Investigative Web surfing

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:06 pm

"Al" of Al's Morning Meeting discovers the E-vite site:Here is a site that works. It is an electronic invitation e-mail. Let's say you are having a party, a gathering, an event. You create the list and people can respond online. It is free.***What will they think of next, Al?***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:09 pm

Al also reports:A new study about obesity in Alabama revealed an interesting link. You would think that poverty would lead to malnutrition. Oddly, poverty and obesity have connections.***Someone tell Al that obesity and malnutrition are not mutually exclusive.***

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:33 am

There's no stopping the gusher of ideas that is Al. Today, he learns that natural gas prices are going through the roof! Surely there's an interesting local angle!

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:37 am

Al writes:The Washington Post has a fascinating article about teens and headaches. I think this story would be especially attractive to parents and younger viewers and readers.***Yes. That's why the Post did the story.***

Bumfketeer · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:59 am

Phil...you are like a drug pusher with this Poynter crap. Just when I think I've managed to forget about this site, you post another link to it.As in:******This is a story that could lead you to something worth investigating in your own community. Who is your city/county/state cell phone provider and how much good is the rate? How competitive is the bid?When the City of Seattle and King County went rate shopping they saved a million bucks.The Seattle Times reports: "When King County and the city of Seattle recently went shopping for a new cell phone contract, they brought some serious bargaining power to the table: Their employees used cell phones for a combined total of about 8 million minutes in 2002 — the equivalent of 15 years of constant conversation."******So THIS is what those folks in the glass boxes are doing all day...surfing for "blockbuster" "investigative" "ideas" while
dodging pop-up ads for "male enhancement products" and celebrity nudie sites.

Craig Lancaster · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2003 4:00 pm

Concerning the folks in the glass boxes ...A colleague calls them "glassholes."

gullyj · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:42 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by Craig Lancaster:
Concerning the folks in the glass boxes ...A colleague calls them "glassholes."<hr></blockquote>I came across "glassholes" in some cheap mystery novel a few years back involving the typical loveable/despicable crusading reporter. I vaguely recall the author was a reporter for a paper in San Diego.
I took to using it, naturally, at opportune times to good effect.

pzicari · **Posted:** Fri Jul 11, 2003 5:05 pm

I'm sure it's well-meant, but the trouble with Al's ideas is that for any group of people that follows the news and thinks a little, ideas are a dime a dozen. It's deciding which ideas to act on that's so hard.

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