Seth Godin owns the web-o-sphere space between lengthy business/entrepreneur blogs (i.e. >200 words) and twitter (<140 characters). Like the entry-a-day inspirational calendars, each business day a pithy point to ponder appears @thisissethsblog with periodic books published to satiate your self-help appetite. It’s good stuff to provoke a “yeah, why didn’t I think of that” or a “No […]
More on '08 Income Growth
Short note: The Daily Yonder today (“2008 Incomes Surged in Farm Counties“) picks up on the BEA personal income figures I wrote about 2 weeks ago (“PCI UP IN SW MN“) when they were released. Of the fastest growing 400 counties, 364 were rural. As you can see in the map above, most of the counties with […]
Farm Income drops in 2009
median net farm income for group of MN producers $33k in 2009, down from $91k in 2008.
PCI Up in SW MN
Total Personal Income up 10% in Southwest Minnesota in 2008, largely on strong gains in farm income.
Wind Industry: Not Just for Breezy States Anymore
PR Time again, this time from the American Wind Energy Association. Minnesota is now the 6th largest state for installed wind power capacity. As noted below, all 50 US states have employment in some aspect of the wind industry. Glad to share the joy! . WEA Releases U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report More electricity, […]
More Mobile Web Users in China than People in U.S.A.
Every once and awhile, a statistic crosses the headlines that takes a few seconds to sink in. Soon, There’ll Be More Mobile Web Users In China Than People In The United States Wow. Not an easy thing to conceptualize indeed, but according to eMarketer there will be more mobile Internet users in China than the entire population […]
Rural Collaborative brings Broadband Home
USDA BIP award goes to Windom FTTP group
Farm Bureaus Lead Rural Development Efforts
The American Farm Bureau Federation is holding their annual meeting in Seattle this week. Farm Bureaus Lead Rural Development Efforts SEATTLE, January 12, 2010 – There was a time when railroads were the perfect rural development tool. Then the interstate system brought prosperity – or in some cases decline – to certain towns. These days, […]
Trendwatching
[v=MDthMGtZKa4] 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 briefing. Yes, I know, trends have been a trend since before trend watching was […]
An Economic Stress Test for Greater Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio decided to put Greater Minnesota through an “economic stress test” this month. We visit several communities that face some of the toughest economic problems to be found in Minnesota, and will test the strength and breadth of an economic recovery. There are many Minnesotas. I thought this was an interesting snapshot of […]
