Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Links, links, links, links....

Happy 10th birthday Blogger!

  • For those of us who have trouble on Mondays!
  • A newly named inherent behavior: Seeking [from Slate]
  • More than just death by PowerPoint, this talks about what the errors/problems are
Here is a "two-fer:" first it talks about the positive impact of high-speed [broadband] access on rural areas. But then I looked at the map which shows number of broadband providers. When I look at a map like this, I often focus on the places that I know about (mostly where I have lived). So, for example in both most of northern Maine, and in a tiny swatch of southern Arizona there are no providers. Well, a lot of that northern Maine is woods! I have canoed through some of that territory, there are really no roads, and only the hardiest of people. The southern Arizona piece is more problematic, but it sure looks to me like it is the reservation which is just to the west (and slightly south) of Tucson. When I lived there it was the Papago Reservation, but it is now called Tohono O'odham.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:08 AM

    Michael - for more on rural broadband, you might try dailyyonder.com.

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