Random Articles

• Charging for the Silver Lining “Skydeck is now focusing on building features that it can charge for, instead of free services that attract users but not revenue.” - Brad Stone, New York Times Thank [your-preferred-deity-here]. You know I have a pet peeve with ‘businesses’ where the metric of success doesn’t start with a $. Perhaps Web 2.0 will end the same way
• Are Some RSS Formats More Reliable/Faster than Others? via Twitter, I was asked the above question. It’s a good question, cutting to the core of my ambivalence over the religious wars between RSS, Atom, etc. The flavor of XML a feed is published in shouldn’t matter. Neither to the publisher nor the receiver. Any parser able to handle multiple flavors should be able to
• Maybe It’s a Sign I’m writing this from a panel discussion for Twin Cities artists on building out a music career. An hour and 15 minutes into it, a question from the audience started out: “We haven’t talked a lot about making records…” I chuckled. Aside from the bits about making sure you’ve correctly setup a small business - the rest of
• First Green Light for High-Speed MSP - MKE - ORD AMTRAK Big thanks to Tom Elko over at the Minnesota Independent for bringing me the best transit news I’ve heard all year. “The House of Representatives easily approved the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act….legislation authorizes $14 billion in appropriations to modernize and expand passenger rail…includes $850 million in grant money to fund high-speed rail initiatives.” The promise
• Moving Day. I’m moving workingpathways.com to a new host this weekend. So, there maybe some flakey-ness over the next couple days. Apologies for any interruptions in advance. The move is complete and successful - if the site feels faster now, this is why. Thanks for your patience.