Since finally listening to Dave Slusher’s the Human Touch presentation from the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘equivalent power’. The notion that if you want to rebut anything I write on any of my blogs, you can do so on your own blog or podcast. This is different than …
Monthly Archives: December 2005
The Next Standard in Public Radio
When I started podcasting a year ago I was questioning Public Radio’s role in my life. The news and regular programs were no longer satisfying. Then they started the Current – kept me supporting them for a couple months. Then, it started to sound more like more of the same and hey, look, interesting stuff …
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 10
“Let’s just focus – we might have to eat some turtle.” This is the Big Catch Up we’ve missed the last couple of episodes. Detour: Pioneer Spirit or Native Tradition? We’re going for assembling the wagon wheels and horse team. I’m feeling like the horse team might not be _that_ much trouble. Buffalo Bill is …
Why Google Analytics Isn’t Useful
After a couple months of being completely without site analytics, I thought I’d try out Google Analytics. Things it doesn’t measure; RSS feeds, downloads, downloads from RSS feeds. Considering 95% of what I’m tracking is accessible via an RSS feed (like podcasts). Google isn’t helping me. The previous iteration of their tool – Urchin, was …
Tuesday’s Triple Play – Love Goes the Distance
Back when Jen and I were dating, I made a mix tape for her entitled ‘Breakup Song Not Included’ – I think it’s still around here somewhere too. She took one look at the track list and declared, “Everyone of these songs is a break up song.” She was right. And if you know who …
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Goodbye BlogDigger, Hello AmigoFish
There’s been a problem since the dawn of podcasting – how to find interesting, new things to listen to. For the past year, my strategy: subscribe to the notoriously noisy BlogDigger for say, a day or so then frantically unsubscribe – the phrase “drink from the firehose” seems appropriate here. Listen to everything over the …
Newborn Diaper Review
We started with a couple packages of Huggies newborn diapers. Worked well enough. Though odd things would happen – say, Cooper’s back would be wet. How’s that happen? I wrote it off to our model being slightly smaller than Huggies’ newborn model. Then we mixed in a couple packages of Pampers newborn diapers. Despite their …
How Your Minnesota Congressional Reps Voted
On a tip from Sam Buchanan, I put together MNRep, aggregating the votes of Minnesota’s Congressional Representatives from the Washington Posts’ Congress Votes Database. Quick and dirty. Probably a lot like the votes themselves. 😉
Gardens of Salonica – Comfortable Greek
Last night, Jen and I went out to dinner in celebration of our anniversary at NE Minneapolis’ Gardens of Salonica (19 5th Street NE, Minneapolis). Gardens is half a step outside of the hustle and bustle of the St. Anthony Main and that’s why I like it. This 2-room restaurant so comfortable and personable, I …
First Crack 67. Steve McClellan on Developing Musicians and Independence
Steve McClellan’s name is synonymous with and as legendary as First Avenue where he worked for 30+ years. Lately, he’s been working with the Diverse Emerging Music Organization – a non-profit focused on connecting independent venues and new artists. We sat down at the Acadia Cafe, I had a Duval (Acadia has an amazing beer …
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