Category Archives: Web Design & Media Production

Absolute Michigan at TC Business Expo

November 5, 2007 – 8:45 am

Grand Traverse Resort by danperry.com
Hey there, if you happen to be in the Traverse City area tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov 6) Absolute Michigan will be in the "Tech City" area for the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce Business & Technology Expo from 9 - 5 at the Grand Traverse Resort.
We're be giving away a $500 Absolute [...]

By farlane | Also posted in About Absolute Michigan, Articles, Business, Business Services, Chambers of Commerce, Community, Computers & Technology, Jobs & Employment, Michigan, Telecommunications & ISPs, Traverse City | Comments (0)

6% of x? Untangling Michigan's Service Tax

October 11, 2007 – 9:08 am

Half Staff by Apocaplops
UPDATE Oct 25: Carol of ArborLaw.com writes:
I actually have the entire list of services descriptions covered by the law, on my blog at Arborlaw.com. When the law came out, I cross-referenced the NAICS codes (which are incorporated into the new law specifically by reference) with the section numbers from the bill and [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Michigan Innovators

October 11, 2007 – 8:18 am

Moon Patrol by powerbooktrance
Each post at Michigan Innovators is a video podcast interview with innovators who can or have had an impact on Michigan's economy. Two professors at the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University, Diana Wong and Bud Gibson, started the site with hopes that it would become a "highly visible repository [...]

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Shutdown averted … by a service tax

October 1, 2007 – 10:27 am

An appeal to reason by Apocaplops
StateGate seems like it might be nearing its conclusion with an 13th hour deal reached at 4 AM when legislators were apparently too tired to fight anymore. The LSJ reports:
"This budget agreement is the right solution for Michigan," Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in a news release after the vote. "We [...]

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Lansing Area Capital Gains: Volume 1, Issue 1

September 10, 2007 – 8:50 am

Summer Night in Old Town by sabatoa
The Model D empire continues its inexorable march to talk about what's going right in Michigan cities with Lansing Area Capital Gains. The first issue includes a feature by managing editor Brad Garmon on the resurgence of Michigan's Capital City that begins:
It doesn't take an urban planner or a [...]

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The Absolute Michigan channel on chime.tv

June 24, 2007 – 9:52 am

The chime.tv web site provides a very well thought out and high-powered* interface for viewing internet video. They also allow you to create a channel, so we created the Absolute Michigan channel on chime.tv.
The first video we're featuring on the channel is Scuba Diving a St. Clair River wreck. The video is from Marine [...]

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The point is, sometimes you don't know the point

May 15, 2007 – 7:11 am

Lucas Seidenfaden recently took his camera (and Peleng 8mm fisheye) to Detroit. I thought that the results were pretty cool.
It was made even cooler when I clicked to the slideshow of Lucas's Detroit photos. Hooray for Flickr's User Interface Division!
Just in case you missed it, you really should click over to Michigan in Pictures and [...]

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Michigan eLibrary Remixed

February 20, 2007 – 8:34 am

The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) invites you to join State Librarian Nancy Robertson and Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Sue Davidsen for a live chat from 10-11 AM today (Tuesday, Feb. 20) at mel.org/melremix. You'll have a chance to ask questions, learn about MeL's makeover, and get some ideas for how to get the most from the [...]

By farlane | Also posted in Articles, Books & Magazines, Community, Government, History & Libraries, Media, Technology & Internet Media | Comments (1)

Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.

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Get to Know Your Michigan Government

January 19, 2007 – 11:06 am

Michigan's State Capitol by Apocaplops
It's a new year and a new session of Michigan government that features new legislators and a change in the balance of power in Lansing. While one thing - our state's economic challenges - has not changed, there's always an opportunity to change the low participation in state government by Michigan's [...]

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