Monthly Archives: May 2012
Salve
Inbox 7
I just returned from 4 days in Minnesota’s northwoods. Completely disconnected. The only things I took with me; water bottle, a couple days change of clothes, my notecards, and my wallet. I hiked waterfalls, scrambled across rocky beaches, and fell asleep to flickering fires. I pondered living in a lighthouse. Hiking a hundred vertical feet …
EyeballBook
Facebook currently derives 82 percent of its revenue from advertising. Most of that is the desultory ticky-tacky kind that litters the right side of people’s Facebook profiles. Some is the kind of sponsorship that promises users further social relationships with companies: a kind of marketing that General Motors just announced it would no longer buy. …
Chase that Happy
John Cleese on Creativity
“…You have to create some space for yourself away from [your usual] demands. That means sealing yourself off…” – John Cleese
Video of the HTTP Status Presentation I Co-led with Jamie Thingelstad @ Minnebar 2012
In this session Jamie and I quickly go over every HTTP status code, what it is for, why you use it, etc. More on the Minnestar Wiki
Hemel & Aarde von Brouwerji De Molen
Tonight, I stopped by The Four Firkins to meet Nick Anderson from Rush River. I quite enjoyed hearing the story of Rush River – and the challenges they’re having keeping up with the demand for their beer (there’s a reason their Unforgiven and ÜberAlt are #1 & #2 on my all-time beers list). On the …