http://lukemv.com Worcester, MA based digital media developer and social scene aficionado. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://lukemv.com/ma-store-home-to-christmas-collectibles/ http://lukemv.com/ma-store-home-to-christmas-collectibles/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:35:57 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=803 ]]> http://lukemv.com/ma-store-home-to-christmas-collectibles/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/group-of-foodies-digs-into-rates-local-fare/ http://lukemv.com/group-of-foodies-digs-into-rates-local-fare/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:38:24 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=788 WORCESTER —  They may not be seasoned food critics, but like anyone, really, the group of 14 eaters that piled into Shiraz Armenian Cuisine on Park Avenue knew good food when they ate it, and knew good service when they were getting it. And at Shiraz, the consensus seemed to be they were getting both. The [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/group-of-foodies-digs-into-rates-local-fare/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/staying-close-to-home/ http://lukemv.com/staying-close-to-home/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:58:06 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=779 Luke Vaillancourt gives family business a new online identity The People’s Kitchen in Worcester has an identity problem: It serves delicious food, prides itself on local, simple sounding, delicious and technically sound dishes as well as a great wine selection and comfortable atmosphere. The waiters wear vests and ties. They know how to hold, show [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/staying-close-to-home/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/social-media-101-worcester-business-journal/ http://lukemv.com/social-media-101-worcester-business-journal/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 16:16:15 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=675     What is it? YouTube is the place to be if you want to watch video. Whether you’re looking for cute videos of kittens or how-to videos on burning a CD, YouTube has it all. Founded in 2005, YouTube earned an early reputation as a place for poor production values and content with little [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/social-media-101-worcester-business-journal/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/grad-applies-high-tech-training-to-family-business/ http://lukemv.com/grad-applies-high-tech-training-to-family-business/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:08:14 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=651 After graduation, Luke M. Vaillancourt ’05, ’06 (print media, cross disciplinary studies) had numerous job offers—including digital asset coordinator with Victoria’s Secret in New York. Instead, he decided to return home. “The area has a ton of room for growth and I wanted to be a part of that wave,” he says. Home is Sutton, [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/grad-applies-high-tech-training-to-family-business/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/wbj-movers-shakers/ http://lukemv.com/wbj-movers-shakers/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:18:50 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=549 The Worcester Academy Board of Trustees has elected two new members: PATRICIA Z. EPPINGER and LUKE M. VAILLANCOURT. Both will serve three-year terms on the private high school’s board. Eppinger has worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics and government from the College of William & Mary [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/wbj-movers-shakers/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/new-trustees-elected/ http://lukemv.com/new-trustees-elected/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:10:19 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=545 James J. Pietro, president of the Worcester Academy Board of Trustees, announced that the board had elected two new members at its spring meeting. The new trustees are Patricia Z. Eppinger of Grafton and Luke M. Vaillancourt ’01 of Sutton. Each was elected to a three-year term on the board. Eppinger is an adjunct professor [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/new-trustees-elected/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/art-with-a-central-mass-touch/ http://lukemv.com/art-with-a-central-mass-touch/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:30:57 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=772 History — particularly Christmas history — is alive and well at Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, where artists work year round to create exquisitely detailed, hand-painted holiday figurines that have their origin in folklore from more than 100 years ago. Vaillancourt Folk Art, which is owned by Gary and Judi Vaillancourt, has been producing American-made [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/art-with-a-central-mass-touch/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/networking-tool-connects-businesses-and-customers/ http://lukemv.com/networking-tool-connects-businesses-and-customers/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 13:10:28 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=526 Luke Vaillancourt, who manages the digital marketing and e-commerce branch of the family business, Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, was described by Ms. Anson as a “fellow Foursquare junkie.” Mr. Vaillancourt called himself a casual user of social media and said he likes to use Foursquare mostly to keep in touch in real time with college and professional friends and select media news sources....]]> http://lukemv.com/networking-tool-connects-businesses-and-customers/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/wcrn/ http://lukemv.com/wcrn/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:16:56 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=518 Christina Andrianopoulos interviews WorcesterScene.com founder, Luke M. Vaillancourt, on Dining Out Metro West with on WCRN 830AM]]> http://lukemv.com/wcrn/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/wake-up-worcester/ http://lukemv.com/wake-up-worcester/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:14 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=515 Charter TV3′s Hank Stolz speaks with WorcesterScene.com founder, Luke M. Vaillancourt, on the emerging Worcester scene on Wake Up Worcester.]]> http://lukemv.com/wake-up-worcester/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/vaillancourt-et-cetera/ http://lukemv.com/vaillancourt-et-cetera/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:35:52 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=506 Sutton, MA — Artist and designer Judi Vaillancourt of Vaillancourt Folk Art introduced the company’s new line of home décor and giftware at the studio’s silver anniversary event last week. Joined by co-designer Luke Vaillancourt, Judi unveiled “Vaillancourt Et Cetera” that incorporates her work into canvas prints, Christmas dinnerware and gift items such as Knickerbocker [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/vaillancourt-et-cetera/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/hot-shots-gen-y-flying-high/ http://lukemv.com/hot-shots-gen-y-flying-high/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:41:47 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=498 Under-30s are using technology to full advantage in their quest for a place in the new American economy. Enter the “Gen Y” set, a new type of entrepreneur defined to a large extent by the modern gadgets with which they are building businesses of every kind imaginable. Take Luke Vaillancourt, for instance. Son of Gay [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/hot-shots-gen-y-flying-high/feed/ 0 http://lukemv.com/reaching-buyers/ http://lukemv.com/reaching-buyers/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:43:03 +0000 lukeMV http://lukemv.com/?p=512 Online shopping exploding, but customers still like stores and catalogs The gifts from The Red Envelope have arrived. So have the purchases from The Wine Enthusiast. The Lord & Taylor cash-mere? Well, that didn’t work out so well for Mary B. Lucius. The retailer shipped her the wrong items. Despite that setback, Mrs. Lucius of [...]]]> http://lukemv.com/reaching-buyers/feed/ 0