Is This Thing On? by Robin Marshall is a Barnes and Noble Best Seller

Fort Mill, SC (PRWEB) September 23, 2010

Robin Marshalls first book, Is This Thing On? is now one of Barnes and Nobles best selling books. It showcases the real-time nightmares that happen with disk jockeys, while on the air, and the way they handled each situation.

The author has 25 years of experience as a radio jock on New Yorks Airwaves. She and 150 other jocks have shared their stories; they are short- but filled with fun! The book includes real-time nightmares of famous radio personalities like Joel Denver, Dick Summer, Ted David and many more. The book also includes more than 60 noteworthy freehand illustrations by teenage graphic designer, Dylan Bauver son of Robin Marshall.

Robin, the author of the book quotes George Carlin in saying, Im a writer whos lucky enough to be able to perform her own material." She continues, "This book was originally self published, with a LOT of hand holding from printer and designer, Michael Linnard, of Little Red Tree Publishing! My goals for putting this book together were to first and foremost allow all of us that have been on the air, the ability to be able to laugh at ourselves and at each other with glee! She further adds, So many of us have thought over the years, this could only have happened to US, and now after swapping stories, we know thats not the case.

This is Marshalls first book; she is all set for her second book entitled Twenty Five Years on the Air in NYC and Nobody Knows my Name!

Is This Thing On? is available at http://www.barnesandnoble.com, http://www.amazon.com and is available in color at http://www.robinmarshall.com/book.html . She and her son have decided to donate 40% of the proceeds to the Make a Wish Foundation to help children with life-threatening medical conditions.

To reach to out Robin for book interviews, college visits, seminar bookings or to discuss a daily or weekly column in your publication, please visit her official website - http://www.robinmarshall.com, and feel free to email her at Robin(at)Robinmarshall(dot)com.

To know more about Dylan, please visit his official website http://www.dylanshanedesigns.com, and email him at info(at)DylanShane(dot)com for Logo design work. To reach Michael Linnard, of Little RED Tree Publishing, find his info at http://www.LittleRedTree.com.

About Robin Marshall:

Robin Marshall has been a NYC music jock with 25 years of experience in the radio industry. She is also a highly regarded national voiceover talent, who just recently after 30 years left New York. Robin is the imaging voice for radio stations from New York to Los Angeles, and many in between, and is currently on the air in Charlotte, at Greater Media.

She has also been the voice of the Nationally syndicated, Premiere Radio Networks, The Star Report, as well as Jayne FM, she did a campaign for Sean Johns' Unforgivable Fragrances, and most lately is the national voice for Night Skin skin care products. She has also been contacted by the NY chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, for permission to use her recently released, self- produced promo about Drinking and Driving. Robins five children are the only voices youll hear on this two minute long emotionally driven piece.

For more details, please visit Robins official website - http://www.robinmarshall.com.

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Garmin Forerunner 610 Voted Best GPS Watch for 2011 by Heart Rate Watch Company

Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) November 15, 2011

The Garmin Forerunner 610 has been voted as the best new GPS watch for 2011 by the staff at the Heart Rate Watch Company. "The Garmin 610 broke new ground with touch screen navigation, screen customization and in bringing innovative new features like training load to the Garmin fitness line up," says Rusty Squire, President of the Heart Rate Watch Company. He continues, "I used it for 2 months solid this summer and is by far the best all around GPS watch I have ever tested".

To celebrate the Garmin 610 the Heart Rate Watch Company is pleased to announce that it will be giving away free Garmin foot pods, normally a $ 69 retail value, with the purchase of any Garmin Forerunner 610 GPS watch from November 20th until December 7th, 2011.

Indeed the Garmin 610 was the first GPS watch to incorporate highly intuitive touch screen navigation into a heart rate monitor but it also added the ability to accommodate all the other outdoor sports besides running. "Runners look at pace in minutes per mile while practically every other sport uses miles per hour, so a lot of the pure running watches out there just don't have this versatility" states Squire.

If there is any chink in the armor of the new Garmin 610 then it is likely to be the battery life. The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries last for between 7 and 8 hours, plenty long enough for most athletes but a bit shy of the life span required for a full Ironman or an ultra-marathon. Fortunately for the ultra crowd there is the new Garmin Forerunner 910XT which has about 18 hours of run time in full GPS mode between charges.

The consensus of testers sited the vibration alerts and the nearly normal watch size as two of the things they liked most about the Garmin 610. This watch is about half the size of the early generation GPS watches like the Garmin 305 and that makes it much more adaptable to daily use.

The Garmin 610 also works with Garmin's cadence sensor for cycling and foot pod for running to give you run cadence and foot falls per mile. These additional data points help expand this watches versatility and usefulness to endurance athletes.

Mapping features on the Garmin Connect software platform are truly outstanding such as a single button export to Google Earth, a single button altitude correction and a player function that lets you freeze your precise measurements anywhere along your course.

Of course winter sports like alpine and cross-country skiing are also suitable for the Forerunner 610. As Squire says, "Once you own one of these devices you'll find yourself using it for many things beyond the original use, for instance mapping all of your runs for a day of alpine skiing."

It was this versatility along with innovative new features that made the Garmin 610 the Heart Rate Watch Company's top pick for new GPS watches introduced for 2011.

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Punchbowl awarded Best Consumer Tech that Makes Life Easier at the 2011 MITX Innovation Awards

Framingham, MA (PRWEB) June 22, 2011

Punchbowl, the one-stop site for start to finish party planning, has been selected winner in the category of Best Consumer Tech that Makes Life Easier at the 2011 MITX Innovation Awards.

The annual MITX Innovation Awards program is the largest awards competition of its kind and celebrates innovations powering the future of marketing and revolutionizing the way we work and play. The MITX Award winners were announced in 11 general categories, several Best of categories, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Promise Award, Peoples Choice Awards for VC and Angel Investor of the Year. The sold-out ceremony was held on June 16th at the Westin Boston Waterfront.

We created the Innovation Awards to give exciting digital and Internet companies a chance to showcase their ideas and creativity, said MITX President Debi Kleiman. This years winners represent the very best of New Englands talent, and MITX is thrilled to honor their achievements.

Punchbowl is the leading destination site for start to finish party planning. The site offers a modern, effortless way to plan a party with innovative features that include customizable online invitations, potluck organization, gift registries, local vendor search and much more. Punchbowl guides a host through all of the steps of party planning and solves common problems along the way. The site is extremely popular with moms and is ideal for summer gatherings, birthday parties, baby showers, holiday parties, and more.

To be honored as the Best Consumer Tech that Makes Life Easier is wonderful validation of what our customers have been telling us all along, said Matt Douglas, Founder & CEO, Punchbowl. Innovation is at the heart of what we do at Punchbowl every day.

Judges for the MITX Awards included over 100 industry professionals representing various disciplines including creative directors, designers, technologists, online media representatives, investors, and business professionals. The 2011 Innovation Awards were sponsored by Digitas, Isobar, DLA Piper, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Atom Group, BostInnovation, ISITE Design, Metropolis Creative, TCN, and VentureFizz.

Sign up for free Punchbowl account at http://www.punchbowl.com

About Punchbowl Software Inc.

Punchbowl Software is the company behind the critically acclaimed website Punchbowl.com. Punchbowl is the one-stop site that helps smart moms and savvy professionals plan a party from start to finish. The site offers a modern, effortless way to plan an unforgettable celebration with party planning features including customizable online invitations, potluck organization, gift registries, local party vendors and much more. Punchbowl also licenses its technology to leading retailers such as Oriental Trading Company and 1-800-FLOWERS. Founded by software and user interface experts Matt Douglas and Sean Conta, the company is located in Framingham, MA and is backed by Contour Venture Partners and Intel Capital. To learn more, visit http://www.punchbowl.com/corporate

About MITX

Established in 1996, MITX -- the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange -- is the leading industry organization focused on the web and mobile, bringing together the digital marketing, media and technology community to engage in whats next and how it will impact the marketing and business worlds. Connecting more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is a dynamic community of thought leaders and collaborators in search of insight, education and opportunity. Creator of FutureM, MITX is located in Cambridge, MA. For more information, visit http://www.mitx.org/.

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