Monthly Archives: October 2010
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31
Free speech for me, but not for thee? RT @nprnews NPR CEO Apologizes For Handling Of Williams' Termination http://n.pr/cYr76y in reply to nprnews # Buying a car is only slightly less stressful than, say, sticking flaming skewers thru your eyelids…. … Continue reading
Boys of October
This is a reprint from Last.fm 2006. As a wise man once said, “There’s no crying in Baseball!” Hope may spring eternal, but fall brings out the best and worst of the baseball fan. From the ivy-covered walls of Wrigley … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24
RT @ThisIsSethsBlog N-1 http://bit.ly/b3ZIIK Replacing the urgent with the important. # The B.A. Divide | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural http://bit.ly/bz9Ufm # Thx 2 @PMGpromotions @CPW_846 @cox_sarahk @kevinmatheny @bryanrbeal @brandik @aharici @agent3881 @stevelopez for @RStephens RT! #mnbb2010 # @noreenahertz … Continue reading
SRDC Kicks Off Broadband Project in SW Minnesota
Press Release–Immediate SRDC Kicks Off Broadband Project in Southwest Minnesota Slayton, MN—The Southwest Regional Development Commission (SRDC) has been named as a partner in the Blandin Foundation’s Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) project, which will facilitate broadband deployment and use … Continue reading
An Intelligent Community Framework
Improved productivity and growth can basically come from two sources: 1. You make more stuff, or 2. You make stuff better. The first option falls into the commodity trap. Â To overly simplify, there’s probably somebody somewhere on this big wide … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17
Scrobbling Krush's Roots Morning Mix @KRFC Rodney Crowell, Chris Hillman, Luke Doucet, Kristrofferson does Silverstein #NoDepression #mm # Dancing at the Rascal Fair 1 of my all-time favs RT @bozchron An interview with author Ivan Doig http://bit.ly/9Rk5ez (with audio) in … Continue reading
Spending Some Time in the Future at #mnbb2010
Abraham Lincoln said “The best way to predict the future is to create it” (as did Peter Drucker and other creative thinkers).  I was able to spend some time this week with other Minnesotans trying to do just that—creating the … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10
IBM Releases CityOne, A “Serious Game,” For Urban Planners, Civic Leaders And Executives http://t.co/gihuvKC via @techcrunch # Powered by Twitter Tools
Broadband Use Growing in Greater Minnesota
For Immediate Release For information contact: John Shepard, AICP; jshepard@swrdc.org 507.836.1633 Broadband Use Growing in Greater Minnesota Slayton, MN—Three quarters of Greater Minnesota residents now have computers in their homes and two-thirds have broadband internet access, according to a survey … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03
RT @pastemagazine The 40 Best Little Radio Stations in the U.S. :: List of the Day :: Paste http://bit.ly/9vOsW4 # New Life in a Montana Ghost Town http://bit.ly/9pdRFB @PreservationMag # What Wilderness Teaches | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural … Continue reading
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