http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_news.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine OMC News en-us Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:30:36 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/omc_rssfeed_logo.gif http://onmilwaukee.com 204 67 Other than April Fool's Day, today is one of my favorite days of the year at OnMilwaukee.com. As our office does every Halloween, every employee dons a costume and hams it up. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/halloween2009.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/halloween2009.html?20689 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:00 CST Long-time readers know by now that I pen a short column every Sept. 1 celebrating the official anniversary of the launching of OnMilwaukee.com in 1998. But this year is a little bit different -- I've never experienced anything as a business owner like I have in the last 12 months. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/11yearanniversary.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/11yearanniversary.html?20082 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:43:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee's daily magazine, announced Tuesday the hiring of Damien Jaques as its new theater columnist. Jaques, the former theater critic for the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, brings with him 29 years of experience in arts coverage, and will write a weekly column for OnMilwaukee.com. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/damienjaques.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/damienjaques.html?19954 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:16:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee's daily magazine, named veteran Milwaukee reporter Tim Cuprisin as its new media columnist Thursday, further cementing its commitment to hyper-local content and lifestyle coverage. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/cuprisinhire.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/cuprisinhire.html?19856 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:20:00 CST For the past 11 years, OnMilwaukee.com has innovated with its use of relationship and social media tools. Today, the company announced that it's the first in the Milwaukee region to incorporate local Twitter feeds into the interface of its online magazine. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/twitterrelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/twitterrelease.html?18942 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:55:00 CST The OnMilwaukee.com perpetual beta rolls on this fall, and today we're taking the wraps off our new Living section. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/livingsection.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/livingsection.html?16883 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:33:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com is celebrating 10 years in Milwaukee. And, beginning this Friday, Oct. 10 (get it?) we are giving you, our loyal readers, the presents. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/tenspotblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/tenspotblog.html?16872 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CST Milwaukee's daily magazine, OnMilwaukee.com, continues its commitment to community, winning and civic pride with a special edition logo featuring a creative nod to the Milwaukee Brewers. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/brewersomclogo.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/brewersomclogo.html?16783 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:45:00 CST It was exactly 10 years ago today when we flipped the switch and launched OnMilwaukee.com. Over the years, I've gone back and looked at what we presented to Milwaukee in 1998, and I usually roll my eyes, shake my head ... and smile. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/10years.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/10years.html?16422 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:42:00 CST If you're a fan of OnMilwaukee.com and wish you had a hand in building our Web site, then I'd like to talk to you. We're looking to hire a programmer (or programmers), and perhaps an IT person, as well. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/programmerjob.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/programmerjob.html?16349 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:05:00 CST Here's a quick screencast that my main programmer Zach Karpinski and I shot this morning. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/videotutorial.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/videotutorial.html?15698 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:35:00 CST A long time ago, we used the word "redesign" to describe our frequent changes and upgrades to OnMilwaukee.com. But when we found ourselves redesigning the redesign every week, we realized we needed a different phrase. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/perpetualbeta.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/perpetualbeta.html?15694 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:21:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com was named a finalist in the 13th annual EPpy Awards competition today in the category of " Best Entertainment Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors." http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/eppyfinals08.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/eppyfinals08.html?15073 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:33:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee's Daily Magazine, took the wraps off its freshly designed movie guide today. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/movieguiderelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/movieguiderelease.html?15145 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:09:00 CST April 7, 1998 was my first day of self-employment, and the idea of OnMilwaukee.com had been growing, in earnest, even before that. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/10yearsofomc.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/10yearsofomc.html?14833 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:50:00 CST Though it feels like just yesterday that we launched OnMilwaukee.com from my dining room table, today marks the nine-year anniversary of the day we "flipped the switch." http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcnine.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcnine.html?12539 Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:04:00 CST Milwaukee's daily magazine, OnMilwaukee.com, and M Magazine, Milwaukee's monthly lifestyle magazine, want to know if you're a Milwaukee expert. Online and in print, the companies today launched "The Great Milwaukee Quiz," and challenge Milwaukeeans to distinguish a "beermergency" from a beer baron. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/quizrelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/quizrelease.html?12464 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:17:00 CST They didn't call it "Web 2.0" when OnMilwaukee.com launched in September of 1998. But the independent, privately owned daily online magazine -- among the only of its kind in the country -- has been practicing the principles that define new media for nearly nine years. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/web20release.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/web20release.html?11705 Mon, 21 May 2007 16:18:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com, LLC announced today the hiring of another seasoned media executive, Steve Sprinkmann, to its growing team. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/sprinkmann.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/sprinkmann.html?10682 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:58:00 CST Veteran Milwaukee journalist Drew Olson will join OnMilwaukee.com May 1, the company announced today. Olson, a former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, becomes senior editor/columnist and also will serve as the daily magazine's sports editor. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/olsonrelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/olsonrelease.html?8447 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:14:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com sets readership record of nearly 1 million visits http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcmarch06.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcmarch06.html?8432 Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:11:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com is featured in the March 2006 issue of OMMA (The Magazine of Online Media, Marketing and Advertising) in a full-page profile article called "Milwaukee's Finest" by Lynn Russo. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omma.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omma.html?8228 Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:38:00 CST Milwaukee's daily magazine, OnMilwaukee.com has launched the first of several interactive Neighborhood Guides with the debut of its Historic Third Ward Neighborhood Guide. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/neighborhoodguides.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/neighborhoodguides.html?8083 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:02:00 CST Can you believe that Sept. 1 marks OMC's seven-year anniversary? Neither can publisher Andy Tarnoff, who reflects on his experiences in this annual "state of the site" column. Happy birthday to us! http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omc7.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omc7.html?7470 Thu, 1 Sep 2005 05:34:00 CST Milwaukee's only online magazine, OnMilwaukee.com, reported record readership numbers for January 2005. In its largest readership month in the company's six-and-a-half year history, 505,557 people visited the sections of OnMilwaukee.com in January. These readers viewed 2,941,078 pages. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/jan05record.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/jan05record.html?6571 Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:09:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com reported strong readership numbers for December 2004. In one of its biggest readership months in the company's six-year history, 431,609 people visited the sections of OnMilwaukee.com in December. These readers viewed 2,705,240 pages. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/decnumbers.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/decnumbers.html?6499 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:53:00 CST Continuing its innovative approach to local media, OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee's only daily magazine, has added a new way -- RSS -- to distribute its headlines and creative content to its growing readership. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/rss.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/rss.html?6325 Thu, 9 Dec 2004 05:00:00 CST September 1 marks the six year anniversary of the launch of OnMilwaukee.com. Others may imitate, but none match the energy pumping through the OMC veins. Here's a message from co-founder and editor Andy Tarnoff. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcsix.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcsix.html?5902 Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:51:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com didn't randomly sample a stratified, area-probability sample of potential voters. Nor do its latest poll results have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/mayoralpoll.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/mayoralpoll.html?5154 Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:56:00 CST The Second Annual Milwaukee Poetry Contest was a huge success, and two Milwaukee poets walk away from the event with awesome prizes and, hopefully, some well-deserved satisfaction. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/poetrycontest2.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/poetrycontest2.html?4687 Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:26:00 CST OMC turns five years old today, and to tell you the story of how it got there, here's a retrospective by co-founder, co-owner and Editor in Chief Andy Tarnoff. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcfive.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/omcfive.html?4657 Mon, 1 Sep 2003 05:29:00 CST Harley on the Hoan http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/harleyonhoan.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/harleyonhoan.html?4642 Tue, 26 Aug 2003 05:01:00 CST If you've read OnMilwaukee.com before, you've probably noticed that our magazine looks very different than it did yesterday. That's because today -- after four months of preparation -- we launched a major redesign. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/newlook.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/newlook.html?4406 Wed, 25 Jun 2003 05:30:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com took runner-up in the 2003 EPpy Awards this month, winning second place in the "Best Entertainment Service" category. The award was presented in San Diego at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show sponsored by Editor andamp; Publisher and Mediaweek magazines. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/eppy.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/eppy.html?4289 Thu, 22 May 2003 05:25:00 CST Maybe you were fooled, maybe you weren't. Maybe you thought we were funny, maybe you didn't. Either way, here's the complete archive of articles from the 2003 OnMilwaukee.com April Fool's edition. Enjoy: http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/aprilfools03.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/aprilfools03.html?4130 Wed, 2 Apr 2003 05:21:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com debuts new ad size http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/newadsize.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/newadsize.html?3789 Mon, 6 Jan 2003 09:38:00 CST New List of "100 Worst Milwaukee Pick Up Lines" Has City Laughing http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/100worstrelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/100worstrelease.html?3387 Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:37:00 CST You may not know it, but you could be a poet. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/poetrelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/poetrelease.html?3386 Fri, 6 Sep 2002 14:34:00 CST OnMilwaukee.com Celebrates Four Years Telling Milwaukee's Stories http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/fouryearelease.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/fouryearelease.html?3388 Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:42:00 CST Sept. 1 marks the four year anniversary of OnMilwaukee.com. Much has transpired since three Milwaukee guys "flipped the switch" back in 1998, and lot of it happened these last 12 months. Co-owner and co-founder Andy Tarnoff muses in his once-a-year article here. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/fouryear.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/fouryear.html?3365 Sun, 1 Sep 2002 06:06:00 CST Mail a Beastie to a friend; no postage required http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/beastiedps.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/beastiedps.html?3197 Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:29:00 CST Smile, you're on OnMilwaukee.com! http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/sfdps.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/sfdps.html?3196 Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:27:00 CST The rummage sale moves online http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/rummageworks.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/rummageworks.html?3193 Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:25:00 CST Here at OnMilwaukee.com, even we were a little surprised by the reaction from our 2002 April Fool's edition. For 24 hours, we pulled the wool over Milwaukee's eyes by replacing our front page articles with unlikely, unbelievable and unreal stories that, believe it or not, some people actually believed. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/2002aprilfools.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/2002aprilfools.html?2777 Thu, 4 Apr 2002 05:01:00 CST Cheer For Cheesecake (Factory) http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/cheesecake.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/cheesecake.html?1747 Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:02:00 CST After more than a year on the now defunct Rivals.com network, The Brew Crew Review has "come home" to OnMilwaukee.com. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/brewcrewreview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/brewcrewreview.html?1332 Mon, 7 May 2001 08:00:00 CST Milwaukee's Famous Racing Sausages made a rare out-of-the-baseball season appearance Fri., Jan. 12, in downtown Milwaukee. Did you miss this big event? We hope not, because it even made the front page of the daily paper the next morning and two television newscasts. Here's our photo recap and bios of each of the day's stars. http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/sausageparade.html http://onmilwaukee.com/news/articles/sausageparade.html?938 Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:43:00 CST