Carly and I got in a run in Northeast Minneapolis as the snow started to fall on Sunday. Fire Station #2 was our starting point in the Sheridan Neighborhood (Here’s a link to a recent interview with Sheridan Neighborhood resident, James Lyndsay) I think it’s safe to assume that that is not the original building. [...]
One common use of social media services by companies these days is to monitor their brands in search of complaints from customers. If done right, companies can engage engage those people and possibly turn a frustrated customer into a fan. And then their is Yellowbook USA’s strategy, which seems to be “insult the frustrated”. I [...]
Back on Feb 6th, Carly and I ran Girard & Fremont Avenues in North Minneapolis starting from 44th and heading south through the Webber-Camden and Folwell neighborhoods. Highlights of this run include many barbershops, churches, and mosques. One of the first sights in Girard was some mid-block shoefiti. What’s that all about? The North Regional [...]
Jeff Skrenes ha put together a 2-part series on the history of the North Minneapolis blogs that duke it out over where that quadrant of town should be heading. It’s a great crash course for those interested in understanding the players and where they are coming from, from Skrenes’ balanced and humorous perspective.
I’ll create a round-up of stories about the Jerry Moore v. John Hoff (Johnny Northside) trial’s conclusion below. Sheila Regan at TC Daily Planet: “Jury says Hoff didn’t lie, but has to pay anyway“. Sheila also has a piece after da2 of the trial titled “Who’s lying? Moore vs. Hoff, Day 2. Now we know [...]
Donald Allen raised an interesting theory in the comments of an earlier post, where he suggests that the reason I write about him is for blogging profits. As I understand it, he seems to think that I’m profiting off of him due to the amazing amount of traffic this blog receives when I blog about [...]
Yesterday, Don Allen testified in the Jerry Moore v. John Hoff (Johnny Northside) defamation suit, and said some crazy stuff on the stand. According to David Brauer’s reporting at MinnPost, Mr. Allen claimed that “all bloggers” write anonymous comments in support of their own posts. That is NOT common blogging behavior (to be clear, I [...]
This isn’t the type of work I’d expect to find in a Hyatt Regency. My room wasn’t ready when I arrived, and it looks like housekeeping was scrambling to catch up. This made up for it: Mmmmm, cheese. And, waking up to a sunny golf course view isn’t too shabby:
I mentioned in an earlier post that Paul Koenig would have a pretty solid motive for being the man behind the Jordan Hawkman blog. He appears to have been at the Johnny Northside trial, and, being a slumlord, he’s no fan of Hoff and other North Minneapolis housing advocates (aka Slumlord haters). Looking back at [...]
There were a few characters lurking in the back row of the galley of the Johnny Northside trial yesterday who seemed to be, well, lurking. They seemed to take copious notes, but didn’t seem to be affiliated with any media sites that have written about the case. However, there may be one exception to that. [...]
