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Innovative Social Networking with a Purpose

24. October 2010

The Table Project is a non-profit, pre-launch, remarkably innovative social networking service for churches of any denomination being delivered right here in Minnesota. The project’s mission is to, “…help churches “Live Church Together” through community-building software.” They do this by going beyond traditional social media through their platform called “The Table,” one which enables churches [...]

Without Any Sense of Irony, Almanac Hosts a Panel on New Media

16. October 2010

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This past Friday night on Twin Cities Public Television’s (TPT) “Almanac” program, frequent contributor to Minnov8, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, made his first appearance on the show to talk about new media and I thought he knocked it out of the park. He was joined by two other delightful and very knowledgeable panelists, Shayla Thiel-Stern of the University [...]

Accelerating Change

4. August 2010

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Every day I scan hundreds of blog posts, articles and tweets having to do with technology. Included in that scanning is a 4-5 times per day viewing of Techmeme, the technology ‘conversation tracker’ that connects key articles and posts with those who’ve linked to it, enabling you and I to see what the hot stories [...]

MPR: Where is innovation in Minnesota?

28. July 2010

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Minnesota Public Radio has a subsite called MPRNewsQ with an online poll for ‘select’ Minnesotans: Where is the innovation in your field? At the head of the poll they state, “Innovation: The health of the economy depends on it. Our schools are meant to encourage it. But innovation isn’t a widget that can be stamped [...]

Congresswoman Calls for Skype Use?

13. July 2010

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UPDATE 7/18/10: If this doesn’t prove the point of this article…nothing does. Security expert Bruce Schneier posts, “Skype’s Cryptography Reverse-Engineered” and if this proves to be true, it would be trivial for rogue nations or eavesdroppers to listen-in on Congressional Skype conversations! In a time when cybersecurity has become the new battleground among nations and [...]

OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story

10. June 2010

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While running strategic alliances at Lawson Software back in 2005, I met a woman named Catherine Settanni who was actively involved in digital literacy and a true advocate for ensuring that as many people as possible had access to the internet. Her leadership in the AmeriCorps Community Techology Empowerment Project (C-CAN) and its focused community [...]

StarTribune: Digital books put on hold at UofMN

10. May 2010

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Last Monday Minnov8 contributor, Liz Geil, posted about the UofMN project to have Google digitize many important volumes in the library system. The StarTribune had an article today about the initiative to enable a million University of Minnesota books to be digitally copied by Google under a plan to put the world’s libraries online. But most [...]

University of Minnesota Participates in Google Books Project

26. April 2010

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A recent news release from the University of Minnesota announced that they have sent their first shipment of books over to Google to participate in the Google Books project. The University of Minnesota is the first school in the state to participate in this program. The initiative will take approximately two years to complete. The [...]

Comcast Wins Battle Over the FCC

7. April 2010

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A U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overstepped their authority when it issued a citation in 2008 against Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable company, for slowing some Internet traffic on its network. This deals a blow to internet-based commerce, peer-to-peer usage and other forms [...]

Did The Ultra High-Speed Broadband Taskforce Blow It?

1. April 2010

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Just over an hour ago I received an email blast from the Minnesota Ultra High Speed Broadband Task Force (you can see it after the jump) with a letter from the Task Force Chair, Rick King, lauding their achievement. While I’m a fan (and friend) of the member who represented the Twin Cities metro area, Mike [...]

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Innovative Social Networking with a Purpose

Without Any Sense of Irony, Almanac Hosts a Panel on New Media

Accelerating Change

MPR: Where is innovation in Minnesota?

Congresswoman Calls for Skype Use?

OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story

StarTribune: Digital books put on hold at UofMN

University of Minnesota Participates in Google Books Project

Comcast Wins Battle Over the FCC

Did The Ultra High-Speed Broadband Taskforce Blow It?

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