#SIDChat Transcript for June 30

Had a couple new faces join us for #SIDChat on June 30.

Topics ranged from maintaining objectivity in a release to treating athletic programs fairly and equally in a promotion/media relations standpoint.

#SIDChat Transcript for June 23

Another round of good discussion on #SIDChat on Twitter on June 23. Had a good crowd of 17 readers with over 200 comments submitted.

Topics covered included vacation time, expectations of CoSIDA Convention and press box decorum.

Ahhh ... Summer time: You mean I'm supposed to relax?

School is over. Spring sports all wrapped up. Time to relax, right?

I wish.

Tis the season of my favorite string of comments and questions from those outside the sports information realm.

#SIDChat Transcript for June 16

We had a great discussion on #SIDChat with 46 readers and over 275 total comments.

Topics included media guides and conference realignment.

First impressions matter

WARNING: I am now stepping up on my soapbox.

I really do not understand people and their actions at times, especially upon their first verbal interaction with someone either face-to-face or on the phone.

Before I go any further, let me just say this: First impressions matter, and a bad first impression can be a difficult thing to overcome.

My thoughts on an umpire's missed call

As most anyone who knows me for very long, I am a huge baseball fan. I love the game.

So imagine my glee when I noticed while online that Detroit Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga had a perfect game going through the seventh inning. Immediately, I turned on the online webcast of the game to listen to the Tiger broadcasts call a potentially historic finish.

As the game moved to the ninth, I flipped my television on ESPN to view the action while calling Jayson, my 9-year-son, so he could watch it with me because he too is a baseball nut.

What unfolded from that point on was nothing like anything I ever expected to see.

#SIDChat Transcript - June 2

#SIDChat is now legal. Well, we had a record 21 participants in the #SIDChat on June 2, 2010, where job seeking tips were discussed.