Get Your Dog or Cat a Microchip in Anne Arundel County

Written by Jesse Barron from on April 19th, 2009 | 108 Comments

Having a microchip in your animal may really pay off if ever goes missing.
The Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Animal Control Section is hosting an after hours “Microchip Clinic” in May.  The cost per microchip (including its insertion) is $20.
About the size of a grain of salt — and implanted between the shoulder blades — [...]

Brace Yourself! (or not)

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 31st, 2009 | 42 Comments

There may be the worst computer virus ever waiting in the wings.  Or it may be an April Fools Day joke.  Experts don’t know which it is or what to expect.
Up to 15,000,000 computers may be infected with the worm called Conficker.  Today, these computers are supposed to seek instructions over the Internet as to [...]

Finding Annapolis Jobs Using Social Media and RSS

Written by Mary Richert from http://notitles.com on March 26th, 2009 | 122 Comments

Everyone knows about Monster.com and Craigslist, and hopefully everyone still remembers to check the local newspaper for job listings, but just this morning, I’ve come across the following announcements for job openings in Annapolis through a medium you might not have thought of.

C++ Developer TSS / CI: Annapolis, MD & Arlington, VA Salary $75,000 – [...]

More Twitter Love

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 24th, 2009 | 82 Comments

If you don’t use Twitter, then you are probably tired of hear “Twitter.”  You hear about Twitter on the radio.  You read about Twitter in the papers.  You see them talk about Twitter on news shows.  Twitter on entertainment shows.  Twitter on talk shows.  Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter.  You may even be having Twitter nightmares.
(yes, [...]

Twitterverse

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 24th, 2009 | 67 Comments

If you are as addicted to Twitter like I am then you can appreciate this video.  I LOL’d a lot.

Connecting in Annapolis via Twitter

Written by Mary Richert from http://notitles.com on March 24th, 2009 | 51 Comments

Wondering how social media can improve your social life? Why not use Twitter to connect to interesting local people and businesses? Check out these Twitter users from Annapolis and the surrounding area to start.
@savethebay is the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s face online. Look to this Twitter user for news about the bay and what the foundation [...]

New Look (again)

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 21st, 2009 | 145 Comments

If you’ve been reading The Annapolis Anchor for more than 30 seconds, you probably realize that I cannot settle on a “look.”
I really think I’ve found it this time.
If it’s still Saturday when you are reading this, there are some things I need to fix, but it still works just fine.  That is going to [...]

Government 2.0 (Continued)

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 15th, 2009 | 7 Comments

Yesterday I talked about Government 2.0 and the Anne Arundel County Department of Public works having both Twitter and YouTube accounts.
Today I learned that other area governments have already jumped on the bandwagon or are about to.
Baltimore City Police have launched a Facebook page and have plans to join other social networking sites.  Baltimore County [...]

Great Annapolis Desktop Wallpaper

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 15th, 2009 | 31 Comments

I came across a great photo of Annapolis that happens to be a desktop wallpaper as well.
Check it out here…

Government 2.0

Written by Jesse Barron from on March 14th, 2009 | 13 Comments

First it was Obama with his Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools.
Now it looks like the Anne Arundel County Government has leapt into the 21st century.  Sure, many of us have been using Twitter and YouTube for a long time, but how often do you hear of a government agency utilizing the tools?  Rarely.
The [...]