Just a few moments ago, I published my 114th First Crack Podcast.
I get the greatest sense of accomplishment and satisfaction out of that process (conducting an interview, editing, publishing).
It got me to thinking of the other electronic publishing I regularly do, and how they rank in sense of accomplishment/satisfaction
Not sure if there’s anything more profound in there, just where my head is at right now.
Twenty years ago, while BMX freestyle was a favorite hobby of mind, Kurt Schmidt rode for Haro Bikes. Then he co-founded the infamous Standard Bike Manufacturing.
He retells the story of:
Here’s a great timeline of Kurt’s BMX career.
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Mac Audio Tip: Garage Band imports at 44kHz. If your audio is 48kHz, import it to iTunes, and use iTunes adv Mac Audio Tip: Garage Band imports at 44kHz. If your audio is 48kHz, import it to iTunes, and use iTunes advanced import settings to convert the audio to 44kHz. Then, put the converted audio out of your iTunes library and into GarageBand. (Like podcasting didn’t have enough workarounds already)
Thanks to Chuck Olsen‘s video-journalism instincts, a small geeky rant was captured for posterity.
Elsewhere:
If you listen to the First Crack Podcast, you may remember in #112, Shef Otis was putting together some “Dadiator” classes.
They’re now on the calendar:
3 “Dadiator” Workshops held at the SweatShop, 2 hours on a Saturday afternoon. $20 per dad/kid pair.
I’m reading The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. While parallels with pre-1950s America are always tenuious, here’s a synopsis
A popular Democrat becomes President during one of the worst economic downturns in our nation’s history. He drives through some of the most dramatic legislation ever seen and creating departments compensating farmers to not bring food to market. US economy sputters throughout his term, waiting until the end of a yet to be fought war to recover.
Let’s hope tomorrows inauguration marks the beginning of America 3.0, not New Deal 2.0.
With apologies to Jessica Shaw’s Shaw Report in Entertainment Weekly
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Long time podcast friend Kris Smith and I dig into RSS in the Enterprise over at BlogTalkRadio.
Yes, we cover Cullect, relevance vs. timeliness, and trusted curators.
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I was just reading how to hack Mac OS X onto the cheap new netbooks. Buy step 4, the effort had already surpassed the price of a new Mac Book.
Shopping malls are the biggest advertisement for e-commerce.
Additionally, every aisle of warehouse stores (Costco, WalMart, Super Target, etc) is completely filled with opportunity cost.