Author Archives: rbirkey
Content Management System
Have you ever wondered what a CMS is? It stands for Content Management System. OK, so what does that mean? Watch What is a CMS? over at WebSmart TV
Triumph Motorcycle Gang!
The official Triumph Motorcycle Gang has begun! Saturday, May 29, 2010 my friend Dale Craft and I visited the Triumph Demo Ride day at Motor Cycle Center in Villa Park, Illinois. We signed up for the first demo ride of … Continue reading
One Year Later
My father, Del Birkey passed away one year ago today. My family and I miss him… my Mom does especially. Here are some photos and captions in his memory.
Missing Girl
A friend and client of Headstand Media, Joel Hamernick, Executive Director of Sunshine Gospel Ministries is seeking to spread the word on a report of a missing 6-year old girl, from the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, where Sunshine is located … Continue reading
WebSmart TV: How to Market on the Web
The web guru’s at Headstand Media have released their latest video in the WebSmart TV blog series where each video explains the basics of the web in about a minute. The latest video is titled: “How to Market on the … Continue reading
What is WordPress?
The Headstand Media team has posted a new video at WebSmart TV answering the question: “What is WordPress?” I’ve been using WordPress for a couple years now as a website content management system (watch WebSmart TV for: What is a … Continue reading
Ministries of Mercy
I just started reading a book by Timothy J. Keller called Ministries of Mercy: The call of the Jericho Road as a part of a new strategy group at my church, formed to explore the biblical principles and practice of the … Continue reading
ROI on Social Media?
This video was posted a few months ago on YouTube in the Socialnomics channel. Although it is not based on an authoritative study, it does gather together a lot of facts that help to put social media in context, revealing … Continue reading
WebSmart TV in the News
Headstand Media received a nice boost today on Ruth Ratney’s REEL CHICAGO website (Thank You!). The article entitled “Videos give “average Joes” basic web knowledge - Headstand Media boutique produces terminology Vblogs“ was written by Chris Shogren-Thompson based upon interviews with … Continue reading
A Biblical Perspective on Helping the Poor
My nephew-in-law, Chris Horst works for Hope International, a Christian based micro-finance and micro-lending organization. He lives in Denver, and has a WordPress blog site called Smorgasblurb, and I just noticed this recent post as being particularly good. It’s called Monthly … Continue reading