Recently, Columbus’ Google Fiber effort was revealed. It was okay, but roundly criticized by some in the Columbus Tech Community. I can’t say much about the effort since I work for a company owned by a telecommunications company. But I can say this, if the Columbus tech community really wanted Google to lay its fiber here, it should have banded together and volunteered time to put forth a kick ass effort. Like Baltimore.
It's time for the Columbus Tech Community to become a community for the greater good.
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National Stagnation, Cultural Insularism and a Limited Culture of Public Participation Could be Driving Forces behind an Approaching Innovation Crisis, New Textbook Warns.
Next Tuesday morning, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (a part of the Department of Public Safety) is hosting a presentation for legislators and law enforcement to attempt to round up support for the 'Criminal Intelligence Data' bill (Senate File 1103) that would vastly expand their authority to collect, retain and share secret files on Minnesotans, crucial to expanding powers of Minnesota's 'fusion center,' the Minnesota Joint Analysis Center (MnJAC). SF1103 got halted by civil liberties advocates in 2009, but will be back in January.
