entrepreneurship at the intersection of sports media and the social graph

entrepreneurship at the intersection of sports media and the social graph http://chrisamccoy.com Sports is the ultimate, real-life social network. I'm trying to bring it online. posterous.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:00:00 -0800 From the trenches: A moment of truth on my 29th http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/GGTusIUAIaU/from-the-trenches-a-moment-of-truth http://chrisamccoy.com/from-the-trenches-a-moment-of-truth <p> <p>I'm having one this evening. On my 29th birthday.  </p> <div>Sometime in the next 24 hours, someone other than me and my engineering is going to use the product I've poured my life into. 25 others to be exact. </div> <p /> <div>It's a moment of truth for me.</div> <p /> <div>Either the service we've built elicits that visceral, emotional response we've designed for, or it doesn't. That emotional response is passion. Either we've captured the beginnings of it, or we haven't. </div> <p /> <div>If we did, then my life probably changes. </div> <p /> <div>Changes defined as I'm confident we can grow the service, raise an A Round, and build a company around capturing the emotion of passion at scale with sports as the entryway. </div> <p /> <div>If we didn't, then my life still changes, but not in the way I'm obviously hoping for. Probably becomes time to hang 'em up with YS. Have been at it for 5 years now. </div> <p /> <div>If we got the basic bet right that sports fans have a deeply emotional relationship with the neighborhoods, cities, sports, schools, teams, trophies, people, etc. they've connected with throughout their sporting lives, then I'm confident we've built the beginnings of the right product to capture that. </div> <p /> <div>Tonight, pre-launch, is a moment of truth in my life.  </div> <p /> <div>It's almost gametime. And I'm ready for it. </div> <p /> <div>And I'm definitely nervous. </div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/from-the-trenches-a-moment-of-truth">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/from-the-trenches-a-moment-of-truth#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/GGTusIUAIaU" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/from-the-trenches-a-moment-of-truth Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:52:07 -0800 Just had a big 'aha'. Change discovery, change industries http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/GvSWN-CRKe0/just-had-a-big-aha-change-discovery-change-in http://chrisamccoy.com/just-had-a-big-aha-change-discovery-change-in <p> <p>holy. i think i just figured out social and the $60B sports retail industry. we have the core ux on our platform. #breakthrough -- chrisamccoy (@chrisamccoy)</p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/just-had-a-big-aha-change-discovery-change-in">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/just-had-a-big-aha-change-discovery-change-in#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/GvSWN-CRKe0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/just-had-a-big-aha-change-discovery-change-in Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:29:05 -0800 Cricket: I'm going to try it out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/fh7O1irfp60/cricket-im-going-to-try-it-out http://chrisamccoy.com/cricket-im-going-to-try-it-out <p> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/82J27Dld4DYdEpPOPaKTgym9oZajnsddu5xOZ2YbqdCdMCdjEh7gRh5STiMT/20120203_155113.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="20120203_155113" height="375" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/zqVAk8btYwiN9k1z7giUSn62Z3IZW8Re7mgPUxXRkVS9HeuFUMuen5LeIYB0/20120203_155113.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/cricket-im-going-to-try-it-out">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/cricket-im-going-to-try-it-out#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/fh7O1irfp60" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/cricket-im-going-to-try-it-out Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:27:00 -0800 Sarah Lacy--one of my favorite tech writer--covers YourSports in her new blog PandoDaily http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/wUTvf08-AOo/sarah-lacy-one-of-my-favorite-tech-writer-cov http://chrisamccoy.com/sarah-lacy-one-of-my-favorite-tech-writer-cov <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Pandoarticle" height="2105" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-17/nbHkEjtymJrahiIbdpaDvtaJphoyiojBalDJbvzhcxBvnnxoIpmJrkufjyIv/PandoArticle.png.scaled500.png" width="500" /> </div> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/sarah-lacy-one-of-my-favorite-tech-writer-cov">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/sarah-lacy-one-of-my-favorite-tech-writer-cov#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/wUTvf08-AOo" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/sarah-lacy-one-of-my-favorite-tech-writer-cov Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:27:00 -0800 What is I Love Baseball? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/W9hlGosGuTg/what-is-i-love-baseball http://chrisamccoy.com/what-is-i-love-baseball <p> <p>It's a mission dedicated to helping solve the "education problem" among young ball players in the Dominican Republic. I'm one of the co-founders.</p> <p>Here's more info:</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/u1kIKHaAcKq2NIezunOA4dhpXol5rNF6E3DKysXGemeeLn2jDr44kxIiW06l/ILB_Overview.png.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Ilb_overview" height="647" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/hXMrHKEyVAaifTW96hB5MLklkLgkfRBleYu007P6pOnGkw3AdNtsPGw66jwi/ILB_Overview.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/what-is-i-love-baseball">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/what-is-i-love-baseball#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/W9hlGosGuTg" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/what-is-i-love-baseball Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:20:00 -0800 This is fascinating to me http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/_w2XKDM1c2Q/this-is-fascinating-to-me http://chrisamccoy.com/this-is-fascinating-to-me <p> <span style="color: rgb(51,51,51); font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">The "average face" of women in various countries, obtained by aligning and blending pictures.</span> <div><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51); font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/RodfOmqs7EWkh5fUeTdoXrCB0wp8vnAgGfaLXIF2HtHK6C57AYTlSASc4Sx0/Faces.jpeg"><img alt="Faces" height="324" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/ClGhBwSYMxL8Mjm91LbxmOi2Opo7ICmROoSeXVgVRCz5jipAkQk6pzIA8XyM/Faces.jpeg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> <br /> </span></div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/this-is-fascinating-to-me">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/this-is-fascinating-to-me#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/_w2XKDM1c2Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/this-is-fascinating-to-me Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:10:43 -0800 What a protest looks like: "Fwd: The protest... it's on!" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/61RsSxSU7ms/what-a-protest-looks-like-fwd-the-protest-its http://chrisamccoy.com/what-a-protest-looks-like-fwd-the-protest-its <p> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:06 AM<br />Subject: [entrepreneur-1737] The protest... it's on!<br />To: <a href="mailto:entrepreneur-1737-announce@meetup.com">entrepreneur-1737-announce@meetup.com</a><br /> <div><div style="color: #333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><p>Spoke with execs / founders at Reddit, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Tumblr, Meetup, and Google's policy director...</p> <p>It's on like fire. Take a little time off of work.</p> <p>Let's tell the world that we're being stopped from creating jobs and making the economy better.</p> <p>See you Wednesday at noon in SF....</p> <p>Bring posters, posterboard and markers for others to make their own posters.</p> <p>Tell your media friends, <a href="https://github.com/SaraJo/SOPA-PIPA-Protest-Page" target="_blank">Black out your startup / website for a day</a>.</p> <p>Tweet: #NoSopaSF</p> <p>And upboat this on Reddit / HN / Slashdot, etc...</p></div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/what-a-protest-looks-like-fwd-the-protest-its">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/what-a-protest-looks-like-fwd-the-protest-its#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/61RsSxSU7ms" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/what-a-protest-looks-like-fwd-the-protest-its Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:35:02 -0800 ys.me domain costs $50k-$100k...I'll take a raincheck http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/6csySEje580/ysme-domain-costs-50k-100kill-take-a-rainchec http://chrisamccoy.com/ysme-domain-costs-50k-100kill-take-a-rainchec <p> Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:51 AM<br />Subject: Re: Fwd: inquiry about <a href="http://ys.me">ys.me</a> domain name<p /> <div> Hi Chris,<p /> Thanks for reaching out. <p /> Nice idea for the app. Any update about the number of active users? <p /> What you need to do is to send us an application for "<a href="http://ys.me" target="_blank">ys.me</a>" available at <a href="http://www.domain.me/development-program" target="_blank">http://www.domain.me/development-program</a>. My suggestions is to skim through the program and get back to me with questions (if any).<p /> There is also upfront fee involved in the premium domain allocation. This is one-time payment after which the domain is renewed/extended at regular rates (depending on your domain service provider). The upfront fee range for two-character domains is between 50K-100K USD. I understand that this might be steep for a start-up, but two-character domains are very valuable and we cannot allocate them unless something close to this amount is offered. <p /> Best Regards,<br /> V<br /> <div class="CodeRay"> <div class="code"><pre>Business Development, doMEn, .ME Registry Dzordza Vasingtona bb 81000, Podgorica Montenegro ME is about YOU!</pre></div> </div> <div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite"> -------- Original Message -------- <table border="0"> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE">Subject: </th> <td>inquiry about <a href="http://ys.me" target="_blank">ys.me</a> domain name</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th> <td>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:56:38 -0800</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE"><br /></th><td><br /></td></tr></table> Checking in to see what it'd take to buy the <a href="http://ys.me" target="_blank">ys.me</a> domain. We'd be using it for <a href="http://yoursports.com" target="_blank">yoursports.com</a>. <p /> <div>We're angel funded, pre-Series A getting reach to launch.</div> <p /> <div>Attached you can see our service: it's a social network for local sports, or Facebook meets the sports-section of your local newspapers. </div> <p /> <div>Our URL is <a href="http://yoursports.com" target="_blank">yoursports.com</a> but we're looking for a short URL, too. </div> <p /> <div>Thanks!</div> <p /> <div>Chris<br /> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/ysme-domain-costs-50k-100kill-take-a-rainchec">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/ysme-domain-costs-50k-100kill-take-a-rainchec#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/6csySEje580" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/ysme-domain-costs-50k-100kill-take-a-rainchec Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:01:00 -0800 Al Pacino's Inch By Inch speech from Any Given Sunday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/SmcKh5-GUuk/al-pacinos-inch-by-inch-speech-from-any-given http://chrisamccoy.com/al-pacinos-inch-by-inch-speech-from-any-given <p> <div><span style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9rFx6OFooCs?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span></span></div> <p /> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Today, this is my sermon. It's just one of those days. </span></span></div> <p /> <p><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;">"I don't know what to say really.</span><br style="font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> Three minutes</span><br style="font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> to the biggest battle of our professional lives</span><br style="font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> all comes down to today.</span><br style="font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> Either</span><br style="font-family: lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: x-small;"> we heal<br />as a team<br /> or we are going to crumble.<br />Inch by inch<br />play by play<br />till we're finished.<br />We are in hell right now, gentlemen<br />believe me<br />and<br />we can stay here<br />and get the shit kicked out of us<br />or<br />we can fight our way<br /> back into the light.<br />We can climb out of hell.<br />One inch, at a time.<p />Now I can't do it for you.<br />I'm too old.<br />I look around and I see these young faces<br />and I think<br />I mean<br />I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.<br /> I uh....<br />I pissed away all my money<br />believe it or not.<br />I chased off<br />anyone who has ever loved me.<br />And lately,<br />I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.<p />You know when you get old in life<br /> things get taken from you.<br />That's, that's part of life.<br />But,<br />you only learn that when you start losing stuff.<br />You find out that life is just a game of inches.<br />So is football.<br />Because in either game<br /> life or football<br />the margin for error is so small.<br />I mean<br />one half step too late or to early<br />you don't quite make it.<br />One half second too slow or too fast<br />and you don't quite catch it.<br />The inches we need are everywhere around us.<br /> They are in ever break of the game<br />every minute, every second.<p />On this team, we fight for that inch<br />On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us<br />to pieces for that inch.<br />We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.<br /> Cause we know<br />when we add up all those inches<br />that's going to make the fucking difference<br />between WINNING and LOSING<br />between LIVING and DYING.<p />I'll tell you this<br />in any fight<br />it is the guy who is willing to die<br /> who is going to win that inch.<br />And I know<br />if I am going to have any life anymore<br />it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch<br />because that is what LIVING is.<br />The six inches in front of your face.<p /> Now I can't make you do it.<br />You gotta look at the guy next to you.<br />Look into his eyes.<br />Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.<br />You are going to see a guy<br />who will sacrifice himself for this team<br /> because he knows when it comes down to it,<br />you are gonna do the same thing for him.<p />That's a team, gentlemen<br />and either we heal now, as a team,<br />or we will die as individuals.<br />That's football guys.<br /> That's all it is.<br />Now, whattaya gonna do?"</span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/al-pacinos-inch-by-inch-speech-from-any-given">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/al-pacinos-inch-by-inch-speech-from-any-given#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/SmcKh5-GUuk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/al-pacinos-inch-by-inch-speech-from-any-given Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:15:00 -0800 No thanks, LinkedIn. But thanks for the context. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/-hWgiQwqL_0/no-thanks-linkedin http://chrisamccoy.com/no-thanks-linkedin <p> <p>From: "LinkedIn" <<a href="mailto:jobs-listings@linkedin.com">jobs-listings@linkedin.com</a>><br /> Date: Jan 7, 2012 10:06 AM<br /> Subject: Jobs you may be interested in</p> <p>Chris,</p> <p>Check out these jobs that may interest you:<br />  <br /> <strong>Senior Product Manager - Xfinity Connect</strong><br /> Comcast Silicon Valley Innovation Center - San Francisco Bay Area<br />  <br /> <strong>Sr. Instructor</strong><br /> NetSuite - San Francisco Bay Area<br />  <br /> <strong>Vice President of Sales & Marketing</strong><br /> sportsdigita - Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area<br />  <br /> <strong>Director, Stakeholder Communications</strong><br /> NASCAR - Charlotte, North Carolina Area<br />  <br /> <strong>Agent/Owner</strong><br /> State Farm Insurance - Greater Seattle Area</p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/no-thanks-linkedin">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/no-thanks-linkedin#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/-hWgiQwqL_0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/no-thanks-linkedin Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:43:00 -0800 The 'conversation' problem YourSports will solve (hint: context) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/-nOqbXBzsH8/the-conversation-problem-yoursports-will-solv http://chrisamccoy.com/the-conversation-problem-yoursports-will-solv <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Problem" height="4709" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/nuxMIxTYOCi4HVAeXJPMx2c0HMWs1sP45J8iM2l30mOALHX0B2XD6gm4xLQg/Problem.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/the-conversation-problem-yoursports-will-solv">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/the-conversation-problem-yoursports-will-solv#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/-nOqbXBzsH8" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/the-conversation-problem-yoursports-will-solv Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:56:00 -0800 The Ultimate Sports Geek http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/1BOxyF7q6pc/the-ultimate-sports-geek http://chrisamccoy.com/the-ultimate-sports-geek <p> <div class="gmail_quote">My brother Daniel is head researcher at YourSports. He's CEO of giving every sport, association, league, school, and team social identities. Lots of data engineering across sports.... Above all, he's the ultimate sports geek. See below. </div> <div class="gmail_quote"><p />        ## Reply above this line ##<p /> Hello,<p /> Daniel McCoy has commented on the story 'Build Fan Page IDs for Gov Associations and Gov Association Sports':<p /> Here you go bro.  I revised the crap out of this and went over everything so I hope it looks good. What's in yellow are the rows that need finished.  I eliminated youth hunting except for the common sports (deer, turkey).  Youths typically hunt bear, cougar, etc. unless they're with an adult, so amateur professional work for most.  I did leave youth fishing for all the sports except halibut.  There's no need for that...* youths typically don't hunt bear/dangerous game etc</div> <div class="gmail_quote"><br /> <a href="http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/18257221" target="_blank">http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/18257221</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/the-ultimate-sports-geek">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/the-ultimate-sports-geek#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/1BOxyF7q6pc" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/the-ultimate-sports-geek Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:27:00 -0800 YourSports will compete in same attention economy as Regional Sports Networks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/icngKvoCB0I/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-eq http://chrisamccoy.com/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-eq <p> <p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/01/03/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-equity-in-his-sports-networks/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/01/03/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-equity-in-his-sports-networks/</a></p> <p>This is the industry we're getting underneath and disrupting: regional sports networks.</p> <p>Instead of satellites in the sky, we're using people as distribution. Instead of big market teams, we're enabling the live coverage of your own sports teams. Powered by neighborhoods, zip codes, and our Top News algorithm.</p> <p>In the massive industry of sports media rights fueled by advertising driven by attention, we're going to own a slice in that economy.</p> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-eq">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-eq#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/icngKvoCB0I" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/rupert-murdoch-giving-baseball-team-owners-eq Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:18:18 -0800 Velocity at YourSports is now 200 points per weekly iteration! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/dNGawaQe1aE/velocity-at-yoursports-is-now-200-points-per http://chrisamccoy.com/velocity-at-yoursports-is-now-200-points-per <p> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/LKB9Kc9mnPwEKIoqPvMeKGRNr4IpSBvDi0HWF5C0SELiys4oET3afkiYSPiw/YS-Velocity.png"><img alt="Ys-velocity" height="334" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/kb3K1ldCTsRgN82PScUspfW0EpkOBsztbntIiilIlUI5G2ehhZasospk7vOJ/YS-Velocity.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/velocity-at-yoursports-is-now-200-points-per">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/velocity-at-yoursports-is-now-200-points-per#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/dNGawaQe1aE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/velocity-at-yoursports-is-now-200-points-per Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:03:00 -0800 Elastic Search-powered news feed: How it's built http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/ohpCCU1hrlw/architecture-details-of-the-news-feed http://chrisamccoy.com/architecture-details-of-the-news-feed <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="News_v0" height="447" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/5nFJVZbe5RrQTyASpdsoLwAoVgeeOeFG3VIkFBLRxGOsnkB4J08zNBpGTEfQ/news_v0.png" width="444" /> </div> </p> <div class="gmail_quote"><br />I've added a few stories to close the News v0. I've assigned the stories to xyz, but between xyz and her, they can decide how the stories are delivered. <p /> <div>The following screenshot shows the stories created.</div> <div class="elided-text"> <div><p /> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 1:21 PM, xyz wrote:<br /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><strong>On public posts</strong> <div>For now, all posts on YS are public. We'll introduce ability to post directly to Followers, Friends, and custom buckets in the future--creating a new world of privacy rules around content. But for how, everything is public. </div> <p /> <div><strong>On finishing News v0</strong></div> <div>xyz & abc - are there stories that need to be written? We need to finish this up <span style="text-decoration: underline;">right away.</span> Which means we need someone to write the remaining stories that can be accepted or rejected. Someone please facilitate this. </div> <p /> <div><strong>On finishing News v1</strong></div> <div>abc - can you please get involved on the coding side with xyz so we can execute the features for a basic news feed at a quicker rate than which we currently are? I'm pleased with the execution, but we've reached a point we need to move faster. Current rate won't work to keep up with demands of the market. </div> <p /> <div><strong>on abc's queries below</strong></div> <div>Please get these answered right away. We need to finish up v0 and move quickly into executing news v1 and news v2 <div> <div><p /> <br /> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:09 AM, xyz wrote:<br /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">The design looks good. It is hard for me to validate if this addresses ALL the UI requirements, but the overall document structure looks good. Why do we use IzapYs prefix for Posts and Replies? <p /> <div>There was a discussion about using MySQL tables for counters (total likes, etc.) and Tarun had some action items on them. But I see the counters stored in ES below, so are we still using MySQL tables or only the ES? If it is the latter, do we have ES setup in a cluster with replication, so when one of the nodes fails, there is no data loss? Again, xyz did some experiments on this, so what's the final setup? If we are using MySQL counters, please share the design as well. Since it will be write-heavy, we can choke MySQL easily, so we need to design it for such situations.</div> <p /> <div>In the Pivotal stories, I'd asked for performance numbers for ES and MySQL for creating and generating feed. xyz was in the process of collecting the data, but it was not shared. Since we understand the performance implications better now, we may not need much introduction to it, but we need the rate at which we can create posts (posts/sec) and get (read) posts for a user. </div> <p /> <div>I can't recall the reason behind "public" posts. Chris, is it still relevant? If so, what purpose does it serve? I will comment on that after understanding how it is supposed to work.<p /> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 4:45 AM, abc wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div>            As Chris told that, you have been waiting for the details of  the architecture we are following for the "News Feed", So through this mail, i am giving the same, so that it becomes easy for you to analyze the architecture of the "News Feed".<p />  Most of the architecture is same as referred by you(document is attached along with for the reference), with some necessary changes,so as to get the required functionality working fine.<p />The current architecture is involved with the following  types of entities : <br /> <ul> <li><strong>User</strong> (Logged in user, and users in relations(follower and friend) with the logged in user.</li> <li><strong>Post </strong>(currently a post is IzapYsStatus).</li> <li><strong>Reply</strong> (YsReply).</li> </ul> The Document Structure for the above types In ES is as follows:<p /> <strong>Type: User</strong><p />{<br />guid: 10,<br />username: user1,<br />.....<br /> posts:[]<br />....<br />so on<br />}<p /><strong>Type :Post</strong><p />{<br />guid: 99,<br />title: "<span style="">xyz's status update on YourSports</span>",<br /> Description: ".................",<br /> owner_id: 10,<br />can_see:[ 12,23,35,55,32,56]<br />can_reply:[12,23,55]<span><br /></span><span>total_rating_fan</span>:0<span> </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span><br /> total_rating_notfan</span>:<span> 0</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span><br /> total_rating_neutral</span>:<span> 0</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span><br /> total_rating_like</span>:<span> 0</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span><br /></span>........<br /><span>........</span><br /> <span>}<p /><strong>Type : </strong></span><strong>Reply<p /></strong>{<br />guid : 78,<br />type: object<br />owner_id : 12<br />title : "very true"<br />description : "<strong>.........</strong>",<br />post_guid: 99,<br /> <span style=""><span>total_rating_like</span>:<span> 0</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><br /> ........<br />........<br />}<p />Now when a User say "<strong>abc with the guid : 10</strong>" is followed by below users:<br /> <ul> <li> "<strong>xyz </strong>with<strong> guid:21 </strong>and<strong> bucket: close fans</strong>" </li> <li>  "<strong>abc </strong>with<strong> guid:04 </strong>and<strong> bucket: Close family members</strong>" </li> </ul> <br />and is friend with:<br /> <ul> <li>"<strong>abc </strong>with<strong> guid:15</strong>".</li> <li> "<strong>xyz </strong>with<strong> guid: 11</strong>". </li> </ul> <br />So the relations are stored in the separate index. All the relations are saved with the type "relations". All the relations documents are following the same structure as follows :<p /><span style=""> </span> <ul> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>relation</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: green;">friend_of</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>relationship_id</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: blue;">5650</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>relationship_method</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: green;">manual</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>time_created</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: blue;">1324889357</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>guid_1</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: blue;">10</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>title_1</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: green;">abc</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>subtype_1</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: green;">user</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span> </span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>guid_2</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: blue;">11</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>title_2</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: green;">xyz</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>subtype_2</span>:<span> </span><span style="color: green;">RegisteredUser</span></li> <li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>...............<br /></span></li> </ul> }<p />So this ES document represents that the guid_1(narinder) is friend of guid_2.<p />By querying these relations, the relations between any two entities are found.<p />Now when the User abc posts the status, to its <strong>follower </strong>of <strong>bucket : close fans </strong>with<strong> id : 37</strong>, The following steps are followed:<p /> </div> <strong>1. The Post is saved in accordance with ys format and as well as Es.</strong><br /> <div>    Before saving the post , queries are made to Es to fetch the following data:<br /> <ul> <li>all the user_guids who are followers of abc and are in bucket : close fans. For this two different queries will run as each relations is saved in differnt document, so for 2 relations(<strong>follower_of </strong>and <strong>bucketd_</strong><strong>37</strong>(bucketd_bucket_id)), two queries are run in above relations index, which return the users who are in the given relation. </li> <li>The above Process is performed for the can_see users and can_reply users. </li> <li>Finally post is saved in ys and in ES.</li> </ul> {<br />guid: 919,<br />title: "<span style="">xyz's status update on YourSports</span>",<br /> Description: ".................",<br /> owner_id: 10,<br />can_see:[ 12,23,35,55,32,56]<br />can_reply:[12,23,55]<span><br /></span><span>total_rating_fan</span>:0<span><br /> total_rating_notfan</span>:<span> 0</span><span><br /> total_rating_neutral</span>:<span> 0</span><span><br /> total_rating_like</span>:<span> 0</span><span><br /></span>........<br /><span>........</span><br /> <span>}</span></div> <div><strong>2. If Step 1 is successful, the user is pushed with the post data.<br /></strong>    All the users who are in can_see array of the post, are fetched from the ES and are updated with the new post pushed to the document as follows: <p /> {<br />guid: 10,<br />username: user1,<br />.....<br /> posts:[<br />        {<br />         id: 919<br />         can_reply:True<br />         owner_guid:10<br />        },<br />        {..........<br />        },<br />        {..........<br />        }<br />]<br />....<br />so on<br />}<p />The value of can_reply will be decided by the PHP by checking if the current user_guid is present in the can_reply array of the post.<br /> Finally the whole data is saved for the post.<p /><strong><br />News Feed Rendering :</strong><br />Here logged in user is : xyz (guid: 21) who is following abc (guid:10)<p />There are there three filters in the News Feed<br /> <ul> <li><strong>Me</strong> ( It will include all the posts posted by the logged in user)</li> <li><strong>Following</strong> (it will give all the posts whom the logged in user is following)</li> <li><strong>Friends only</strong>(it will gives the posts of the friends of the logged in user)</li> </ul> Lets say xyz (logged in user) is selecting the '<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>following'</strong></span> filter with <strong>bucket</strong>:<strong>close fans</strong>.<p /><ol> <li>The xyz's document is fetched from the ES.</li> <li>The Posts are retrieved from that fetched ES document.</li> <li>Then we find the relation between the post owner abc (guid:10) and xyz (the logged in user)and  bucket relation.So again to find the relations the 2 queries will be run.</li> <li>So if the results of the query is follower_of and bucketd_37, the post will be sent to the UI For rendering else rejected.</li> <li>For the post sent to UI, the comments and its stats is loaded in the same pass.</li> </ol> <br />If you have still have any query, I will be pleased to explain.<p /><strong>Query:</strong> When publishable document is public. And who would be the user entities suppose to have <strong>posts attribute</strong> like above? Obviously we are not going to push this Post document in all users of the <strong>entire YourSports</strong> :).  Okay so i have a suggestion but needs your confirmation.<p />When the status is being published as public. We will assign "access level" attribute "PUBLIC" to this entity ensuring this entity is view able to all users either on my Wall (Front page) or viral looped page of published entity. And obviously we can still have "can_reply" for all my relations because we will still move our published status to all my relations available in buckets. And those users entities who are not in bucket will only be able to see/reply the entity on the "wall/frontpage" or viral looped page of that entity.<p /><br /><strong>Keypoints :<br /></strong><ol> <li><strong>The Post is saved in accordance with ys format and as well as Es after the processing  on fetching of the can_see and can_reply user_guids.</strong></li> <li><strong>The users in can_see array are pushed with the post data</strong></li> <li><strong>For Rendering the news feed, posts are fetched from the logged in user documents(ES document) and relations are found with the owner of the post. <br /> </strong></li> <li><strong>If relations are same as that are requested by the UI, posts are selected for the rendering else rejected</strong></li> <li><strong>There is a Problem in dealing with the public case, as still have no idea which users will be pushed with the post data.<br /> </strong></li> </ol>So here is all for the time being. Please get back to me with the confirmation of the basic structure of the documents we have implemented so far.<p />Thanks<span><span style="color: #888888;"><br />abc<p /><p /><p /><p /></span></span></div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/architecture-details-of-the-news-feed">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/architecture-details-of-the-news-feed#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/ohpCCU1hrlw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/architecture-details-of-the-news-feed Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:30:00 -0800 My Running Stats for 2011, Goals for 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/_YdLnbGhC0g/my-running-stats-for-2011 http://chrisamccoy.com/my-running-stats-for-2011 <p> <div>137 Miles in <strong>2011</strong></div> <div>= 11.41 Miles Per Month</div> <div>= 2.85 Miles Per Week</div> <div>= 0.37 Miles Per Day</div> <p /> <p /> <div>73 Miles in <strong>2010</strong></div> <div>= 6.08 Miles Per Month</div> <div>= 1.52 Miles Per Week</div> <div>= 0.2 Miles Per Day</div> <p /> <p /> <div><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">2012 Goal</span></strong></div> <div>= 180 Miles</div> <div>= 15 Miles Per Month</div> <div>= 3.75 Miles Per Week</div> <div>= 0.49 Miles Per Day</div> <p /> <p /> <div><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2011 Running Stats</span></strong></div> <div><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/mcYAKbc6W1c3FUoWqha02jLjtacgeKS2gQ7AA37qMCOxqNcoG5Mdl7Hhxypi/2011.png.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="2011" height="255" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/gDKk0IK7iXZKo26tCtDuvdDbWlheaMohJXORNw1b2lzaemH3ghj0VFwy5K68/2011.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </div> <p /> <div><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2010 Running Stats</span></strong></div> <div><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/AVHUs9ynpWgEJfZ3mEkaPJLlX1yvEQa3HPsr7CDq5Aie2S6OAPyrxWTzNEGd/2010.png.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="2010" height="255" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/Kw1Q75ExNIWMJK1fE9ny6loVu3ZcW2FhA10hwuBaDT8umqkSIiYlJpgmWUBx/2010.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/my-running-stats-for-2011">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://chrisamccoy.com/my-running-stats-for-2011#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~4/_YdLnbGhC0g" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1624689/Chris_DFM11-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tppb11VHTH3 Chris McCoy Chris McCoy Chris McCoy http://chrisamccoy.com/my-running-stats-for-2011 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:26:00 -0800 I Love Baseball's Winter 2011 Update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/8fdu4L1Zamk/i-love-baseballr-winter-2011-update http://chrisamccoy.com/i-love-baseballr-winter-2011-update <p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">I Love Baseball® Winter 2011 Update!</p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Thank you again for providing these boys an alternative to dropping out of school, leaving home, or taking harmful drugs like steroids in pursuit of the major league dream. Your support is changing this paradigm and making a difference in the lives of these young men.</p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><strong>Highlights from the Second Half of 2011:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">We recently welcomed nine new players into the I Love Baseball® (ILB) Program and now The ILB program currently serves a total of 33 young men. Of these, 20 have officially enrolled in our revised ILB program by signing contracts and codes of conduct that specifically explain the expectations and guidelines necessary for participation in the program (maintaining passing grades in school, attending practice and Bible studies, participating in community service projects, showing good behavior, etc.). The remaining 13 young men were grandfathered into the new program, as they were with ILB before the new protocols were established. All 33 young men are still receiving ILB’s services. However, these 13 boys are being asked to decide if they wish to continue their involvement officially or exit the program to make way for those wanting the opportunity to succeed.</li> </ul> <li style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">With your support, the ILB Program is laying the path for these young men to attend college. Salomon Trinidad is currently attending medical school at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo through an ILB scholarship. Salomon just started clinical work this quarter and he continues to excel with A’s and B’s in all of his classes. Two other young men are in the process of preparing and applying for college.</li> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><strong>Stay up to date on all that is happening with ILB by joining the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=23363694&msgid=416450&act=IPDE&c=260854&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Filovebeisbol" target="_blank">Facebook fan page.</a></strong></p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Your partnership is making a big difference in the lives of the young men in the ILB program. Thanks to your support, each of our sponsored players receives breakfast and lunch each day, a good education, spiritual encouragement, and a chance at a bright future. Read a story about one of our sponsored children, Reudy Matos, by <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=23363694&msgid=416450&act=IPDE&c=260854&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cotni.org%2Fnews%2Freudy-cuevas-matos-a-ballplayer-with-a-future" target="_blank">clicking here.</a></p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Areas in Greatest Need of Support:</p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><strong>Sponsorship</strong><br />For just $32 a month, you can provide one of the young men in our program with hope for a better future. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=23363694&msgid=416450&act=IPDE&c=260854&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cotni.org%2Fchildren%3Foperation_type%3DI%2BLove%2BBaseball%26child_country%3D%26child_gender%3D%26child_age%3D%26child[birthday%25281i%2529]%3D%26child[birthday%25282i%2529]%3D%26child[birthday%25283i%2529]%3D%26child_sort%3Drandom%26commit%3D%2BSearch%2B" target="_blank">Click here to sponsor a player.</a></p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><strong>University Program</strong><br />One of our players, Salomon Trinidad, has a partial scholarship to the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, but still needs about $250 per month in support. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=23363694&msgid=416450&act=IPDE&c=260854&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cotni.org%2Fchildren%2F2178" target="_blank">Click here to support Salomon.</a></p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><strong>Move the Program Forward</strong><br />Give a gift that can be allocated toward the areas of greatest need – unexpected expenses, insufficiently funded areas, new services/initiatives, areas with the greatest needs, capital projects, expansion etc. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=23363694&msgid=416450&act=IPDE&c=260854&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cotni.org%2Fopportunities%2F15%3Ftag%3Ddominican%2Brepublic" target="_blank">Click here to help move ILB forward.</a></p> <p style="padding: 0px 15px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Thank you again for all your prayers and support! 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13:39:00 -0800 FW: EARLY logging industry pics http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chrisamccoy/~3/aBzGOazreVA/early-logging-industry-pics http://chrisamccoy.com/early-logging-industry-pics <p> <div style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0in;"> <blockquote style="border-bottom: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 4pt; padding-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; padding-top: 0in;"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p><em><strong>Amazing what these folks did....and what they did it with....</strong></em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0in;"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0in;"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Hows tough were <span style="text-decoration: underline;">these</span> guys?</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When the Northwest logging industry was still young...</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Att00025" height="613" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/OafuzW5SbQkxCWNoE4qmtZZkTmwiyFV2ZrHEUueNrksP3C4y9Rv15saw3M4S/ATT00025.jpg" width="480" /> </div> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Just look at the length of the hand saw they needed...</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/5z2TA586tdyVD5OQoTnKBk8SHIIKzgmi26t9Nn9bXXEgNX9vMDcHV2SKQfXQ/ATT00028.jpg"><img alt="Att00028" height="408" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/6nQCIydJdqwFGJ8eoSXxyRrDG7DE9DNgbV8JVYY1b7OtUswhE2HkOyyQ0aIi/ATT00028.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes...</span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Att00031" height="341" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/hWPIJUMHFcmOPxN1JybxiZ7aLdXox7VZMtsMuXPkFjNhcMqx9HTcvRRGFwtp/ATT00031.jpg" width="500" /> </div> </span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The work required very strong and courageous men...</span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/4RAaGhXXzHR6hdPLpAmfjkJ1aPdQ0zrB9kBHz06hQQm4iStXNAEqIkLOoFHN/ATT00034.jpg"><img alt="Att00034" height="333" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/s72vR3XLKZxWgRGoHWrPdTYn1qHsMfgi9zzO3hMWyXEeVZsqnnwIay61QBtB/ATT00034.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After a tree was felled the real work began - a week or more to cut it up...</span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/HvBm8yncMjtNhgomxbVRHunDZn6fjtMBnqlMHjNbAjjVX3CmgmxT0GilrglG/ATT00037.jpg"><img alt="Att00037" height="333" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/neS52OeX2wWpqbbSmz0G3be8RMKIEay1kJ6D5CJ6NFugTh9hQrS1CWM3vR8P/ATT00037.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;">Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job...</p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/1maOuDcM7oxVzOExJqA1dHuyBdLoFREYMQY3h7gd8kSrz8yfUi0oq88ZfJYO/ATT00040.jpg"><img alt="Att00040" height="327" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/CyiclsMDK8gESdpV64WrjmVVEXVCjeydTfjQBEbvPOwNjG6ia1O41EYJjOcR/ATT00040.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;">Some of the logs were larger than the train engine...</p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/GHqwacmFbrzYOCR0fBBi3fYCDdc2P9pzdktElWnuQkmCxZmOd9GnuYilGYFT/ATT00043.jpg"><img alt="Att00043" height="309" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/maOtVEh3ahH79V9Md16prprrgXNbAYxIxRrYgBZGJASBvZkZyBKw5q9zHaSR/ATT00043.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;">A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office...</p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/Cz0qZKRGrQwFegc8Yx8e5dSX5wcBDbuZnZSsi8GTUc7fscEhAmPAMkARIr2L/ATT00046.jpg"><img alt="Att00046" height="306" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/chrisamccoy/Bh7drY6cv8wJlunQ9qFonMJBMRl8U5QF4E6erTUkCTqHFYAAR9wPCmFHi9TA/ATT00046.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;">Hollowed out logs were also used to house and feed the crews...</p> </div> </blockquote> </td> 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