Tag Archives: FaceBook
Planetizen Benchmarks How Tech Savy Your City Planners Might Be
Remember when the Internet was going to make our lives easier? Everything was going to be available anytime, anywhere. Sometimes it feels like the web has just made everything more difficult, more complicated. Yet sometimes, when we look up from … Continue reading
The Social Web and Disaster Response
Blandin on Broadband Blog noted this American Red Cross survey last year in a blog reflecting on the role of Social Media in the recent riots in England. Are YOU prepared to respond to citizens seeking help by way of Twitter … Continue reading
Grassroots Engagement With Social Media
During a fast-paced presentation, rancher Jeff Fowle and organic dairy farmer Emily Zweber outlined how they have used social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube and LinkedIn to connect with non-farmers. Both strongly emphasized the importance of the “human element” and the need to be genuine when using social media or else any attempts are destined to fail…. Continue reading
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
Republican State Convention 2009
I was a delegate to the 2009 Minnesota Republican State Convention this past weekend. The agenda for the off-year convention was full of bylaws and constitution changes—real “inside politics” stuff that most folks find particularly and annoyingly boring. I’m not … Continue reading
Bozeman Explosion
#bozexplod thoughts: disaster recovery plans, real-time information gaps, scope can trump scale Continue reading
Are you reading this at work?
Working through your life. Continue reading
It is WHO you know as much as WHAT you know Continue reading
Blogs vs Twitter
Twitter=Quantity; Blog=Quality? Continue reading
First Thoughts on FaceSpace
The Care and Feeding of FaceBook is a huge potential timesink… Continue reading
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