Straight from the Boise State News site . . .
A Boise State University student team has been named a finalist, placing in the top three out of 700 competitors, in the Americas region of the 2008 Google Online Marketing Challenge.
As regional finalist, Team AdHype — Lisa Chipman, Trevor Herbst, Kasey Keller, Chris Mendonca and Lisa […]
TechBoise is a blog, and not a news agency, but that is still no reason for us to slip into rank boosterism. At the same time no one here wants to adopt a sky-is-falling tone. Still, amidst all the constant lists that Boise makes for being a great place to live, work, and raise a […]
Those of you on Twitter or at OSCON have already seen the posts from @kveton and @turoczy about the press that Vidoop is getting as they move their corporate headquarters from Oklahoma to Portland. I think there are at least three important lessons in this article I am reposting from the Oregonian:
1) Innovation can happen […]
Jess Flynn over at Red Sky PR and primary author of the PR Musings Weblog has conducted a short Q&A with IdaVation Keynote Gary Hoover. If you haven’t registered yet, head over to the IdaVation site and sign up. You should at least show up for the breakfast or lunch keynote.
What are some of the […]
Here’s my news tip for Boise (especially any elected or wannabe/soon to be elected officials):
LaserJet’s and DRAM are not going to carry the valley like they once did.
Can we expect to see more layoffs in Boise? It’s too hard to realistically predict any specific events tied to any specific market activity. Maybe not now. […]
For those of you not familiar with LaunchIdaho it’s basically an entrepreneurial boot camp for high school students. I had a chance to speak at their Idaho Business Week a few years ago and I was really impressed with the program.
Last year they started Billionaire Boot Camps around the state to support the summer […]
From our friends at New West
Bill Underway to Develop Idaho Broadband Network
There has been some dispute over the past couple of years regarding how many people in Idaho lack high-speed Internet access.
I want to know how many Idaho Legislatures actually have Broadband?
When Butch kills this bill If this bill doesn’t pass […]
Interesting to see how they integrate education over the lifecourse with workforce development. It’s not as smooth as they claim, nor do the well-publicized details match reality.. but it definitely has things we can learn from. And it REALLY helps rural Germany.
One key is that this is largely driven by “demand side” considerations - what […]
http://www.howtochangetheworld.org
Author Dave Bornstein sends his regards - maybe the best-known spokesperson for social entrepreneurship globally, Dave’s message contains several elements that resonate for Idaho & how we want to change our little corner of the world.
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“If I can’t understand it, it must be easy!” - Dilbert’s pointy-haired boss
a quickie here… a phenomenon that we might all want to think about…
the really short version:
1) Don’t assume that others know the same things you do. Even when they should.
2) Don’t assume you are an expert, unless you can prove it. (And certainly […]
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