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  • Round 2 Funding Explained

    Bob Primosh of Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP, provides a great summary of the round 2 of the broadband stimulus: http://w2i.com/resource_center/the_w2i_report__weekly_newsletter/news/p/id_254

  • 50/50 Isn’t Enough – The Key to Successful Relationships – A Book Review

    50/50 Isn’t Enough – The Key to Successful Relationships – A Book Review

    Try as he might, Jimmy Stewart’s character in the classic Christmas film, It’s a Wonderful Life, cannot escape his hometown for the carefree adventures of his youthful dreams. Instead, he always puts others’ needs before his own. Just before it is too late, he realizes that those contributions to others had been his purpose. I…

  • Another Reason for Embedding

    At the Tampa Bay International Airport, WiFi access to the Internet is bundled with the price of your airline ticket; aka it is "free access". There is a price to "free", however, and, in this case, it is the blockage of video streaming and adult content sites. When attempting to access one of these sites…

  • Is Content Becoming Dust in the Wind?

    Are we reaching a point where content becomes dust in the wind – like the song by Kansas? Or, is the dust growing with all those memories and dreams recorded forever along with the observers and seekers? It seems like a part of both as people create 1 billion posts per day on Facebook, 12…

  • Online Strengthens the Real World

    Thanks to a post from the Western Telecom Alliance, I noticed a little heralded report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding the value of broadband Internet for rural America. At this point, I have only scanned through the report, but the one section I did read pointed to how broadband can strengthen community ties,…

  • Marketing Mecca and Business Panacea?

    I question the suggestion, that putting your business face on Facebook and tweeting away on Twitter, are truly the marketing meccas or business panaceas they’re made out to be. I’m hearing that argument more and more at conferences now days. Last year I heard several speakers lecture to audiences on using Facebook, yet I couldn’t…