Professional News

I have started a new category today, called "Professional News." This category will serve to announce new content that have been created by myself and my co-workers at Gannett's Digital Production Center. Today, we launched our second site:

The Marietta Times - Times launches Web site with community news. Internic calls it www.mariettatimes.com and so do we.

We only have one more pilot left to launch, which we should do by the end of the week. Stay tuned.

Personal News

A big week down in the Digital Production Center, we have been chugging away on the three pilots with www.ithacajournal.com live, and the other two live by Memorial Day. Of course, Weekly William News will be posting these new sites.

A while back, I asked viewers to guess the color of my new car. Steve Anderson and Chrissa Pullicino successfully guessed "blue."

I uploaded the weekly update on time this week, an event in itself.

Announcements

It is ommmencement time, so "congraduations" go out to Natalie Shioji, Steve Anderson, and Brenda Mayrack for completing their degrees.

Site of the Week

This week, "Site of the Week" returns triumphantly with a rather obvious selection. : )

Personal News

I have been quite busy at work, seven consecutive days this week and began "live hours" - 5 AM - 1:30 PM. However, I can proudly say that is has gone to good use. On Saturday, the Digital Production Center officially launched the first of twenty-one newspapers, theithacajournal.com. Of the three papers, this one the one that I was the primary producer for, so it felt quite good to upload it yesterday morning.

Thursday night, I attended my first College of Communications function as an alumni, the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism, at the National Press Club. In addition to seeing the presentation of the award to Alicia Shepherd, I got a chance to talk with some of my favorite people from the College.

Announcement

Happy Birthday to Brad " Mulch" Stratton

Personal News

Once again, I was late with the news, so sorry. I will probably get back on the Thursday schedule next week. Work has been very busy, so I have been chilling out when I can instead.

Another reason for my delay is the arrivial of one, Kyle J. Thompson of Charlotte, NC. Just by chance, I was given two tickets to see the Orioles today at Camden Yards; they are playing the hated Red Sox. Oh, and do not worry that I am turning on the Yankees here, they are my team still, even if I wear Orioles colors today. Thanks to Gannett for the tickets.

Personal News

It is a full house down here at Yurasko.net World Headquaters again. Yesterday, I went to Pennsyltucky and helped move my brother out of Penn State Altoona. Sadly, the beloved Olds Wagon, known as Woody, is ailing and was unable to make the trip. However, the grief has been somewhat offset by the acquisition, by me, of a car of my own - '91 Olds Cutlass Supreme four-door. Anybody dare guess the color?

Site News

I have archived the April edition of WWN

Personal News

This morning, aganist my better judgement, I stayed in bed for a few minutes after my alarm went off. Naturally, the second song was a favorite; "Long Distance Runaround" by Yes. As I was there in bed, I pondered whether they would play the song after it on the record, "The Fish", which is a long instrumental. That would have delayed the start of my day another five minutes. In the end, the radio only played the first song and wound up talking about celebrity "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" so, I lept out of bed.

Note to the cast, producers, and advertisers of the television show The West Wing - I will never watch your show. Your filming in Rosslyn yesterday delayed my commute by over twenty minutes.

Personal News

I have been sick for the past few days, thus no regularly scheduled Weekly William News. I plan to resume it next week with all the news that is proper to upload.

Announcement

Happy Birthday to Chrissa Pullicino!

Oh and to all of the comrades out there, "Happy May Day." ; )