About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
“Relevance is determined by influence.” – Norman Mailer That was Mailer’s response to: “Has your writing had an impact?” While Mailer was referring to the larger influence of who controls the past determining what is relevant. The same is true on a much smaller, person-to-person scale. Perhaps relevance is like identity – defined by everyone …
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“BREAD MACHINES AND HEAT GUNS WERE NEVER DESIGNED TO ROAST COFFEE” There are three problems I’ve run into since roasting with the Poppery Small batch sizes (a maximum of 1/2 cup at a time) Inconsistent roast times (the Poppery continually gets hotter – shorting roasts, burning beans) The ambient temperature needs to be warm. So, …
Inspired by my son’s interest in cars, I share some stories from my car history. Listen to Garrick’s Car History [16 min].
There, I said it. Spanking a child is child abuse. There, I said it again. For three reasons: If same action anywhere else on the body would be considered abuse – it’s abuse. It shows children that bigger, stronger people have the right to hurt smaller people. So, big brothers think it’s OK to strike …
Since discovering Tangerine a couple months back, I’ve been tweaking the BPM-based playlist to find the ideal collection of tunes that keeps me working without calling too much attention to themselves. Here’s the iTunes Smart Playlist that’s been working for me for 2 weeks: BPM – is in the range – 90 to 110 My …
One of the complaints I continually hear about companies supporting forums, comments, reviews under their own domain is that their customers will say something “bad”. The reality is, customers find places to have these conversations – with our without formal support. Case in point: KottkeKomments.com. Jason Kottke doesn’t have comments on his blog, so a …
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The FeedSeeder Project is awakening from a brief hibernation. While the core ideas will remain (they’ve even gotten more defined), the code is undergoing a rewrite (thankfullly, there wasn’t much to begin with). First item on the To Make Better list: OPML import speed.
“An inexperienced picker would pick the low-hanging fruit first” – Albert Pell quoted in Fast Company In the instances where I’ve heard the phrase ‘low-hanging fruit’ the above is true. Rarely does picking the easy stuff solve anything than checking something off a list. The real important, long-term actions take the commitment of getting a …
Seems to me, programs that encourage parents to send their kids to schools outside of their immediate neighborhood is a bad idea in a number of ways: Gives parents no incentive to improve their schools or neighborhoods. Makes bad schools worse by reducing their resources. Redirects education dollars into fuel tanks to bus kids further …
The best news I’ve heard in a while – High Fructose Corn Syrup isn’t ‘all natural’. The Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Kraft and Cadbury Schweppes until they agreed.