Monthly Archives: January 2011
Learning from Chicken Little
From the Christian Science Monitor: From Katrina to snowmageddon: lessons government should learn From Katrina to the Christmas blizzard to river floods, the government has botched natural disaster relief management. Here’s how to do it right. As Mike Bloomberg just … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-01-16
RT @dailyyonder As Rural America's architecture vanishes, culture, history, value…and soul vanish with it. http://tinyurl.com/dyarch # Powered by Twitter Tools
That History of Britain documentary
Several years ago, historian Simon Schama came out with an extended BBC documentary called “A History of Britain”. I bought the 3 books that went with it, but the 15-episode DVD collection was a bit beyond my budget. Still is. … Continue reading
Twenty-five Trends for Architecture & Design
Oh, Twitter, how did we distract ourselves before you fueled our ADD-addicted, mass media-addled psyches? The Urban Land Institute tweeted about this article, New Opportunities But Little Recovery, but their short url went 404. So clickety googledy, and I happened upon … Continue reading
Grassroots Engagement With Social Media
During a fast-paced presentation, rancher Jeff Fowle and organic dairy farmer Emily Zweber outlined how they have used social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube and LinkedIn to connect with non-farmers. Both strongly emphasized the importance of the “human element” and the need to be genuine when using social media or else any attempts are destined to fail…. Continue reading
Over-regulation: "a clear and present danger"?
The Red River Farm Network weekly newsletter highlights some of their coverage from the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in Atlanta this week. I’m a local Farm Bureau member, not because I farm, but because I live in a … Continue reading
Ten Macrowikinomics Trends for 2011
Don Tapscott tells it like he sees it. I ran across him first in one of those big-picture motivational conferences somewhere talking about technology and business and innovation. I remember he talked about how amazed he was when his kids … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-01-09
Cadillac Sky bids us adieu: The Bluegrass Blog » News at the speed of bluegrass! http://bit.ly/gpQkPp Good luck to the C-Sky guys. # RT @mndnr Southeastern MN stream trout season offers break from ice fishing http://bit.ly/huqDSU # This would be … Continue reading
Halden Wofford and the Governor's Ball
My friends in the alt-country (neo-country?) band Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams are playing the Colorado Governor’s Inauguration at the Fillmore in Denver next week. Their release Sinners & Saints was one of my favorites of 2010. W00t! for the band. Join … Continue reading
Traffic on Your GPS: Big Brother or a Helping Hand?
Location-based services website LBSzone.com has an interesting little article from NAVTEQ on traffic congestion. Navteq is the geographic information systems (GIS) computer mapping company behind most of our online maps, and many of the maps in Global Positioning Systems (GPS) … Continue reading
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