May « 2006 « Wigley and Associates

James Gang HideAway

By Griff Wigley, on May 31st, 2006

Old clients become new clients. Joan and Jim Spaulding, owners of James Gang Coffeehouse & Eatery, have opened another location in Northfield called James Gang HideAway.

I created their coffeehouse site two years ago using Blogger and NetObjects Fusion so when this new store opened, we took the opportunity to revamp the old and [...]

Citizens League’s MAP 150 Project

By Griff Wigley, on May 23rd, 2006

I met with the MAP 150 project team at the Citizens League today. We’re moving ahead on several fronts: blogging, project management via Basecamp, a wiki, and more.

L to R (click photo to enlarge): Stacy Becker, Sean Kershaw, Executive Director of the League, Erin Sapp, and Ann Kirby McGill, Deputy Director of [...]

I had coffee in Northfield this morning (at my corner office at the Goodbye Blue Monday Coffeehouse, natch) with long-time Minnesotan Steve Borsch — blogger, podcaster, and a Web 2.0 thinker/doer/collaborator.

Steve contacted me via email earlier this week after we both contributed some brainstorming emails via Sean Kershaw at the Citizens League. It turns [...]

River City Books weblog and podcast

By Griff Wigley, on May 19th, 2006

I’ve worked with a bookstore here in the Northfield called River City Books the past couple of weeks to help them launch a companion weblog and podcast to their existing website.

Normally I use a photo of the person I’m working most closely with on the project but in this case, they’ve opted to add a [...]

Skype online status

By Griff Wigley, on May 19th, 2006

I’ve added a little gizmo to my right sidebar here that indicates whether or not I’m currently logged into my Skype account.

For geographically distributed teams, I see this form of instant messaging (real-time voice and/or text chat) as the equivalent of showing up at an office, hanging your coat on a rack near your workspace, [...]

St. Paul Edemocracy outreach

By Griff Wigley, on May 12th, 2006

Last week I tagged along with Tim Erickson and St. Paul e-democracy colleagues (left) at the Lexington Outreach Library.

I took some photos and teamed up with Tim to record some audio for possible inclusion in a podcast. Click photos to enlarge and see 20+ photos in the edemocracy outreach photo album.

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Heartland Circle’s Happy Hour

By Griff Wigley, on May 10th, 2006

I attended a Heartland Circle Happy Hour last night, courtesy of the firm's co-founders, Patricia Neal and Craig Neal. They hosted an informal gathering of some of their area members at the Enjoy! restaurant in Apple Valley. Click photos to enlarge.

Left: Yogiraj Achala, Vonda Vaden, Patricia Neal, Craig Neal, unidentified, Francois Paradeise, unidentifiedRight: [...]

Citizens League and the MAP 150 project

By Griff Wigley, on May 7th, 2006

Last week I had a meeting at the Citizens League with Sean Kershaw, Executive Director, and Stacy Becker, Becker Consulting, who’s heading up the League’s Minnesota Anniversary Project (MAP 150).

We explored the variety of ways that tools like blogs, forums, salons, podcasts, etc. could be used for the project and they’ve invited me to submit [...]