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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, MNâThe Southwest Regional Development Commission (SRDC) has been named as a partner in the Blandin Foundationâs Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) project, which will facilitate broadband deployment and use … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Policy, Pursuit of Happiness
Tagged broadband, economic development, jcshepard.com, LinkedIn, MN, rural development, Web 2.0
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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
Posted in Policy
Tagged broadband, economic development, economic gardening, infrastructure, jcshepard.com, LinkedIn, MN, rural development, Social Media, Twitter, Web 2.0
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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
[v=CVLoXWaXJ5Y] Abraham Lincoln said âThe best way to predict the future is to create itâ (as did Peter Drucker and other creative thinkers). Â I was able to spend some time this week with other Minnesotans trying to do just thatâcreating … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Policy, Pursuit of Happiness
Tagged broadband, futurist, jcshepard.com, LinkedIn, MN, Twitter, video, Web 2.0
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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10
IBM Releases CityOne, A âSerious Game,â 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, MNâThree quarters of Greater Minnesota residents now have computers in their homes and two-thirds have broadband internet access, according to a survey … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Policy
Tagged broadband, economic development, jcshepard.com, LinkedIn, MN, rural development
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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