Back in May, Barry Ritholtz bet James Pethokoukis that we are in a recession. From my view and the numbers I’ve seen, the downturn is concentrated in the housing sector. A good thing. Unfortunately, housing is a huge percentage of our overall GDP and it completely collapsed. Reminds me of early 2001, when the tech …
Monthly Archives: June 2008
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.” …
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Twitter: Build a Revenue Stream on Dunbar’s Number
The problem with many of the suggestions on how Twitter should charge1,2,3 is they put the emphasis on the wrong problem. The problem isn’t on the publication side (number of ‘tweets’ written by any individual), it’s on the distribution side (delivering the ‘tweets’ to their ‘followers’). A simple equation to understand this ‘spew’ problem. Message …
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Twitter Bingo
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In the Twucket
Aaron Fruit pointed me to a screenshot of Rebisoft‘s new Twitter client, Twucket. Yes, in fact, the purple arrow with the caption, “Click a user’s image to open their Twitter page…” points right at my chin. er did. Neat. I’m even happier they caught me writing about Cullect. UPDATE: According to J, Rebisoft updated their …
Going Down Market
Some interesting graphs from intrade. Chances the US Economy will go into Recession during 2008 Down to 32 from a high of 79. Chances Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2008 Down to 3.0 from a high of 75
Tweet Up with Jon Gordon, Happy Gnome, 5pm+, June 9 2008
Jon Gordon from APM’s Future Tense will be in the Twin Cities for a few days next week. If you want to say ‘Hi’ and your golf game isn’t what it could be, come by the Happy Gnome sometime after 5pm on Monday June 9 and grab a pint of Bender or Bubble Jack. Should …
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Fermenting: Lefse Blonde
I bottled up the Hefeweisen on Saturday, and after cleaning everything up, the carboy looked so empty and alone. So, Sunday night, I brewed up a batch of Northern Brewer‘s Lefse Blonde (equiv. to a Belgian Abbey Blonde Ale yummmm). Watching the fermenters boil (6lbs of Bliess Pilsen malt extract and 1lb of soft Blond …
Podcasting is My Co-Pilot
I’ve been making regular trips across the metro lately, the time in the car and all the road construction detours are perfect for podcast listening. Via a recommendation from Dean Allen, I grabbed Stephen Fry’s Podgrams. I quite enjoy all Fry’s work, from Jeeves & Wooster though to his appearances on Bones1. His podgrams are …
Project Launch: Sun Support Center
I just got word the new Sun Support Center launched. This was one of the first information architecture projects I worked on after returning from leave earlier this year. A couple of things I like about how it turned out: It brings /support inline with the templates used for /products, /services, and /solutions. There’s a …