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We are Number One, we are #1!

by Joe Spake on February 26, 2010

All in the course of one short week, Memphis was named 3rd most miserable city in America and 6th best housing market by Forbes.  And to top it off, Memphis was also honored with a NUMBER ONE – Numero Uno – #1 spot as “the best place to get your car repaired“, according to The [...]

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Miserable city – great housing market

by Joe Spake on February 25, 2010

The day after Forbes.com declared Memphis the number 3 Most Miserable City USA, raising the hackles of local politicians and the My Memphis Right or Wrong loyalists, Forbes came back with their next list rating Memphis number 6 in America’s Best Housing Markets.
This is the text of Forbes’ post

Memphis has a “Housing Opportunity Index of [...]

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Misery

by Joe Spake on February 24, 2010

The pundits and politicians have been buzzing and posturing since last week’s Forbes article citing Memphis as number 3 among America’s 10 most miserable cities.  While Mayor Wharton whittles away at quality of life issues, and preaches that Memphis must control it’s own message and tell it’s own story; and Congressman Cohen challenges Steve Forbes [...]

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Harold Toboggans brings humor to the Memphis non-profit scene

by Joe Spake on February 15, 2010

Check out the Mind Over Memphis, a video series that highlights the work of Memphis charities, non-profits and assorted artists with comedy. Think of it as Dirty Jobs meets Monty Python meets MIFA.

Here’s a playlist for the entire series:

OR you can check out Dr. Harold Toboggans Mind over Memphis YouTube Channel HERE.

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Human aggregators – the latest magic bullet?

by Joe Spake on February 13, 2010

Everyone’s looking for a magic bullet to conquer social media, leverage Web 2.0 to their advantage, dominate the digital marketplace, and further their self-described expert/guru status.  This seems to be especially prevalent with the late adopters in RE.net ( the real estate cool kids of Web 2.0),  but I see traces of the magic bullet [...]

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Tribute to dead mall also offers “lost Memphis” topics

by Joe Spake on January 31, 2010

The Marketplace of the Mid-South
I was looking up something about Memphis when I ran across a link to http://lostmemphis.com in a Wikipedia article.  The link takes you to a page of http://mallofmemphis.org, a tribute to Memphis’s flagship shopping mall.  The site is a captivating historical piece presenting a thorough story of the mall from its [...]

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Picture of the Day – 1-40 Bridge

by Joe Spake on January 28, 2010

Memphis I-40 Bridge, originally uploaded by joespake.
Memphis I-40 Bridge – Shot from the roof of the Goodwyn building (19 stories) – Corner of Madison and Second, Downtown Memphis.
Some other nice roof views in my flickr stream.

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Saying goodbye to a laggard blog

by Joe Spake on January 10, 2010

In an attempt to bank all the Whuffie I possibly could, I started a photo blog a while back.  I thought someone might be interested in my photos, taken around the Memphis area, but, alas, as evidenced by Flickr data and Google Analytics, there is much better response to the photos I post on Posterous [...]

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Luddites 2.0

by Joe Spake on January 8, 2010

Most of the What’s going to happen in Technology in 2010 articles and blog posts have been published, many similar to this one from Globalthoughtz – 10 Technologies that will rock 2010.   I try to keep up with the major trends, but the amount of technology news and innovation out there is mind-boggling, even when [...]

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TDOT Cameras come in handy on days like this

by Joe Spake on January 7, 2010

I have seen the TDOT (Tennessee Department of Transportation) cameras along the freeways of the Memphis area, but have never looked at the camera images until this morning, worrying about Katy’s commute.

Wow, lots of cameras, and you can do map mashups on road conditions and traffic flow, incidents, and construction.
If you are “snowed in” today, [...]

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