Monthly Archives: April 2011
Sen. Klobuchar speaks to MIRC
Minnesota’s Senator Amy Klobuchar spoke at lunch for the Blandin Foundation’s MIRC project at an event organized by the University of Minnesota Extension Service in St. Cloud Wednesday. It was my first time hearing the Senator. Thought she did a … Continue reading
iOS WordPress App
Test posting from WordPress iPad app. Altgeld Hall, University of Illinois Urbana Kinda cool, eh? -jc
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-04-24
Minnesota Book Award winners are announced | StarTribune.com http://t.co/prZsDlU # Internet boost to hit rural areas this summer | Duluth News Tribune http://t.co/618qwiY #broadband # But I'm gonna be a diamond some day. RT @TwangNation I'm just an old lump … Continue reading
Risk of Balance
Thinking about the nature of risk for a Staff Retreat this week. I’m comfortable with the risk of leaving my comfort zone—the overused “thinking outside the box”. And I’m comfortable with the risk of taking personal responsibility—challenging myself and other … Continue reading
Kotkin and Florida: Two Sides of the Same Prosperity
How are we ever supposed to improve our economic situation if we can’t even agree on what the problems are? Here we are, a good two-three years through the Greatest Recession/Depression/Indigestion since the 1930s and we’re still arguing about who … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-04-17
Spring's first thunderstorm flushed away last of our snow. Worth disconnecting to wake up to green again. # Weird is the New Normal. RT @rosannecash Cosign on this. RT @johnroderick: Normal people are DEFINITELY a threat to weird people. # … Continue reading
A Montana Song
I’m feeling like a Montana song Kanes River, Graham Lindsey A story wrapped in an enigma Presented as a warm, soulful poem. I’m feeling like a Big Sky storm Blizzard, tornado, thunder, rain Battleships of air Rolling across the prairie. … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-04-10
@Michael_Knutson Oh, yeah, will do up #OTA11 Been out of town, tho. catching up. # Can Rob Kalin Scale Etsy? http://t.co/wlLiDEG via @IncMagazine # @nickydoodle Thx! I can be difficult, tho, when I get my Irish up. 🙂 # @ellmcgirt … Continue reading
Originality + Action = #OTA11
Innovation is the stuff of legend. Yet we understand so little about the process. Is the creative spirit in our nature or our nuture? Is it competitive or collaborative? Is it the chicken? Or is it the egg? Yes. That’s … Continue reading
MN House Passes On Variance Bill
From the Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services office: House votes to ease restrictions on zoning variances published 4/4/2011 The House voted 79-52 to allow local governments greater latitude to grant zoning variances, but some said more work was … Continue reading
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