Category Archives: Technology & Internet Media

There’s a (Michigan) App for that: Michigan By the Bottle

December 15, 2010 – 7:49 am

We wrote this app to help people learn more about the Michigan wineries and to encourage them to visit the tasting rooms. ~Shannon Casey, Michigan By the Bottle It seems as if everywhere you turn, there’s a new smartphone app. We at Absolute Michigan will take our passion for discovering the very best of Michigan [...]

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Michigan Uncorked: Old Mission Peninsula: orchards, wineries, dining & brews

December 8, 2010 – 8:26 am

Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis are writers who are passionate for Michigan and the authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. Learn all about Lorri & Sharon and their work at www.michiganvine.com. Speaking of wine & northwest Michigan, following Lorri & Sharon’s article we have a video about an upcoming Tweet & [...]

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Twitter Tasting with Black Star Farms

November 9, 2010 – 9:33 am

Our friends over at Michigan By the Bottle will be holding a Twitter Tasting next Tuesday, November 16 at 7:30 pm. In anticipation of the holidays, the tasting will feature two new sparkling wines from Black Star Farms: 2009 Be Dazzled and 2010 Bubbly Nouveau. Both wines are in their third vintage and the Be [...]

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Michigan Election Resources & the 2010 Election

October 26, 2010 – 9:47 am

In one week Michigan goes to the polls to elect a governor and other officials. We’ve stuffed the ballot box with information and links to help you make your decisions. One decision that should be easy to make is to get out and vote on Tuesday, November 2nd! Sometimes you have to lead trump, and [...]

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Michigan Businesses using social media

July 8, 2010 – 10:11 am

Grand Rapids Chalk Flood 2009 by RichardDemingPhotography The Detroit News has an interesting feature on how Michigan companies are learning to use Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and other social media sites. Social media advertising is projected to climb 68% to $7.5 billion this year and jump to $38 billion by 2015, so it’s definitely something [...]

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The Great Michigan Earthquake of 2010

June 24, 2010 – 8:11 am

Where were you at 1:50 PM on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 and did you feel the quake? The 5.0 quake was centered near Quebec and folks I’ve talked to who work in tall buildings seem to have been the most likely to feel it. Stories in the Freep and the Lansing State Journal confirm this. [...]

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Celebrating Michigan’s Water Photo Contest

June 23, 2010 – 7:25 am

In the Michigan Immense Public Park by farlane Nearly 2400 photographers have shared over 100,000 photos with Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures in the Absolute Michigan pool. We are ready to go with the next photo contest in Absolute Michigan’s Summer Photo Celebration, and we have decided to feature what nearly 8,000 photos in [...]

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Detroit Entrepreneur Launches “Facebook for Communities”

June 21, 2010 – 8:56 am

inveiglement by TerryJohnston In Q&A: Keith Zendler on Detroit’s Tipping Point, TIME magazine interviews serial entrepreneur Zendler about his newly launched Peoplemovers.com. It’s a free social media venture designed to serve as a kind of Facebook for governments, non-profits, foundations, service clubs, block clubs, school districts, churches, mosques, temples, etc. Q: What is Peoplemovers.com and [...]

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Explore Farms & Farmers Markets with Real Time Farms

June 15, 2010 – 11:44 am

Real Time Farms is a community-sourced site that allows consumers, photographers, chefs, market managers, farmers and foodies to share their enthusiasm and support for the local food movement by using the site to discover what food is available at farmers markets and farm stands and also to share what’s they find there by contributing photos [...]

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Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines from Old Mission Peninsula

June 6, 2010 – 7:25 am

Courtney & Shannon Casey of MichiganByTheBottle.com are all about letting you know what’s what in Michigan’s fast-growing wine industry. One fantastic thing that they are doing are the Tweet & Taste Michigan virtual wine tastings conducted through Twitter. View from Chateau Chantal by troyryans Their next Tweet & Taste takes place tomorrow night (Monday Jun [...]

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