Category Archives: Technology & Internet Media

Google Search Stories: Ypsilanti’s SolarYpsi Project

February 6, 2012 – 8:27 am

YouTube and Google have a feature called “Search Stories” about people who are using Google’s search to find new ways of doing things. One of the people they profile is Dave Strenski of Ypsilanti, who you can learn more about in the video below. Dave and some like-minded individuals created SolarYpsi in 2005 with the [...]

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What’s great about the Great Lakes State?

January 26, 2012 – 12:57 pm

Michigan officially became a state on January 26, 1837 which was a Thursday as well! Many (many) more fun facts at #Mich175 = Happy 175th Birthday Michigan!! on Michigan in Pictures. We continue our Michigan’s 175th Birthday Bash giveaway today. What’s more, we’ve had so much fun doing a giveaway a day that we’re going to see [...]

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The Ford Rotunda and the Christmas Fantasy

November 23, 2011 – 8:16 am

A couple of years ago, Michigan in Pictures featured the Ford Rotunda, and a lot of people search for it every year in the holiday season. The Ford Rotunda page at Automotive Mileposts explains that the Rotunda was commissioned by Ford and designed by legendary Detroit architect Albert Kahn for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. [...]

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11/11/11: MSU Spartans vs North Carolina on US Navy aircraft carrier

November 8, 2011 – 8:50 pm

“I can’t think of a better way to start my senior season” ~MSU Center Draymond Green Do you suppose that Tom Izzo uses lines like “I can’t offer you beaches and palm trees, but chances are you’ll be playing on aircraft carriers and on national television in March.”?? This Friday, November 11th at 7 PM [...]

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TEDx Detroit brings the power of ideas to the Motor City

September 22, 2011 – 10:00 am

X Marks the Spot – TEDxDetroit by slaytercreative Check out his awesome TEDx Detroit slideshow too! The 3rd annual TEDx Detroit takes place next Wednesday (September 28). TEDx events are locally planned & independently organized, designed to capture the flavor of the incredible TED conferences that bring together the finest minds in the world to [...]

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Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

June 27, 2011 – 10:20 am

Surfing Michigan by farlane We’ve pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes & Michigan surfing videos with a few links: The photo was taken on Lake Michigan at Leland. You can see more surfing photos on Michigan in Pictures and also on Northern Michigan Surf on Facebook and in the Surfing slideshow from the [...]

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Future Midwest Conference this week in Detroit

April 26, 2011 – 10:11 am

Painting A Picture Of Optimism by DetroitDerek Photography Later this week (April 27-29) the 3rd annual  Future Midwest Conference kicks off in Detroit. It’s the largest digital business conference in the Midwest and  seeks to accelerate business and cultural transformation by uniting community passions with emerging technologies. In 2011, they’ve selected Eastern Market in Detroit [...]

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TEDx Traverse City – May 17, 2011

April 5, 2011 – 9:38 am

via Leelanau.com… FIM Group and Northwestern Michigan College have collaborated to present the inaugural TEDx TraverseCity on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College. Tickets go on sale TODAY (Tuesday, April 5) at 10 AM through the website at www.tedxtraversecity.com. They will probably go [...]

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Time to Reboot Your Business?

March 30, 2011 – 11:19 am

reboot by TerryJohnston Full Disclosure: I saw these folks in action on the behalf of Absolute Michigan Community sponsor The Center for Michigan and was quite impressed with their work! Birmingham-based agency Brogan & Partners is offering one small business in Michigan the tools and support to reinvent and refresh its brand through the Michigan [...]

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Pure Michigan Facebook: Leading the Nation

March 21, 2011 – 8:31 am

“Winds of Change” Point Betsie Lighthouse by Michigan Nut The Pure Michigan Facebook fan page topped 200,000 fans over the weekend. According to the Street, this makes Pure Michigan one of only four state tourism Facebook pages with more than 100,000 fans and the first state tourism Facebook page with over 200,000 fans: “We could [...]

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