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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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MinneWebCon: An interview with its director, Kris Layon

26. March 2010

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What most of don’t get to do before making a decision to attend an event that costs money is to understand the vision, depth and texture that lies behind a conference. Knowing this helps to determine the level of the sessions, their quality and whether it’s worth your investment of both time and money. MinneWebCon, [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 71: At the Overnight Website Challenge

21. March 2010

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Tim Elliott started a team for the Overnight Website Challenge called “Full Court Press” and the team members are comprised of folks in the Minneapolis/St. Paul WordPress Users Group. He and Phil Wilson hosted an on-site podcast this week by having a conversation with Mark, one of the Nerdery founders of the Challenge as well [...]

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Why the FCC Broadband Plan Matters

14. March 2010

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On Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is delivering their Broadband Plan to Congress. Most of us in the tech community are anticipating the plan and are eager to read it in its entirety when released. Within this plan, the FCC has the unenviable task of encapsulating the complexities of the markets, technologies, other country’s use [...]

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Comcast’s Oscar Fail Followup “We Dunno”

8. March 2010

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This morning’s post, “Comcast’s Oscars Fail in MN” was one that’s received a fair amount of traffic today and in it I promised I’d update you, so here you go. Moments ago I got off the phone with Mary Beth Schubert, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Comcast in Minnesota. While pleased to receive an [...]

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Jonathan Zittrain on Minds for Sale

26. February 2010

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One of the thought leading places I follow is the Berkman Center at Harvard University and their podcast/webcast delivery vehicle called MediaBerkman, whose focus is to “…feature conversations with and talks by leading cyber-scholars, entrepreneurs, activists, and policymakers as they explore topics such as the factors that influence knowledge creation and dissemination in the digital age; [...]

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Pew Internet’s “Future of the Internet IV”

20. February 2010

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If you rely upon the internet in any way for your startup, business, learning or to feed your addiction to World of Warcraft, you’ll be interested that Pew Internet has released their fourth report on the internet’s future entitled, “Future of the Internet IV“. It’s a survey of nearly 900 Internet stakeholders which reveals fascinating [...]

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Visions of Tomorrow, Yesterday

17. February 2010

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If you, like I, follow the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Twitter feed (@MNHS) then you might already have stumbled across an interesting lecture which may also have led you to a delightful St. Paul blog. Stumble indeed. It was pure happenstance that I came across a compelling MNHS lecture called, “History of Hip: Yesterday’s Tomorrow” [...]

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Your Customers are Watching You

4. January 2010

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While many internet and web technology sites and blogs have published their 2010 predictions (including Minnov8), this post serves as a warning and a wake-up call to Minnesota companies that the power you once held — not just in communication, marketing and public relations surrounding your products, services and company — but that power is [...]

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GiveMN: Charitable Fundraising Meets Social Networking

2. November 2009

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This morning my Twitter stream was filled with tweets about GiveMN an online charitable donation site which launched today. The idea is simple; provide an online resource for the more than 36,000 Minnesota charitable and religious organizations to raise money for their programs. GiveMN.org is built with Razoo, an online platform optimized for charitable giving [...]

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