Tag Archives: Web 2.0

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

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By the way, Company Policy forbids…

I’m working on a marketing project for “real work” and looking now at specific roles Web 2.0 will play among our possible tactics. Actually, I’ve been using this entire website (and a couple other blogs) to tinker with Social Media. … Continue reading

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Rural Broadband: Jobs and Services

Written Remarks for Presentation to Murray County (MN) Farm Bureau, 27 July 2010 Just five years ago, most Americans accessed the internet on dial-up modems.  Today, about 2/3 of the nation uses broadband service—high speed internet that lets you download … Continue reading

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Into (and out of) the (Social Media) Wild

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more, From … Continue reading

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Trendwatching

Busy, busy, busy.  Busy is a good thing, but too often I let the urgent push out the important.  So many bright, shiny objects floating around Web 2.0 these days. One of those bright-shiny do-dads is Trendwatching.com and their monthly … Continue reading

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Did You Know 4.0

You’ve probably seen at least one of the videos in this “Did You Know?” series.  I’ve heard about them, or rather seen blogs written about them, but only now coming out of dial-up purgatory I’m somewhat behind on the entire … Continue reading

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Broadband Means Business in Rural Minnesota

UMN EDA Center broadband study “Rural Businesses and the Internet: The Integration Continues” Continue reading

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Are you reading this at work?

Working through your life. Continue reading

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A Scholar's Work

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Tell us about your broadband access

Two broadband ISPs serve my home in a small town in Southwest Minnesota, Frontier Communications and Mediacom, apparently at Broadband Tier 2 with potential residential download speeds of 1.5 to 3 Mbps and uploads (1st Generation Data) at 200 kbps to 768 … Continue reading

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