ESPN final wiki post

For my final edit I chose to to the huge sports network ESPN which is the gold standard for sports networks everywhere. This wiki also had a diehard following which made it next to impossible to update without doing tons of research but somehow I was able to sneak three solid edits in there. The first post was very smooth because even though its affiliated with ESPN no one would think to put it in the wiki. I added a link to EXPN ESPN's extreme sports website. I followed this up by paying attention closely to what events were coming to the ESPN channel of networks and I got my break. My second edit was about extreme biker Mike Metzger jumping over the fountains in Las Vegas which broke the record for farthest backflip on a motorcylce. Lastly I was astonished when I saw someone had not already added this to the article. It must have gone unnoticed to some that the WBPA Billiards Tour aired on ESPN so I was able to add that. This wiki was by far the hardest one to gather information on. My contributions though I thought were very good ones and added value to the sight. My edits remain untoched so I believe the community is thankful that someone went out and added the obscure coverage of events that ESPN sometime has to offer.

Tom Petty Final post

One of the better singers from past generations Tom Petty was the feature of one of my wiki articles. This community was different than any other post because this fan base is very large and loyal to any comments. My first post was probably the best of the bunch because I was right on top of the issue as it was announced. Tom was asked to be the headliner at Bonnaroo Music Festival which is a major concert in Tennesee. My second entry also featured information about tour stops as he embarked on his Highway Companion Tour. I included some information about tour stops. The third entry involved his new loyal fan club called the Highway Companions Club which offered loyal customers deals and priority ticket requests along with a version of his latest cd. This wiki article and blog posts generated many responses from my fellow bloggers most likely related to the success Tom has had through his career. Once again my edits were accepted by the community and I think I added some quality information.

Pepper final edit

The relativly unknown band out of Hawaii Pepper was of interest to me and I decided to help along thier wiki article. With many bands tour information is important so fans can see them when they are coming to their town. All of my posts for this article was about the current tours they were on. My first post had to deal with a show that Pepper was able to host. They were asked to host the third annual Kona Town Music Festival. My second post also had to do with new releases to thier tour schedule that would take them from the island to the rest of the US. They had stops all over the west coast like Oregon, California, Idaho and Nevada. My third post also had to do with a component of their tour. They started to add video to their website showing what they do in their free time. I also added new venues to the tour with 311. I think I had a very good impact on this article. I was able to update fans with their newest tour venues and provided information about their website. This community is different from many others because this band is not mainstream but i seemed to be accepted ok by them seeing they were nice enough to keep my posts up.

Guster Final wiki

Throughout this semester I updated the Guster adding alot of information about recent things including thier tour stops and recent TV show. In my first post I was able to address the band's Campus Consciouness Tour where they traveld to different schools and preached a healthy enviornment by using bio diesel fuel and wind power throughout the tour. My second post addressed their new tv show Joe's Place which airs over thier website.This show gives a look into the bands activites while they are on tour. My third post informed them on the current summer tour that the band is on. I added about their stops in major cities as well as small towns like Portland,ME and Vienna,VA. I believe through these blogs i had a very positive impact to the wiki. I hope to have had a good impact on the community and think I accomplished that because my entries havent been deleted. The last thing is that my entries are temporary features associated with the band because next year the tour schedule will change and so will the show.

ESPN update

Picking ESPN for a wiki article tended to give me more problems than I anticipated trying to find things to edit about. For the last edit I had to go deep into research to find something that no one in their right mind would think of. Someone forgot to post that ESPN airs the WBPA Classic Tour a billiards tour that airs on their network during weekdays. If it wasnt for being in college and having nothing better to do than watch useless daytime tv I would have been stuck for my last edit.

Guster Update

For my last Guster post I decided to update what is going on with this years Summer Tour and I found some pretty interesting things. The band will be having a Pimp My Clean Car contest at many of their shows the day of to promote their enviornmental beliefs. Like most tours they will stop in big cities such as Chicago, Detriot, Philadelphia and Boston. But what was interesting about this band is that they play in smaller cities and towns. The band will make a stop at Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland,ME home of fellow blogger Erik and will make another stop at Wolftrap Farm Park in my home town of Vienna,VA.

Review number 2 of partners blog posts

I was reading through my partners blogs and I saw that many of them had some very infomative stuff. On Beccas Blog I was impressed with how the MySpace presentation was really able to show her all the options that is offered by that program even though she admits to being an avid Facebook user. On Meagan's Blog I was able to catch up alittle bit on a Skype presentation that I unfourtunalty missed. The presentation given by Dave on Search Optimization seemed very interesting and looks like it gave added insight to our experiment. Then there is Erik's Blog when I saw the devestation I was at a loss of words. Today however I was able to get some clarity and learned never to talk bad about certain things on your blog cause they may get you back.

Jason Howard Skype

Today we were lucky enough to have Jason Howard a member of StudyLink speak with us from Australia. He helps implement a study abroad program in many countries throughout the world. He spoke about his company provides students the opportunity to study in different countries including Australia, Europe, India, Singapore and even the United States. The company has been around since 1991 and currently offers almost 80,000 courses in a variety of education levels. More imporantly what I have learned from these Skype presentations has been nothing short of amazing and I look forward to possibly using it in the near future.

New AIM advertising

I was just reading up on Click Z News and came across this interesting article about the new AIM. They just announced a new way they will advertise to the 41 million AIM users. They are going to use banner ads by way of AIM pages and AIM Phonelines. These new ways of advertising are going to be debuted sometime in the month of June. The AIM pages will be similar to programs such as Myspace and Yahoo 360 where you can become friends with other people over the internet.

Pepper edit

I just added to the Pepper wiki article about new features they added to their website for their current tour. The band has provide behind the scenes access with some home video of the band hanging out in between shows and afterwards. Also the band has added more shows to the schedule as the support 311 throughout the summer with many stops in the Northeast.

Tom Petty update

I updated the Tom Petty wiki article to include new features added by the band for their upcoming tour. The have decided to start a Highway Companions Club which would offer its fans different benefits for the upcoming tour and in the future. If you sign up for it you would recieve pre sale tickets before the general public, discounts at the Tom Petty store, a complimentary Cd of Highway Companion and a personalized email address.

Guster Update

I have recently updated the Guster wiki article to add some information about their show Joes Place. It was already posted that the band had a show called Joes Place I added that it is now available to view the shows from their webpage. I also added that the next show will premiere on May 23rd.