
by Stephen McDill Published: May 17,2013
Tags: Google Play, Instagram, ITunes, Kevin Systrom, LadyBugg Bakery, Melissa Vincent, Mike Krieger, photography, small businesses, Thimblepress
Instagram, a smartphone application that allows users to shoot, edit and publish photos online, was bought last spring by Facebook for $1 billion, and its no small wonder the social media giant was eager to gobble up the technology startup and its dozen employees. Founded by Stanford University alums Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the [...] [...]
Charles L. Sullivan, archivist and professor emeritus at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, has a new book. “Gulf Coast Album: A Journey in Historic Photographs 1899-2011, From New Orleans Across the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Mobile” provides the history buff the opportunity to relive some great moments and revisit memorable places along the Gulf Coast. [...] [...]

by Amy McCullough Published: March 4,2012
Tags: Baptist Town, city planning, Greenwood, Howard-Johnson Streetscape Improvement Project, Mississippi State University, photography, The Help, Thomas Gregory, Turnrow Books, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Viking Range Corporation
Thomas Gregory, chief administrative officer, City of Greenwood Thomas Gregory is the chief administrative officer for the city of Greenwood and one of his home town’s biggest fans. Gregory earned an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University in business administration and a master’s in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at [...] [...]