Long hours at work? Not enough time for your pet? Perhaps looking for someone to help you out? My good friend Melissa Lipani has started her own full service pet care business, Woof! SLC, where she offers services ranging from Walks, Pet Sitting, Pet Taxi, Bathing, Yard Cleanup, etc. within the Sugarhouse (and surrounding 5 [...]
My all time favorite volunteer experience is donating platelets through Utah Blood. I tried to donate on two occasions during this week and was unfortunately turned away due to a slight sore throat (even though I think it was allergy related). Bummer I couldn’t volunteer, but I understand their need to ad her to strict [...]
As you may have noticed (that is, if I still actually have any readers to this blog.. *smile*), this blog has been quite dormant for some time. The reason? In August 2008 I decided to take some time off to travel, moving from a full time to part time role with my firm. I’m single [...]
Numerous posts and tweets have been hitting the Utah scene lately concerning Phil Burn’s daughter, Serenity, being diagnosed with Leukemia. I blogged a couple days ago about the new Chip In Widget, created by Jesse Stay, that thankfully has been distributed amongst a handful of bloggers and is seeing a good up-tick in donations. However, [...]
As many of you local readers and twitter-ers already know, one of the fellow technologist in the area, Phil Burns, learned this past week that his 22-month-old daughter, Serenity, has leukemia. Incredibly heart breaking news, but with the upside that she has immediately started chemotherapy and should be able to survive. His previous business partner, [...]
I just wanted to throw up a quick post for the Utah Fund of Funds who will be hosting an entrepreneurial event with Tim Hunt, founder of Lingotek. The event will be held at the Provo City Library (located at 550 North University Ave) tomorrow, April 10th, from 11:30 – 1. The event will discuss [...]
My new friend Shawn did a day by day recap of SXSW. Great idea! Since these are late writeups (I am actually now home from SXSW), some of the details might have already been forgotten, especially because the whole SXSW experience is one big blur. Friday was the first day of SXSW so the lineup [...]
The semi-annual KCPW Pledge drive is underway. Please take the time to pledge your support by calling 801-359-5279 or visiting their site. Being a phone volunteer for this event is actually one of my favorite volunteer opportunities due to the interesting people involved with the drive. If interested in volunteering in the future, fill out [...]
