I am declaring the first day of December to be the official Technology Thanksgiving Day.

This will be a joyous day as we reflect and appreciate the simplicity and productivity that technology has delivered. A day where we take time to remember how it used to be…before the Internet… before the PC…back in the dark ages of office life…when we smoked cigarettes at our desks and typed on typewriters.

It is important that we do not forget where we came from as we head so fast towards where we are going – wherever that may be!

Here are some thoughts of thanks from the pilgrims of this new Holiday:

Mitch

I am thankful for the ability to do business with the entire world from my desk in Overland Park, Kansas!

I am thankful for the TrueShare users that help make the TrueShare service what it is today and what it will be tomorrow. Their ideas and participation in usage feedback allows us to expand our feature set and improve on our shortcomings. Thanks TrueShare Users!

Jason S

I’m thankful for mobile tech, iPods, smart phones, laptops.  You can carry more processing power in your pocket, today, then you could get on a desktop 10 years ago.  I can play Doom on my iPod, TV on my smart phone, and World of War Craft on my laptop, anywhere I can get a cell phone signal.

Mike M

I’m thankful for Google and the innovations and drive they are bringing to the industry.

Jason R

I am also thankful being asked what I am thankful for and Thankful for that… (Note: Only a tech guy can find Recursion in thanksgiving)

Mike A

I am thankful for Google, for providing answers to all of life’s questions.

Thomas R
I’m thankful for the communication applications like Skype that bring us face to face from around the world. And also for applications like YuuGuu that make sharing face time and “screen time” easy as can be.

Eric

As for me, I am thankful for The Internet, software-as-a-service, Text to Speech technology, and having work to do.

Happy Technology Thanksgiving Day to you all.

The TrueShare team had a blast at the Kansas City Irish Fest this year, as we were the official sponsors of the recycling program as well as the band sponsor for Hot House Flowers on Friday and Saturday night of Labor Day weekend.

Some of you 95,000 good people attending may have seen the TrueShare recycling street-stickers around, and hopefully they pointed you in the direction of the nearest recycling bin. Mitch Matt, president of TrueShare said of the 2009 KC Irish Fest, “It was so much fun, and everyone was very receptive of a local green company trying to help make a difference.” Of course we’re all happy to hear our efforts really did make a difference.

The Irish Fest reported that this year, with the help of TrueShare, they recycled 248 bags of bottles, cans, and cups. At an average weight of 9 lbs per bag, that equals 2,232 lbs of plastic recycling. That’s more than a ton of plastic that we helped to keep out of our streets and landfills.

Along with sponsoring recycling at the Irish Fest, we also wanted to raise awareness about the ease of going paperless with the TrueShare Online File System. So during our band introductions, we threw TrueShare “Go Green” t-shirts out to lucky people in the crowd. “They were so excited,” said Mitch, “and if we persuaded one person to go paperless, it will have been more than worth it.” Overall it was a great weekend of music, dancing, meat pies, and recycling.

Check out our pictures of the festival and some of the TrueShare “Go Green” t-shirt winners below in our PhotoShare app (another way to go paperless.) We’ll see you next year at the Kansas City Irish Fest, and don’t forget to recycle!