The Berlin Wall went up in 1961, to keep the people in. [v=hH6nQhss4Yc] And we said “Let them come to Berlin.” There are many people in the world who really don’t understand, or say they don’t, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin. There […]
Did You Know 4.0
[v=6ILQrUrEWe8] 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 video thing. Never thought it would catch on. Like an old radio mogul, I […]
Is social media a fad?
[v=sIFYPQjYhv8] Here’s a direct link to the Social Media video featured at the beginning of Ann Treacy’s social media webinar I wrote about yesterday. Social Media Revolution: Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? This video details out social media facts and figures that are hard to […]
Telling a Story Using Social Media
3rd of 3 Blandin webinars ahead of #mnbb09
Oops. United Airlines Did It Again
[v=5YGc4zOqozo] I remember hearing this story about the guy who got his expensive Taylor Guitar broke by United Airlines, so he wrote a song about it. United didn’t break his guitar again, but this time they sent his baggage on a wild goose chase. This from the Bozeman Chronicle: Greg Gianforte is in the business […]
Google Voice to rural users: "I do, I like them, Sam-I-Am"
As I wrote earlier this month, Google has been having a sort of Green Eggs and Ham fit refusing to connect users of it’s new free Google Voice service with certain rural telephone exchanges. Their complaint is some rural telecomm companies are charging a higher fee to connect calls, in particular to adult chat lines and […]
Google Voice Would Not, Could Not Connect to Rural Users
[v=Zy7J578FLaA] Rural cell phone users are used to mocking the Verizon Wireless ads with the guy who constantly asks, “Can you hear me now?” I would love to meet that guy and say, “NO, not if you live in the country we can’t here you now, yesterday or tomorrow!” It’s like that dang Green Eggs […]
Small Cities and Big Spaces are Big for Small Biz
Is Billings, Montana, the best small city to launch a new business? Forbes thinks so. Following up on a discussion about places rankings a couple weeks ago, I noticed a blurb about the Forbes Small Business magazine rankings in the November issue. Oklahoma City was chosen as the best large metropolitan area for small business startups […]
Minnesota Feedlot Tours
Feedlot tours scheduled to highlight Open Lot Agreement projects ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is hosting three feedlot tours this month to highlight the state’s Open Lot Agreement (OLA) program. The program was established in October 2000 to help livestock producers reduce and eliminate the amount of runoff pollution from […]
Future of Communities in America's Resurgent Heartland
Blandin webinar with Dr. Delore Zimmerman, Praxis Strategy Group #mnbb09
