Archive | July, 2008

Mobile Marketing Workshop

30. July 2008

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Minneapolis based space150, a full service digital creative agency, is hosting a Mobile Marketing Workshop on Monday, August 11th, at the Fine Line Cafe (map) in downtown Minneapolis. With mobile poised to make the leap to a viable advertising medium, space150 feels that this is the perfect time to discuss new technologies, relevant trends and [...]

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CentralStandardTech & MinneLR

30. July 2008

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CentralStandardTech, a site tended by Minnesota geek Luke Francl (yes, that Luke from Minnebar and Minnedemo fame), is one I frequent to stay appraised of all things tech in our State and is in my #1 folder of feeds in my RSS reader. From a great tech blogroll to a calendar of events and, especially, [...]

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Minnesota Keeps Feeding the iPhone Habit

21. July 2008

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DoApp has had a busy week. Their MyLite and MyTo-Do applications are currently available and moving up the rankings via the iPhone Apps Store and Magic 8 Ball and Whoopee Cushion are waiting in the wings. Current stats include MyLite ranking #8 overall on Top Free Apps, and #1 in Top Free Apps in the [...]

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Minnesota Public Radio Goes to Camp

16. July 2008

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A unique collaboration to benefit public radio, MPR and maybe all of media for that matter took place at the studios of the Minnesota Public Radio on Saturday July 12th. The PublicRadioCamp was organized by Dan Grigsby and those behind Minnebar and Minnedemo here in the Twin Cities along with MPR. The “camp” was positioned [...]

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The Man, the Artist, the Designer, the Podcaster…the Show

15. July 2008

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There are tremendous firms, organizations, groups, and entrepreneurs responsible for some amazing innovations. There is also one Minnesota resident behind the look, feel and sound of some of those innovations. That person or “show” is Woodbury’s John Benson, aka Johnee Bee. Johnee runs his own firm; The Johnee Bee Show, specializing in flash design and [...]

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TinyURL: Making long URL’s short

9. July 2008

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Did you know that a tiny service used 1.5 billion times per month was created in Minnesota? TinyURL is a service I’ve used often (especially when using Twitter) and this creation by Blaine, MN developer, Kevin Gilbertson, is quite popular. I was first alerted that this was a Minnesota creation by St. Paul Pioneer Press [...]

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WCCO Launches Ad Network & You’re Invited to a “Bloginar”

9. July 2008

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WCCO-TV today announced the launch of the WCCO-TV Minneapolis/St. Paul Network, “a first-of-its-kind partnership between a major media company’s owned television station and local blogs and social media sites” delivered through embeddable news widgets. According to their press release, this network (and why they’re pitching we bloggers and social media types) is, “Site owners participating [...]

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The Railroad and Minnesota Broadband

2. July 2008

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In 1868, the railroad bypassed Forestville, MN and the town died. The decline came slowly and over time my distant relatives, Thomas and Mary Meighen, saw the town dwindle, people move away, and they were left in an empty town with their farm and a general store attached to their home. Farm workers, paid in [...]

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