I bought Tony Thomas from Minneapoliscast, Andrea Meyers from HowWasTheShow.com, and Justin Grammens from LocalTone.com, and Brian McDonough from MinnieIndie.com lunch to talk about the Minneapolis music scene.
We cover the goal of each of their sites, the challenges of finding good independent music, and Brian makes some band recommendations.
Listen to Lunch with Minneapoliscast, How Was The Show, LocalTone, and MinnieIndie.com [35 min].
Installed Open Web Analytics for WordPress this afternoon. Just a few hours into it, it’s giving me data I haven’t seen since Urchin
Tyler Patterson just finished up a Masters Thesis project investigating adding all the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ campus energy sources into the Chicago Climate Exchange.
In this numbers and stats intensive conversation, we discuss:
Listen to Measuring Carbon Footprints with Tyler Patterson [41 min].
I had attributed the following quote to Chuck Olsen. Over lunch last week, he denied credit for it. Looks like I mixed up my film makers.
My biggest issue with browser-based apps is their complete uselessness when I’m without internet access (or low bandwidth situations). Still happens quite frequently.
I knew that situation wouldn’t last long, but of all the potential outcomes, I didn’t expect this one: Joyent Slingshot and Google Gears turn browser-based apps into offline desktop apps.
Crazy.
Notice all the stores Dave mentions are related:
Personally, I can count on one hand the number of items I’ve ever purchased from Gap Inc. They just don’t sell things in my size, let alone style.
Matt Thompson (Snarkmarket, vita.mn) and I discuss one of Matt’s most compelling memes – telling stories over time. via:
Listen to Time Traveling Journalism with Matt Thompson [28 min].
18 people have befriended Ququoo. It seems to be working as expected. Praise Murphy.
Last weekend was Chicago Trip #1. The drive put a pretty good dent in my Unlistened Podcast playlist – down to 17.5 days (from a high of 24). There were a couple of spots near the Wisconsin/Illinois border and around Schaumberg where the FM transmitter couldn’t hold a frequency.
Rather than scanning the dial, I turned the radio off.
Definitely.
We’re in the early stages of exploring what to replace our 10 year-old Dodge Neon with. Looks like every car comes with an AM/FM CD deck. Three things I don’t want. At all. I just want an auxiliary jack. That’s it.
Can anyone out there help explain the tight connection between automakers and broadcast radio?
Elsewhere:
“i told the mpr people i wouldn’t pledge again until the current played a phish song.”- Dave Cecchi
Ququoo.com, my first Rails app is finally up and at a place where I’m happy with it.
Ququoo turns Twitter into a timesheet – by grouping your tweets and measuring the time between them.
As with any web app that was launched moments ago, there’s probably a few more things to tidy up and sort out. That said, Ququoo is looking for some beta-friends. If you’re interested and have a Twitter account; add ququoo
Elsewhere, Ed Kohler wonders if something like Ququoo.com can find an audience: