Google has a great video on how to get started with Google Reader. I realize many of you already use this program or related programs, but many of you do not. If you’re someone who enjoys reading blogs, I think you’ll find that Google Reader makes it much easier to keep up to date with [...]
I had a chance to join the crew from the Minnov8 Gang to record a podcast this morning. We talked about a wide range of issues, including stuff I’m involved in. If you’ve ever wondered what I do when I’m not taking pictures of toilet paper, this is probably your best chance to find out. [...]
Why would an online bill payment service be giving away from copies of antivirus software? Because their customers computers may have been infected with a virus while using CheckFree’s website. CheckFree explains: Your computer may be infected if all of the following are true: – You attempted to access online bill payment between 12:30 a.m. [...]
Last year, I had a chance to meet Larry Irving (click for an interview by Ben from BenCredible), the Co-Chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance and former member of the Clinton administration, at a conference about broadband internet access to the home. The hot topic at the time was providing fiber connections to every home [...]
Is there any difference between the technology platform of a presidential candidate who’s admitted to not using email (McCain) and someone (Obama) who’s raised more money through small donations on the web than anyone in world history? Maybe just a little. Larry Lessig breaks it down now that McCain has gotten around to actually having [...]
Geoff Daily, a Minnesota native living in DC, and Christopher Mitchell, the Director of Telecommunications as Commons for the Institute for Local Self Reliance discuss the role of municipalities in the growth of broadband with a Minneapolis perspective: Key lines from Christopher: “Here in St. Paul and Minneapolis they’re building a $1 billion light rail [...]
St Paul Central graduate, YouTube co-founder, former PayPal employee, and UIUC grad, Jawed Karim, has a new venture these days according to Alexander Haislip at Private Equity Hub. Karim is the co-founder of a new venture capital firm called Youniversity Ventures. It sounds like they’re going to focus their investments on companies founded by UIUC [...]
Mike N has a tendency to downplay his tech skills. However, this picture from Nathan’s blog blows away any notion of Mike being a Luddite: In case it isn’t obvious from the photo, Mike is about to attempt one of the toughest technical maneuvers known to man: sending a text message while eating a Juicy [...]
Doug Johnson’s XO Laptop from the One Laptop per Child campaign has arrived in Mankato. I’m still eagerly awaiting the arrival of mine.
It looks like R.T. Rybak uses the domain rtrybak.com for non-mayoral communications. Not a bad domain by any means, considering that that’s his name. But why not simply rt.com? It turns out a techie named Rich Skrenta owns the domain and was offered $125,000 for rt.com yesterday. He passed. That doesn’t mean it’s not for [...]
