Madison continues to be an innovator in many ways. While the politics and processes within the city can be extremely frustrating, the direction that the community continues to pursue is a positive one. Beyond new high speed rail service, there are a couple of significant initiatives that are worth your attention and interest – the city’s new cultural plan and the race to be selected as a Google fiber optic high speed broadband city.
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Posted by Zach W on February 12, 2010, at 6:20 am
This is just sick, and not in a bad way: Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 [...] Posted by MadCityMan on January 28, 2010, at 11:27 am
WI submitted and won one of the 13 project applications for high speed rail connecting Milwaukee and Madison. The 110 mph rail corridor will connect up with an improved Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago. Posted by MadCityMan on January 6, 2010, at 9:57 pm
Data visualization and politics Posted by MadCityMan on January 5, 2010, at 4:17 pm
Stephen Colbert on the Christmas Underwear Bomber Posted by MadCityMan on September 28, 2009, at 5:12 pm
Recovery,gov, map of Federal stimulus funds for Wisconsin Posted by MadCityMan on September 23, 2009, at 11:43 am
The GOP Congressional members are more active on Twitter, except in WI where Dems on Twitter outnumber the GOP and the #1 in terms of followers is Senator Russ Feingold. Posted by Zach W on September 17, 2009, at 5:04 am
This is unrelated to politics, but the geek in me thinks this is a great story: Bespoke is old hat. Off-the-shelf is in. Even Google runs the world’s biggest and scariest server farms on computers home-made from commodity parts. DIY is cheaper and often better, as Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh found out when they decided [...] |
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