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22. March 2010

Some 36 hours after the conclusion of the event and after about 11 hours of sleep I am still amazed by the experience that is the Overnight Website Challenge. In case you missed it, I joined fellow Minnov8er Tim Elliott’s Team, dubbed Full Court Press as a bond to the WordPress platform we used, for [...]

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 [...]

WCCO Launches ‘The Wire’. Connect Your Own Dots

18. March 2010

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People in Twin Cities social media circles got a sneak peek at WCCO’s The Wire last October and its promise looked intriguing. We here at Minnov8 were particularly pleased to see John Daenzer and crew be so bold and embracing risk as it pertains to delivering news in an increasingly changing (and fragmented) media landscape. [...]

Google’s High-Fiber City: Why Not Duluth?

16. March 2010

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I can see the signs now as I tool into to town on I-35…Welcome to Duluth, Now With More Fiber! You may not know it but the clock is clicking down to Google’s deadline, March 26th, for nominations of cities interested in being their laboratory for an “ultra high-speed fiber network”. In fact, that clock [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Comcast’s MN Oscars Fail

8. March 2010

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Though the problem seemed to begin on Friday with our Comcast cable TV service, we didn’t much care until the family sat down to watch the 82nd Academy Awards and the video stuttering and audio dropouts were so horrifically bad that it was almost unwatchable. Rebooting the device during a commercial break was a mistake [...]

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; [...]

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 [...]

Curation Station…Sweeping the Nation?

18. February 2010

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Ah, the web… a veritable treasure trove of knowledge, an endless stream of news and information. Actually, it’s more of a flood of facts and opinions that would make even Noah a might uncomfortable. How is the average web surfer to keep up if they want to…let alone the media marketer that must keep up [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 71: At the Overnight Website Challenge

WCCO Launches ‘The Wire’. Connect Your Own Dots

Google’s High-Fiber City: Why Not Duluth?

Why the FCC Broadband Plan Matters

Comcast’s Oscar Fail Followup “We Dunno”

Comcast’s MN Oscars Fail

Jonathan Zittrain on Minds for Sale

Pew Internet’s “Future of the Internet IV”

Curation Station…Sweeping the Nation?

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