Bernadine opens the second day of the Blandin Broadband conference: Realizing Our Broadband Future: Getting from Here to There. (Read remarks here.)

If you want to see any video from the conference, please check out our playlist. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=58A5AB3B9FD14BD7

Below I will post Tweets from the conference. I’m not sure if they will be valuable out of context, but I wanted to at least capture them. (Sometimes my librarian roots show.) In the spirit of mutual leanring I wanted to share a little bit about the Tweets:

This is the first time we’ve made a concerted effort to Tweet during the conference (#mnbb09). We had 140 Tweets over the two days, mostly stemming from 5 Twitter accounts. Two folks Tweeted questions or comments who did not attend the event.

Tweets show up in reverse chronological order:

1. BFBroadband: Students say: “This class is too hard” & “This game is too easy”. Is this the perfect storm for tying engagement and entertainment? #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
2. AnnT: #mnbb09 Bad classes are too hard; bad games are too easy. Hmm – there’s a blind date that needs to happen. 1 day ago from web
3. BFBroadband: OMG – you can get a device to put in your plant that will send you a tweet when it needs water! #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
4. AnnT: #mnbb09 google tagging – going to look into that later 1 day ago from web
5. AnnT: #mnbb09 – http://tinyurl.com/am4apd younger generation happy to sign up; older more interested in privacy 1 day ago from web
6. BFBroadband: Today’s students expect: access, vast resources, autonomy, immediate results, engagement, and entertainment #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
7. AnnT: @geekandi raising the goal from 20Mbps (to 100 or Gig) was the main tenet of #mnbb09 keynote last night – Jim Baller 1 day ago from web
8. geekandi: @AnnT #mnbb09 20Mbps down sucks – raise the bar, don't try to minimize! 1 day ago from Tweetie
9. BFBroadband: You can not make assumptions about age and technology – age does not matter. John O’Brien MN State Colleges #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
10. JohnCShepard: RT @AnnT: #mnbb09 “place matters” Jack Geller talking about collaboration & broadband (UMN Crookston EDA Center director) 1 day ago from TweetDeck
11. AnnT: #mnbb09 “place matters” Jack Geller talking about collaboration & broadband (in terms of ARRA) 1 day ago from web
12. AnnT: #mnbb09 “broadband collaboration stems from spirit of rural/urban connection based in history of ag exchanges” @ UrekaBroadband 1 day ago from web
13. AnnT: @geekandi #mnbb09 MN BB Task Force did a great job of modeling providers/local govs working together led by member moderator @OConnorStP 1 day ago from web
14. AnnT: @geekandi #mnbb09 – the BB Task Force is shooting for 10Mbps up/20mbps down by 2015 – also shooting to have MN rank in top 5 for BB in US 1 day ago from web
15. BFBroadband: Blandin Foundation’s stimulus application – MN Intelligent Rural Communities project – focuses on building a culture of use. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
16. BFBroadband: Stimulus in MN: Jackie Vanasse’s big hope is to change the whole future of the Leech Lake Reservation, starting with the children #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
17. BFBroadband: Stimulus in MN – Danna MacKenzie on Cook County's grant for federal funds to lay fiber network and lessons learned along the way #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
18. JenniferBevis: Last call: govt use of 800 mHz bandwidth local or statewide? Medure – eventually statewide, 57 of 87 counties signed on now #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
19. BFBroadband: Final word on web 2.0 Tools, Policies, and Practices – “It's Cool Stuff!” Richard Fong. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
20. JenniferBevis: Medure: It’s about relationships, relationships, relationships! #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
21. JenniferBevis: Q and A Medure: keep searching for the right person in government…if you hit a brick wall, don’t stop! #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
22. BFBroadband: RT @JenniferBevis: Grose: “he people who need BB most are those who live in the outlands” – makes affordability and access key. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
23. JenniferBevis: Dodge: Orchestra clips on YouTube, too http://bit.ly/3OdT8d Blog, too http://itascaarts.com/ Who knew? (I didn’t…) #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
24. TraciGangl: #mnbb09 Erikson: SOCRATES used video conf to allow students to watch a live autopsy & knee replacement surgery. 1 day ago from Echofon
25. BFBroadband: Common sense needs to be used when making policy decisions around web 2.0. If you do not want it out there, don’t. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
26. JenniferBevis: Dodge: IO is growing – resonates with value of being out there on the internet. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
27. JenniferBevis: Dodge: Collaboration resulted in Grand Rapids Arts http://bit.ly/2fo8oI Took off 3 wks ago — REAL time!! #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
28. BFBroadband: What is your process? Who is your audience? How will it be moderated? Who will maintain it? Questions before diving into web 2.0 #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
29. JenniferBevis: Dodge: Itasca County nonprofits banded together for joint advertising, including online #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
30. TraciGangl: RT @JenniferBevis: Grose: “he people who need BB most are those who live in the outlands” – makes affordability and access key. #mnbb09 1 day ago from Echofon
31. JenniferBevis: Last up: Kathy Dodge, Itasca Orchestra http://bit.ly/MrNfj arts needs connection, too. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
32. BFBroadband: Make policy decisions about us as people of the workplace – for work create a separate account & give only relevant info for work. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
33. JenniferBevis: Grose: passionate about bringing opportunity to rural! #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
34. JenniferBevis: Grose: “he people who need BB most are those who live in the outlands” – makes affordability and access key. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
35. JenniferBevis: Grose: learning time on the bus ride? Yes! #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
36. BFBroadband: Making a personal connection to someone who’s already living there makes a potential home more attractive. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
37. JenniferBevis: Grose: online learning has grown tremendously — brings Mandarin Chinese to Deer River #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
38. JenniferBevis: Grose: landed new teachers this year because of the area &  broadband connections #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
39. TraciGangl: Next up, Dale Erickson from the SOCRTES education consortium. #mnbb09 1 day ago from Echofon
40. JenniferBevis: Grose: IASC keeps in mind National Educational Technology Standards to transform school systms to meet future needs. #mnbb09 1 day ago from web
41. JenniferBevis: Grose: IASC keeps in mind National Educational Technology Standards to transform school systms to meet future needs. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
42. BFBroadband: Asked folks to use the tools they are already using to say what makes their neighborhood / block a really cool place to live. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
43. TraciGangl: Video Guidance: Video conf equipment prices will continue to drop. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
44. JenniferBevis: Grose: IASC started with owning fiber, has expanded to other services. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
45. BFBroadband: Steve's presenting a case study about Vacant No More; a project in St. Paul to address issue of vacant buildings. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
46. JenniferBevis: Grose: county's radio system good for bussing students – yay! #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
47. JenniferBevis: Up next: Matt Grose, Supt, Deer River schools: http://bit.ly/ZXXmN talking about IASC http://bit.ly/2feaQd #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
48. BFBroadband: “You're in the water, you'd better learn to swim” Google and Facebook are numbers 1 and 2 as top visited sites – they are “sticky” #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
49. BFBroadband: Steve Boland from Nonprofits Assistance Fund is on deck to talk about how communities use web 2.0 tools for very specific ends. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
50. BFBroadband: @KAXE Maggie's presenting the Blandin Broadband conference. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
51. TraciGangl: Video Guidance: When video conferencing gets as easy to use as cellular technology, adoption will increase. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
52. JohnCShepard: RT @TraciGangl: Dan McElroy, “we consider broadband access a utility.”. #mnbb09 (MN Economic Development head) 2 days ago from TweetDeck
53. JenniferBevis: Montgomery: 18 sites are part of Iron Range Community Internet!! http://bit.ly/2TqHYw #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
54. BFBroadband: RT @JenniferBevis: Next presenter: Maggie Montgomery KAXE Northern Community Radio http://bit.ly/wxSVU #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
55. BFBroadband: How does the Dept of Health deal with the issue of what to do with blog comments? They decided not to allow comments at all. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
56. JCShepard: RT @JenniferBevis KAXE is 1 of 2 orgs ntlly “commuity information” model. Includes internet: http://bit.ly/wxSVU http://bit.ly/MtWmR #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
57. TraciGangl: Different video conf applications available for different budgets. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
58. JenniferBevis: Montgomery: they are communication nurturers – great concept for rural use of Web 2.0 #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
59. TraciGangl: How can the home user connect to pro video systems using Skype, etc.?#mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
60. JenniferBevis: Montgomery: KAXE is 1 of 2 orgs ntlly “community information” model. Includes internet: http://bit.ly/wxSVU http://bit.ly/MtWmR #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
61. TraciGangl: RT @JenniferBevis: Conf themes heard loud-n-clear “in the trenches” communicate, partners are powerful for progress, future is now! #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
62. BFBroadband: Richard Fong from MN Dept of Health is talking about the legal point of view for using web 2.0 technology. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
63. JenniferBevis: Conference themes coming thru loud-n-clear “in the trenches” – communicate, partners are powerful for progress, the future is now! #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
64. TraciGangl: Use video conference to create education and healthcare consortiums. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
65. JenniferBevis: Next presenter: Maggie Montgomery KAXE Northern Community Radio http://bit.ly/wxSVU #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
66. BFBroadband: “To tweet or not to tweet” – House Services decided they'd stick one way communication #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
67. JenniferBevis: Medure: $10 million project that cost $1.9 million direct costs. Rest was “all our money” one way or another. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
68. TraciGangl: Pine Tech College using video with 13 school districts to provide access to education not available in their districts. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
69. JenniferBevis: Medure: project has attracted interest from cell providers, power companies, others in the area. It’s a community resource now. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
70. BFBroadband: They are an original source creating content, and decided not to follow others with their official twitter account. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
71. JenniferBevis: Medure: started with little project to update public safety, it has grown since then. http://bit.ly/1hnzP9 http://bit.ly/MrlvD #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
72. BFBroadband: Started promoting their twitter account April 14, 2009. At that time they had 23 followers; last week they had 667 followers. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
73. JenniferBevis: Pat Medure Itasca County MN sheriff: enhanced emergency response system required partnerships, fiber-to-tower pjct still in play #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
74. BFBroadband: Who should post tweets? They limit to four staff – assistant editor, publications coordinator, director and assistant editor #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
75. BFBroadband: Their site is @MNHouseInfo – MN House Services tweets their content only. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
76. BFBroadband: MN House Public Information Services first did a “soft launch” of their twitter account. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
77. BFBroadband: Barry LaGrave MN House Public Information Services is talking about the many ways they communicate with their public #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
78. TraciGangl: #mnbb09 Bleeding Edge Video Tech session. Video is becoming main stream and is becoming a reality for more. 2 days ago from Echofon
79. JenniferBevis: Tweeting from the Blandin Foundation broadband conference: #mnbb09: http://tinyurl.com/yfkxu64 2 days ago from web
80. Ouch_: Props to u of m morris students for their broadband in rural mn presentation… #mnbb09 2 days ago from TwitterBerry
81. BFBroadband: Thank you Senator Klobuchar for your support of high-speed braodband and sending your greetings to conference participants! #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
82. geekandi: @AnnT #mnbb09 define adequate speeds please. I work from home, 2Mbps sucks (I pay extra for that) for moving documents to my office 2 days ago from Tweetie
83. geekandi: @AnnT #mnbb09 needs to get their act together and stop the fleecing by the 'broadband' providers to consumers. 2 days ago from Tweetie
84. AnnT: “Students want to stay in their rural area – why are we pushing them out with poor technology and broadband?” Morris student #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
85. TraciGangl: Mary M is an expert microphone fixer! #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
86. AnnT: #mnbb09 Minnesota should not lose businesses or jobs due to lack of broadband. 2 days ago from web
87. AnnT: #mnbb09 what's important? Symmetric or adequate speeds up and down. BB Task Force went with adequate speeds over symmetry 2 days ago from web
88. TraciGangl: John Stanoch-every Minnesotan should have access to B-band. I agree! Would love to have it at home-something better than satellite. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
89. TraciGangl: Dan McElroy, “we consider broadband access a utility.”. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
90. AnnT: #mnbb09 “Economic develop issues have changed; access to the Internet is a utility today” Dan McElroy 2 days ago from web
91. AnnT: “Hope that by 2015 we can take broadband for granted” from Mary Ellen Wells – I like that! #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
92. AnnT: #mnbb09 – so far TF members seem to appreciate need for ubiquity. It’s a goal that everyone seems proud of. 2 days ago from web
93. AnnT: @Ouch_ look forward to seeing you at #mnbb09 Have a fun/safe drive 2 days ago from web
94. AnnT: #mnbb09 @OConnorStP addresses Jim Baller's comments – MN task force got to speed goal via consensus & included rank goal 2 days ago from web
95. Ouch_: Nice drive to Duluth for Blandin Foundation Conference. Will talk about social media tools and policy. #mnbb09 2 days ago from TwitterBerry
96. BFBroadband: Students from Mankato are presenting. New Ulm uses technology to increase their quality of life in health care and education. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
97. AnnT: I don’t think I could go back to my small hometown after living with the broadband in Mankato – quote from student at #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
98. BFBroadband: Fredricton’s free wifi “Freddy Zone” service does not extend into their neighborhoods so as not to compete with the private sector #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
99. eastnary: “We don’t charge people to walk on our sidewalks; why would we charge them to be connected to essential infrastructure?”(broadband) #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
100. BFBroadband: When one sector succeeds, all succeed, and cooperation increases. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
101. BFBroadband: Agreement between Fredricton and Eindhoven – cooperation among all stakeholders, from all sectors, is key to their success. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
102. AnnT: Fredericton says Collaboration, cooperation, communication – is key to long term project. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
103. AnnT: Cost for 100 Mbps – in Eindhoven it’s 60 euros; in NB is $150. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
104. BFBroadband: Fredericton had the first high-speed free wireless in Canada #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
105. JohnCShepard: RT @BFBroadband: Getting from hre 2 thr means: develop a comprehensive plan of 5 -10 years, dnt let borders B a restriction. #mnbb09 2 days ago from TweetDeck
106. BFBroadband: Moving on to Fredricton, New Brunswick and Mayor Woodside for their story #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
107. BFBroadband: Pillar: 6 Need a high quality, always on network #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
108. AnnT: Connecting schools, churches and other community institutes motivates residents to get and stay connected. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
109. BFBroadband: Pillar 5: Communicate! Use words that people can understand, not technical jargon #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
110. BFBroadband: Pillar 4: connect to churches, hospitals, and city hall #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
111. AnnT: Bus need fast ROI – communities don't w/ a long term investment plan, fiber is cheap. $2000 per home over 20 years is not expensive. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
112. TraciGangl: RT @BFBroadband: 90% of population in the Netherlands has a fiber to the home connection #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
113. BFBroadband: 7 pillars of success number 2: offer 3 services of TV, Internet, and phone #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
114. TraciGangl: RT @AnnT: Cooperation, focus, no borders, leadership, strategy, implementation – tips from Eindhoven on becoming a smart community. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
115. BFBroadband: 7 success pillars; pillar 1: create an “us” feeling to create the netword #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
116. eastnary: to follow Ann Treacy's fabulous tweets from the Blandin Broadband Conference today: #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
117. BFBroadband: 90% of population in the Netherlands has a fiber to the home connection #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
118. BFBroadband: Kees Rover: Google “Minnesota” and “Dutch” and you get “Dutch Elm Disease” 🙂 #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
119. AnnT: Cooperation, focus, no borders, leadership, strategy, implementation – tips from Eindhoven on becoming a smart community. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
120. BFBroadband: Via video confernece, we have Elies Lemkes-Straver, Brainport Operations and Kees Rovers, Close the Gap, Eindhoven, the Netherlands #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
121. TraciGangl: Check out @fredecity. A green smart city. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
122. AnnT: #mnbb09 ennovations – new word for me from Fredericton NB – one ICF community talking at the conference www.intelligentcommunity.org 2 days ago from web
123. TraciGangl: Watching videos about 2 of the top 10 intelligent communities in the world. #mnbb09 2 days ago from Echofon
124. BFBroadband: Bill Coleman's kicking off the first session – a video hookup with reps from Intelligent Communities in Eindhoven and Frederickton #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
125. TraciGangl: At #mnbb09. Broadband access is a NEED, not a want. 2 days ago from Echofon
126. BFBroadband: Our greatest task is to be good ansestors. Jonas Salk, MD #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
127. AnnT: our greatest task is to be good ancestors – and build the broadband we and they need. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
128. BFBroadband: RT @AnnT: US broadband is slower & more expensive than world leaders; 46% of rural households use broadband #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
129. AnnT: US broadband is slower & more expensive than world leaders; 46% of rural households use broadband #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
130. AnnT: broadbaand use fosters community involvement! #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
131. AnnT: the futue is here just not widely distributed – opening remarks at #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
132. JCShepard: RT @AnnT Liberal Arts degrees are important! You need to be able to learn the next technology. Creativity is important. #mnbb09 2 days ago from web
133. AnnT: Liberal Arts degrees are important! You need to be able to learn the next technology. Creativity is important. #mnbb09 3 days ago from web
134. AnnT: For business relocation, lifestyle is great, but it's not enough to get bus or people to Duluth. It’s a business decision first. #mnbb09 3 days ago from web
135. AnnT: Why live in Duluth? Biking, arts, outdoors, great people … and technology makes jobs possible. #mnbb09 3 days ago from web
136. AnnT: Coopetition or Co-opetition is a neologism coined to describe cooperative competition. Hmmm. #mnbb09 3 days ago from web
137. AnnT: Are communities prepared to handle Boomer retirement? Have the next generation been taught well enough to lead? #mnbb09 3 days ago from web
138. AnnT: True Ride skateboard morphs into Epicurean cutting boards http://www.epicureancs.com/#about.php – one fun story from #mnbb09 3 days ago from web
139. AnnT: great tour of http://zeitgeistarts.com/ as part of #mnbb09 – what a great art boon to Duluth, the artsy shipping town 3 days ago from web
140. JohnCShepard: Wish I was in Duluth for MN Broadband Conference #mnbb09 3 days ago from LinkedIn Status