Brian McClung’s @mnforward “job provider” @target Cuts Jobs

By Ed Kohler | Sep 2, 2010
This one time (last night) I sent out the following tweet about Brian McClung's work at the corporate welfare campaign fund, Minnesota Forward: Which, to me, is the kind of thing that isn't really disputable. Stating what, as far as I can tell, is a non-contestable fact for companies such as ...

Yellow Pages Spam Mostly Doesn’t Come from Trees

By Ed Kohler | Sep 1, 2010
Ken Clark raises a good point about the source material used to create phone books these days. They're not exactly mowing down virgin forests to make the things. He thinks the industry could do a better job promoting this fact: But I don’t blame the public for their lack of understanding, ...

Biking Lake Pepin

By Ed Kohler | Aug 31, 2010
The Other Mike and I biked near and around Lake Pepin two weekend ago. Great riding. That's me above somewhere in Sconie along the Eastern shore of Lake Pepin. If my memory serves me right, that's somewhere after Maiden Rock. Here is what we covered over two days: Day 1: We ...

Powerline Blog’s Scott Johnson Can Do Better

By Ed Kohler | Aug 31, 2010
It's hard not to pick on Scott Johnson over at the Powerline blog when he publishes a post, then later updates it with a new final paragraph like this one: CORRECTION: Luke Hellier has corrected his MDE post to reflect that the affidavits were removed from the court file by the ...

Craigslist Concentrates Crime for Cops

By Ed Kohler | Aug 30, 2010
Mike Masnick has a piece up on Techdirt talking about the ridiculousness of the 17 state attorney generals who are attempting to shut down Craiglist's Adult Services category. Masnick's take on this is that law enforcement officials that are interested in actually preventing crimes should use Craigslist to their advantage ...

Adjusting MPR’s Minneapolis Homicide Map

By Ed Kohler | Aug 27, 2010
MPR has been doing a great job maintaining a Google Map of Minneapolis' 2010 homicides. Here's the map, as they present it on their site: View 2010 Mpls. Homicides in a larger map Each marker links to a story they've done related to that homicide. This is an excellent way to help ...

Yellow Pages, Child Labor, and Charitable Donations

By Ed Kohler | Aug 26, 2010
In boardrooms of yellow pages companies around the country, conversations like this are taking place: PR: We're getting flak about all of the waste our books generate. People are taking pictures of directories rotting outside foreclosed homes. It's not good. CEO: What can we do to create the illusion that we're ...

Startups Create New Jobs. Not @mnforward’s Corporate Donors

By Ed Kohler | Aug 24, 2010
Pete Warden put together an interesting data visualization by plotting startups listed on Crunchbase by their zip codes. Not surprisingly, the found that the top zips for startups (and startup capital) are in or near Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York City. Since he plotted the entire country, I ...

Impact of City Improvements on a North Minneapolis Ho Stroll

By Ed Kohler | Aug 20, 2010
If you haven't been on Lowry Ave N lately, you may be surprised by how much things have changed. But don't take more word for it. Here's the perspective of someone who's tracked the street walking scene over the years: Lowry Avenue near the Library was once one of the city’s ...

Ken Clark Insults Taxpayers Over Yellow Pages Disposal Costs

By Ed Kohler | Aug 19, 2010
Yellow Pages industry insider, Ken Clark, once again proves that he has no clue how to deal with changes to the yellow pages landscape by insulting people who complain about the costs of yellow pages disposal: The link in his tweet goes to this post on The Deets where I tried ...

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