by Tech Council | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – From tortuous rents to government over-reach, from wildfires to poor public transit, and from chronic homelessness to high taxes with little to show for it, California has become a place some companies want to put in the rear-view mirrors...
by Tech Council | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – When Gov. Tony Evers declared 2021 to be the “Year of Broadband Access” in Wisconsin, that line in his annual State of the State speech likely resonated with people statewide, especially those living and working in rural Wisconsin. As...
by Tech Council | Jan 4, 2021 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – What do these companies have in common? Pinterest, Uber, Dropbox, Slack, WhatsApp, Airbnb, Square, Stripe, Google and PayPal. (Hint: It’s more than just tech.) The first eight companies on the list were born during the Great Recession of...
by Tech Council | Dec 30, 2020 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It is tempting to look skeptically at the COVID relief package passed by Congress. The bill has 5,593 largely unexplored pages dog-eared by billion-dollar helpings of pork; it will cost about $1 trillion at a time when the federal deficit...
by Tech Council | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Part of the fun of writing a regular column is looking back to see what ideas and even predictions stuck. That same hindsight can also be a curse, especially if you’re wrong. With the year nearly done, it’s time to review selected columns...
by Tech Council | Dec 15, 2020 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – If you are among the half of all Americans who are leaning against or not sure about getting a COVID-19 vaccination, relax: Chances are pretty good you can’t get a shot until spring, anyway. That gives you plenty of time to think about why...