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Joaquin Alvarado of the Institute for Next Generation Internet mentioned Humboldt County in his keynote address to the Integrated Media Association’s annual Public Media Conference this morning. The annual conference, which kicked off today in Atlanta, is aimed at managers of public radio and television stations. The theme this year is “An Historic Convergence” — the “an,” in this case, nicely upholding public broadcasting’s snobby image.
In the video above — click the play button, if you haven’t already figured that out — Alvarado describes his amazement at the standing-room-only receptions he has received during his various visits here. Humboldt County may be dirt poor, he concludes, but we know which way the wind is blowing.
Thanks to StreamGuys for the clip and the tip.
UPDATE: Did he say that a third of California’s drinking water comes from Humboldt County? Um …
This article appears in Mending Broken Hearts.
Glad to share. We’re broadcasting from Atlanta today and tomorrow. No StreamGuy laid claim to the back row "woot" in the clip – maybe someone else from here is there.
Joaquin’s mention of the lack of resources in rural communities impacting the metro areas is directed at you, Michael Katz, you bastard.
Joaquin is a great guy. He once drove up five hours from SFO to make his commitment to speak at our Redwood Tech conference and then turned around and drove back. He had been up all night helping his wife with a flooded gallery.
He’s done great work with "disadvantaged" kids in the Bay Area.