Still wondering where your musical adventure can take you? We asked a range of professional musicians to discuss their evolution, the creative process after a big hit, and for lessons they learned along the way that might inspire future musicians. Before joining his current band, OWL, and founding Overit, a full-service digital marketing firm, Dan Dinsmore had a hit single with The Clay People in the late ‘90s that climbed to number one on the metal charts.
By: Staff
The Capital Region chapter of the Public Relations Society of America is hosting “Communicators on Communications,” featuring a panel of four area experts discussing regional communications.
By: Stephanie Hale-Lopez
Shaker Pointe at Carondelet, a project five years in the making, has been nationally recognized for its dedication to Shaker architecture and remaining environmentally friendly in all steps of the project. The “Senior Housing News” recognized Shaker Pointe as the best independent living facility in its 2014 Architecture and Design Awards in late December. The awards received over fifty applications with only seven chosen winners.
By: Emily Drew
Security breaches again made big news in 2014. Yet despite years of headline stories about security leaks and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and repeated admonishments from security professionals that businesses (and individuals) needed to do a better job protecting sensitive data, many businesses are still unprepared or not properly protected from a variety of security threats.
By: Jennifer Schiff
An interview with Dan Dinsmore, founder of Overit Media and drummer for OWL.
By: Rob Jonas
5,000 companies and organizations have been breached over the last five years exposing the personal information of nearly 23 million New Yorkers. As the NYS Attorney General calls for tougher regulations to keep information secure, it’s important for all of us to do what’s possible to protect our own information. CBS6 Investigative Reporter Jennifer Lewke, explores some of the best ways to make sure your personal information and accounts stay secure.
By: Jennifer Lewke
Shaker Pointe at Carondelet, a non-profit senior independent-living community in Watervliet, will hold a free talk on “jihad and terrorism” Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m. Shaker Pointe has also been recognized as the best independent living facility by Senior Housing News’ national 2014 Architecture & Design Awards.
By: Kate Blain
Under these conditions, it’s tempting to refresh or rethink your SEO strategy every Jan. 1. But SEO experts say that the basics of “white hat” (or Google sanctioned) SEO tactics don’t change that much.
By: James A. Martin
In online marketing, having the right analytics tools and software can make a major difference. A good program can save you time and help demonstrate the value of your work to supervisors or clients. I compiled and reviewed an extensive list of analytics programs for SEO and social media. I’m sharing what resulted in this column.
By: John Lincoln
With our rising digital budget, we’ve found a growing need for using analytics to measure success. Like most startups, Megalytic needs to carefully watch our spending and analytics help us make sure that the dollars we spend on digital strategies are bringing us a return.
By: Mark Hansen
Investigative reporter, Jennifer Lewke, takes a look inside the Center for Internet Security.
Some of the cyber incidents we dealt with in 2014 include malware infections, compromised servers, and ransomware, to name a few. We can expect more of the same in 2015.
By: William Pelgrin
We’re all excited to try out new gadgets as soon as we rip them from the packaging. But William Pelgrin, president and CEO of the Center for Internet Security, warns that it can be dangerous to fire up a digital device without first making sure you’re protected from the threat of hackers.
By: Amanda Schupak
Whatever it was, Shaker Pointe at Carondelet was recognized this month as the best independent living facility by Senior Housing News, which awarded it the publication’s 2014 Architecture & Design award.
By: Eric Anderson
William Pelgrin, president and CEO of the Center for Internet Security, says that access to sensitive data should only be given to those who have a business need for it, regardless of where they fall in the organizational structure. That means the executives shouldn’t be able to get into any part of a company’s system just because they’re at the top of the org chart. To the contrary, that’s a most dangerous proposition.
By: Amanda Schupak
In 2013, Halloran, who is 28, used the experience as motivation to found Twill, a startup company based in Albany providing homeless, sick and hospitalized children with 100 percent organic cotton blankets. For every $60 blanket purchased from Twill, one is donated to a sick child affiliated with any of Twill’s partner organizations.
By: Monique Hampton
An Albany, New York area startup that makes blankets and donates its products to needy children, raised $10,000 this week through Kickstarter in an online crowd-funding campaign. Twill designs and manufactures blankets with the model that for every one sold, another is donated to a child that is homeless, battling an illness or experiencing temporary hardship.
By: Chelsea Diana
We struggle to find time during the day to fit in a workout. But some offices are encouraging their employees to take the time to exercise. We discuss workplace workouts and hear from co-workers who work out together about why this is beneficial.
By: Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani
Were you Seen at the sold-out TEDxAlbany event listening to talks from 14 different experts, authors and ‘all around interesting people’ at Overit in Albany on Thursday?
By: Era Bushati
Twill, an Albany-based startup that provides a child in need with a blanket for everyone purchased, is working with Coming Together for Katilin as partner organizations.
By: Stephanie Hale-Lopez