Dave Burke : Online Community and Social Business Specialist

On Sunday the Burke family hiked to Camel's Hump Summit, up Forest City Trail, across Long Trail to the Summit, then down Burrows Trail.  Over 5 miles for a total of 6 hours hiking.  Beautiful sites along the way, certainly, but one bit of advic... [More]

No laughing matter, this Vermont local news story where a Chow attacked a woman feeding it treats, then the man who tried to pull off the dog and finally the owner herself.  But one sentence in the story floored me as few sentences can. "The dog's ow... [More]

My impressive and lovely niece had her wedding in a Vermont country inn this weekend outside of Waitsfield, Vermont, near Sugarbush and Mad River Valley resorts.  Vintage picture-postcard Vermont and a 45-minute drive from my front door.  Britis... [More]

I'm back in Vermont after a wonderful vacation on Vancouver Island, B.C., with stopovers in Vancouver, Victoria and a weekend in Seattle.  The license plates in B.C. read "Beautiful British Columbia," and it really is. So much wilderness!  We sa... [More]

I received the following email tonight from Peter Welch, our Vermont Representative in Congress.  I haven't followed-up with Bernie or Leahy yet, but will have to get on that. --------------- July 27, 2007 Dear Mr. Burke, Thank you again for your pr... [More]

I'm in the Burlington, Vermont airport enjoying the free Wi-Fi awaiting our flight to Seattle and then onto Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada for a week.  I don't have much more information for you than that, as my impressive wife mak... [More]

I had the pleasure of speaking at the Vermont Consultants Network's July meeting yesterday on the topic of Blogging, Podcasting and Webcasting.  For my fellow New England Code Camp homies, the experience was much like presenting in the Providence Roo... [More]

So shiny, originally uploaded by lynac. The flickr author of this photo, Lynac, titled this photo "So shiny." I'm more of a "So puffy" man myself, but when it comes to donuts, I won't quibble.  

I bought a McCartney Starbucks card for my sweet wifey today.  Chicks of all ages dig Paul McCartney, so you can't go wrong with this card.  The card was released just today to help market his new album on the Starbucks label.  I put $50 bu... [More]

img 0426, originally uploaded by cshontz. These wings are what good chicken wings are supposed to look like. The problem is that there aren't enough of them!