire Chief Chris Albertson sent out a press release announcing that due to the "high temperatures" in Petaluma, designated public places with air conditioning would be open - primarily for Senior Citizens - today and tomorrow in order to beat the heat. Within a few hours, PetalumaNet was [...]
When I was growing up, I don't remember ever being told that I was "smart." I was called by a few other names (censored), including Hammerhead, but not smart. (If you check the dictionary, there's over a dozen different ways to use the word "smart.")One of PetalumaNet's earlier projects promoted [...]
"In the digital age, community is all about gathering people with shared interests and giving them a platform to interact with each other, to engage in relevant content and to create something new."This quote by Beth Comstock, NBC Universal, has been hidden in one of my files; but came back [...]
You didn't have to have "eagle-eyes" to read the headline in the 5-29-06 Technology Section of the SF Chronicle. It was music to my ears! Over 10 years ago, when we formed our local community group of Cybernauts called PetalumaNet, I felt that we would reach this level of use [...]