Google Fiber in the Twin Ports – The Mayor’s Letter
Mar/100
Here’s the latest and greatest from the Duluth mayor Don Ness. Once again, WHY SHOULD DULUTH GET THIS STUPENDOUS PRIVILEGE!?!? Next thing you know he’ll be asking his constituents to support taxes and other whims without reason.
The transformation of our economy – a call to action
I need your help! By investing just a few moments of your time, you’ll be part of an incredible transformation of our regional economy.
We’re out to convince Google to build an ultra-high speed fiber network in the Twin Ports. This system will bring fiber-optic connections to every home and business at speeds of one gigabit per second, up to 1000 times faster than existing “high-speed” Internet connections.
This changes everything.
It changes our economy, it changes how we do business, it puts Duluth and Superior at the forefront of the next great economic revolution in America. And yes, you’ll be able to download an entire HD movie in 30 seconds.
Could it really happen? Absolutely. We fit Google’s criteria extremely well and we believe we have the most comprehensive campaign in the nation. Ultimately, our success depends on the participation of folks like you.
Our success depends on YOU taking three simple steps:
1) Go to www.googletwinports.com and join the team.2) There you can create a free Google account (if you don’t already have one):
www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
and submit a nomination directly to Google:
www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options3) Join our Facebook group, www.googletwinports.com/facebook , and post your confirmation code from step 2 to Facebook.
4) Business can place a GoogleTwinPorts supporter badge on their websites:
http://www.googletwinports.com/web-badges.phpFolks are fired up about this – Duluth is on the national map as a forerunner in this contest. Don’t let up! Let’s make this happen – we have just a few weeks until the deadline.
Thanks for your help!
Mayor Don Ness
Ok, I’m off my soapbox…
Google Doesn’t Love IE6 Anymore?
Feb/100
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.
We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.
Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.
Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser. We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.
In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience. We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.
Thank you for your continued support!
Sincerely,
The Google Apps team
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Falling Ice Smashes Lexus – Minneapolis
Dec/090
When an ice chunk falling at high speeds meets a parked Lexus, who wins? The ice chunk…
This happened earlier this afternoon in downtown Minneapolis. When there are signs saying “Watch out for falling ice” you might want to watch out…
Change twitter Status w/ a Link
Sep/090
While reading my random blogs I came across a beta web app called Radiusly. The website was very simple, almost too simple. There was the logo and then a “request invite” button/link.
Upon clicking it I was redirected to my twitter page and my status text box was populated with “What does @bestbuy @virginamerica and @intuit have in common? Send me an invite to Radiusly so I can find out: www.radiusly.com”. To request my invite I would simply have to click “update”.
So… How is this done? Create a graphic, button, or even a simple HTML link and add the URL info: http://twitter.com/home?status=Hello World
Click here to change your status to “Hello World”.
Enjoy and remember… keep it under 140 characters 
Wordcamp MSP!
