Monthly Archives: November 2011
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27
â@coloradoan: Fort Collins unveils iPhone app so residents can report graffiti, potholes, code violations http://t.co/4HBVJzeqâ #planning # A Songwriter in the Dakota oilpatch #NoDepression RT @Veederranch: Boomtown http://t.co/lAUgRhBy # When daughter comes home from college with new bf, should I … Continue reading
Doing Our Broadband Homework
I met Mark Forseth in 1994, when as Chairman of the Traill County Economic Development Commission Mark hired me as Executive Director to help facilitate economic opportunity in the Red River Valley. Â TCEDC didn’t limit itself to recruiting footloose branch … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20
Calf Fiend, Redwood Falls http://t.co/MQ2Fxnut # Bill & Kate Isles benefit Friday, 8pm St Cloud Luthern Campus Ministry # Found new @matracaberg at @efetusmpls Duluth. They have @ThomasRussell too. Great store. #NoDepression # Mitt Romneyâs New Urbanist Past | The … Continue reading
Of the people, By the people, For the people
On this date in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln spoke for two minutes at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where savage battle had raged for three days, words that would ring true for centuries… Transcription Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought … Continue reading
Kicking Demo Projects When They’re Down
Tuesday is time for measured introspection from NewGeography.com: In the wake of Solyndra’s failure, pundits have latched on to a simple, compelling narrative: government can’t do energy right. From synfuels to solar panels to “clean coal” (written, inevitably, with knowing … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13
Minnesota's Monroe Crossing seeks banjo player : #Bluegrass Today http://t.co/DOysDeCy # ISP having random router issues blocking web. Office productivity soaring. # #MIRC ramrod Bernadine Joselyn (Blandin) & partner Dana MacKenzie (Cook Co) on new MN Gov's #Broadband Task Force … Continue reading
FourSquare for Your Square
FourSquare for Business webinar, Thurs 10 Nov, Noon CST. The information superhighway was supposed to knock down the barriers of distance, putting rural communities on a level playing field with our urban brethren. And it has… except where it hasn’t. … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-11-06
.@jennifinlay has a nice cover piece in 3rd Coast Music this month. #NoDepression # â@FolkAlley: Tom Russell still sings from the outside: http://t.co/KXkUh6lvâ #NoDepression # My @Klout score is steady at 49. http://t.co/0OHPMEry #thatandfivedollarsgetsmecoffee # .@UWMadison @Richard_Florida Minnesota Counties Insurance … Continue reading
The 1099 Economy
They are out there among us. Â We see them, but we don’t see them. Â We know them, but we don’t know them…. Â No, I’m not talking about zombies, but the “Lone Eagles” and “Free Agents” making their own jobs instead … Continue reading
Beacon Power Pulls the Plug
It may be darkest just before the dawn, but it doesn’t seem like there’s much of any light shining out of the US Department of Energy’s Energy Policy Act loan guarantee program. First solar energy manufacturer Solyndra went lights out in September. … Continue reading
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