While I’d like more info on the study methodology (phone interviews with 1K families in MN & WA) – it follows – when time with real, live, talking people is replaced with mumbling, sound-effect-laden non-sense, smaller vocabularies result.
Month: August 2007
Thursday, 9 August 2007
Christmas (Funny) in July
Cayenne Chris’s Christmas 2006 Tekdiff episode [mp3] finally came up on my shuffled ‘Unlistened Podcast’ this afternoon. It’s one of the best Tekdiff episodes (23 4-star or great episodes in my library), from the Tiny Tree’s First Christmas to bizarre Holiday traditions in unnamed Eastern European villages.
Belated Yuletide Thanks Chris.
Gifted
Wednesday, 8 August 2007
HomeMade Pizza Company coming to Minnetonka and Wayzata
One of the things I still miss from our time in the Central Street neighborhood in Evanston is the HomeMade Pizza Company take-n-bake pizza. Clean, open storefronts, amazing ingredients. Cooked up in the comfort of your own home.
My favorites are the Spinach Pie and the Savory Pie. Both are so much tastier than Davanni’s par-bake or the nastiness that is Papa Murphy’s.
Jen just called, reporting a citing of a bus ad for HomeMade, and their site confirms locations opening soon at Hwy 7 & Hopins Crossroad in Minnetonka and 830 East Lake in Wayzata.
Sure, it’s not in walking distance from my house (or I would’ve known sooner), but it’s here and will make the occassional trips to those neighborhoods so much better.
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
Systems Don’t Inherently Change Behavior
MP3 of Merlin Man’s Inbox Zero Talk @ Google
And from the Q & A session:
“Everytime you start worrying about taxonomy, do 3 tasks.”
For my money, that’s a fantastic information architecture tip.
Elsewhere
Wanted: An iTunes Alternative
iTunes just asked me if I wanted to update to v7.3.2. Knowing the update is to “improve stability and performance” of features I probably don’t use, I started thinking about my ideal media player.
Features of the iTunes alternative:
- Things it can do:
- Play mp3, aac, mov
- Create ‘smart’ playlists – based on multiple attributes of a file
- Create delete files from the library from playlists – ‘smart’ or otherwise
- Read and write files and their attributes on the iPod 1
- Applescriptable
- Special bonus points for being either: open source or having a price tag on it.
- Things it can’t:
- Play streaming audio
- Rip or burn CDs
- Sell music, movies, TV shows, or games
- Download and manage podcasts
1. including the Nike+iPod workout data, though a separate app would be better.
Monday, 6 August 2007
10mph at Lagoon Theater, Aug 14
Almost 2 months after watching 10mph via Netflix and reviewing it, I receive an invitation to the Mpls screening on Aug 15.
Kudos to Hunter and Josh for keeping the buzz going on their film.
On Knowing Your Filters’ Bias
Saturday, 4 August 2007
VillageFest 5k – 28:20
A light, refreshing rain started with the VillageFest 5k this morning. The course was a nice tour of the south-western corner of the Village, with a few more zigs and zags than I’d like.
Even in the rain, a few fellow citizens – including Jen and C – stood on the corners to cheer everyone on. Thank you and thanks to the police officers blocking street traffic for the duration of the race.
While the first 2ks went really well (4’48 k/mn & 5’02 respectively), I spent the third (5’30) struggling to find a pace. There was a golden retriever just ahead of me and we took the 4th k together (5’03), when he found a squirrel. I took that opportunity to shoot ahead finishing (5’03) with a sprint I didn’t know was left.
After that we all headed up to the community center for the pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, and the entire purpose of VillageFest – the helicopter ping pong ball drop.
Unfortunately, Bush is in town to checking out the remains of the 35W bridge. So, in addition to the increasing showers dampening the festivities, the Village airspace is restricted grounding the ball drop. Totally not worth having the POTUS in town.
What a bust.
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Along
“This is about me inviting you to follow me while I pursue a goal.” – Tim Coyne
Struck me as one of the nicest things to offer.