Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
After winning by a 15-point margin in its third game, eHarbor, Inc.’s softball team set a new record by winning its next two games to maintain a perfect record this season.
eHarbor played its fourth game on May 6, 2009 and its fifth game a week later on May 13, 2009. The scores of the two games were 16-5 in the fourth game, and 27-17 in the fifth.
Highlights of the fourth game:
- Five players batted 1.000.
- One player went 4 for 4 with an in-the-park home run.
Highlights of the fifth game:
- One player hit a ball out of the park for a home run.
- Two players batted 1.000.
- In its first inning at bat, eHarbor went through its batting order 1.5 times.
- This is the fourth game eHarbor has won by 10 points or more this season.
As I mentioned in one of my first blog entries, eHarbor’s slogan for 2009 is “Swinging for the fence.” Our softball team is doing just that. Our success on the baseball field is symbolic of our success in the field of online marketing and ecommerce.
Our next game will be on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in Provo, Utah. The photo of an eHarbor player hitting the ball is from the fifth game.
Tags: baseball, company, eHarbor, event, Fun, positive, provo, slogan, sport, success, utah
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
eHarbor, Inc.’s softball team continued its winning streak on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by beating the other team 27-12. That’s right, a 15-point victory. Our team’s record this season is now 3-0.
eHarbor's softball team includes President John Russell (top left) and CEO Oliver Bigler (top center, with three on his right and left).
Here are some of the highlights:
- Five players batted 1.000.
- One player had two triples.
- Despite the high score, no one on the eHarbor team managed to hit a home run. One player hit the ball off the fence, though.
I’ll get back to ecommerce topics soon. Stay tuned for more positive stories from eHarbor and its affiliates.
Tags: baseball, company, eHarbor, event, Fun, orem, positive, provo, sport, success, utah
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
You might remember my blog posts on eHarbor, Inc.’s celebration of its successful start to 2009 with a showing of the movie “Knowing.” I’m pleased to say the good times keep coming, as the company recently announced its annual summer party on June 12-13, 2009.
That’s not to say that we’re celebrating all the time or that we’re focused solely on having fun. Our slogan for 2009 is “Swinging for the fence,” and we’re doing our best to live up to that ideal by working hard and giving our best effort.
Back to the eHarbor Summer Party, it is going to be fun. All eHarbor employees are invited to come enjoy camping, barbecue, an outdoor movie (I love movies!), golf tournament and some sort of water e-lympics.
These festivities will take place in Hobble Creek Canyon, near Springville, Utah.
The photo of a tiger playing with a ball is from Flickr, and it is the copyright of Tambako the Jaguar. This is the second photo of a tiger I’ve included in the eHarbor Blog. I also included a photo of a lion with my blog post on making content king. I really like cats.
Tags: company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, event, flickr, Fun, growth, Knowing, marketing, movie, online, positive, slogan, success, utah, website
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
Two weeks ago I mentioned eHarbor, Inc. won its first game of the softball season in the Provo/Orem recreation league. On Wednesday, April 22, 2009 our team played its second game.
We were supposed to play our second game last Wednesday, but, amazingly, it snowed several inches and made the field unplayable. Snow in spring! Global warming, I guess.
Our softball team took the field Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. and kept swinging for the fence until we won 21-16. We’re now 2-0!
The game’s highlights included:
- Four eHarbor players batted 1.000.
- Two players hit home runs. Mike Sorenson, a Submit Solution representative, got an in-the-park home run, while Calvin Russell once again hit one into the parking lot.
Our team’s next game is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6:15 p.m. Hopefully we won’t see any snow this time.
This is my 30th blog entry on the eHarbor Blog. We’ve come a long way in the past three months. I’ve been talking a lot recently about social media, news media companies like the New York Times and, of course, ecommerce. I thought I’d take a break from that hard and heavy stuff to talk about other things I find interesting – things that make me happy.
I hope you notice the tag logo we added to the eHarbor Blog. You can see it in the address window above. We made it using Favicon.
The photo of the baseball player swinging is from Flickr, and it is the copyright of AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker.
Tags: affiliate, baseball, company, eHarbor, flickr, Fun, game, news, orem, positive, provo, slogan, sport, Submit Solution, success, utah
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
This photo of a Google postcard just tickled my funny bone, so I have to share it.
After my seven-part series on search engine optimization tactics to get to the top of Google searches, I think my readers have become fairly knowledgeable about the complexities of search engines.
This fun photo gives us a chance to stand back and smile at how Google might have started out if it had existed in the 1980s or earlier.
The photo is the copyright of dullhunk on Flickr.
Tags: flickr, funny, google, humor, image, origin, past, photo, search engine optimization, SEO
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
eHarbor, Inc. has a tradition of playing softball in the Provo/Orem area’s recreation league. It’s a fun way for eHarbor employees in different departments to come together and build teamwork. In March, eHarbor’s team re-formed and on April 8, 2009, we played our first game.
And we pretty much blew out the competition, winning 13-3.
One employee in particular, Calvin Russell (who works in the support department), really swung for the fence and ended the game with a home run. It’s so cool that eHarbor employees can not only achieve great results in their web-design projects and online marketing, but also spend time excelling in fun activities like this.
The team’s next game is scheduled for April 15. Hopefully we’ll triumph again on the field, just like we do in our ecommerce business.
The photo of the baseball celebration is from Flickr and it is the copyright of sakura_chihaya+.
Tags: 2009, baseball, company, division, eHarbor, event, flickr, Fun, game, history, orem, positive, provo, slogan, sport, success, utah
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
It’s Friday, and eHarbor, Inc. is celebrating a successful start to 2009 by heading to the Thanksgiving Point Mega Plex in Lehi, Utah for a movie day – just as I mentioned in a blog entry last week. We’re closing up shop early and going to a 3 p.m. showing of a movie called “Knowing.”
I love sharing enthusiasm and good news, especially when times are tough.
Can you believe this is the 20th blog entry I’ve written for the eHarbor Blog in the past two months? I’m having fun sharing ecommerce news and search engine optimization tips. Of course, sometimes I enjoy taking a moment to simply have a little fun every now and then, like today.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2009, the day before April Fools Day, I plan on posting a more serious blog entry about a potentially troublesome computer virus called Conficker C. Not exactly about ecommerce, but I think it’s good to be informed of things like this since we depend so much on computers for our businesses to succeed.
The photo of the papers falling in Buenos Aires, Argentina is from Flickr and it is the copyright of friendofdurutti.
Tags: blog, company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, flickr, Fun, Knowing, movie, positive, search engine optimization, SEO, utah
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
I keep adding tidbits from movies to my blog entries to spice them up. I’ve mentioned several movies in my blog entries: “The Natural” (1984), “Pinocchio” (1940), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), and “Back to the Future Part II” (1989).
This time I’ll focus solely on movies. Indulge me a little as I depart from ecommerce topics once again.
On March 27, eHarbor, Inc. will treat its employees to a showing of a new movie called “Knowing.” That movie looks really interesting. eHarbor has been seeing exciting growth in 2009, despite tough spots in the U.S. economy, so this will be a fun reward for all of us who are making eHarbor’s success possible. eCommerce seems to be doing pretty well, under the circumstances. Don’t lose hope!
It’s still March, but it feels like summer with the kinds of movies coming out in theaters. “Watchmen” and “Monsters vs. Aliens” are two examples of movies with a summer feel. But both of these have March release dates. Hopefully, the real summer movies won’t disappoint, either.
My next blog entry will be the last in the search engine optimization series we’ve been covering for several weeks. There are plenty of other exciting topics to discuss, so stay tuned! The “Knowing” poster is the copyright of Summit Entertainment.
Tags: 2009, back to the future, business, company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, event, Fun, Knowing, movie, new, news, positive, success, summer
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
In my blog entry, entitled “5 reasons to smile today,” I mentioned an article on Copyblogger about writing with passion. I certainly put a lot of passion into my blog entry earlier this week when I pointed out lots of grammatical errors in a Wall Street Journal article. It might be fun to call attention to errors and try to help people improve, but I thought I’d take a minute to add a few caveats to my criticism.
Journalism is a thankless job. I was a reporter before and I can empathize with the stresses, deadlines and demands of that position. With news being published 24/7 and a pressing need to get news out as quickly as possible, spelling accuracy might not be the highest priority.
I’m actually quite impressed by the job authors John D. Stoll and Neil King Jr. did on the Wall Street Journal article “GM Auditors Raise Doubts on Auto Maker’s Viability.” They went out and got great interviews, and interpreted a lot of history and data in a short space. I wouldn’t really blame them for the lack of quality in their grammar. Editors should be responsible for quality assurance before throwing mistakes online for all the world to see.
To be fair, the Wall Street Journal fixed the mistakes in that article not too long after it was published. People in the media do a lot of things right, so I hate to just point out their mistakes. I say, keep up the good work – but be sure to use spellchecker.
I feel even better now than I did after writing my earlier post about the Wall Street Journal’s highly visible mistakes. Keep checking the eHarbor Blog for the down-low on ecommerce and great search engine optimization tactics. The photo of water about to splash people is from Flickr and it is the copyright of zmxncbv.com.
Tags: content, eHarbor, flickr, Fun, funny, grammar, humor, image, internet, Media, news, photo, positive, spelling, update, wall street journal, website
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
I love reading news and blogs, but sometimes I can’t help wondering why on earth a piece got published in its flawed condition. I’m a natural editor, so when I’m reading I’m also critiquing and trying to understand what the author is really saying. When I notice improper grammar or simple spelling errors, I am pulled out of the story. Sometimes it gives me severe whiplash.
The reason I bring this up is because I read an article on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in The Wall Street Journal, entitled “GM Auditors Raise Doubts on Auto Maker’s Viability.” The article was so poorly written that I just had to start writing about it to get it out of my head and encourage others to learn from it.
Just look at these mistakes, with my commentary (in italics) beneath each one:
- The news sent GM sparked a deep drop in the company’s stock.
Sent GM sparked? It looks like they started one thought, but then came up with different wording and simply forgot to go back and edit it. They probably meant to say, “The news sparked a deep drop in the company’s stock.”
- “Our recurring losses form operations, stockholders’ deficits an dinability to generate sufficient cashflow to meet our obligations and sustain our operations raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern,” GM said it is annual 10K filing.
So many mistakes in one paragraph. This is the part that forced me to start writing. I’m amazed by all of the errors in here. Didn’t anyone notice these during the editing process? For instance, I’m not sure what an dinability is, but I do know what “and inability” means. Also, I had no idea that recurring losses form operations. How interesting.
- GM also said that expects to record a significant loss that could exceed $1 billion over the reorganization of Saab, its Swedish auto maker in bankruptcy protection.
So close.
- On Thursday, however, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck told Deutschlandfunk radio that GM still hasn’t provided a plan that justifies government help for restructuring Opel. “What we have received so far is no basis for the government to make a decision,” Mr. Steinbrueck told the radio.
That last word makes it sound like Mr. Steinbrueck was talking to an actual radio. That’s a funny image, but it’s not quite what the authors meant to say. It would have been better to include “station” after radio or something like that.
You might remember my blog post on making content king on your website. In that post, I discussed grammatical errors in a New York Times article. Even respected publications like these can make serious errors that hurt their credibility. Be sure to edit your work before you publish it so that people can listen to what you have to say without focusing so much on the way you say it.
I’ll get back to writing about ecommerce and search engine optimization in my next blog post. I just had to get this off my chest. Whew! I feel much better now. The photo of the abnormally high temperature is from Flickr and it is the copyright of Sister72.
Tags: content, eHarbor, flickr, Fun, funny, grammar, humor, image, internet, marketing, news, photo, positive, spelling, wall street journal, website
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