I’m writing this from the wonderful, artful park a couple miles north of my house. It’s close enough that I could – and really should – spend a little bit of everyday here. Yet, this is the first time in more than a year I headed up here alone to work. In college I knew …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Change Obeys Sturgeon’s Law
Seef
You should still try it. It’s refreshing and light. The Four Firkins carries it.
What Do the Neighbors Think?
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” – Niels Bohr
Thanks to Jim Bernard for inspiring this comic.
Like Recycling
Kevin Morris today: “Say hello to the new Facebook. You won’t find many people here. But you will find a lot of trash.” – Kevin Morris My comic from a year ago:
Things I Assumed I Needed to Start a Consulting Business
Days into starting my own business, I sat down at my newly acquired desk and wrote down a list of things. Things I assumed I needed to purchase immediately to be in business. While I lost the list at some point in the past decade, I remember three things about it; it totaled more than …
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Googgle
noun Slang. Google Glass(es) Slang. A person wearing Google Glass(es)
E-Book Journalism: A Discussion on Delivering News via Digital Books
On Wednesday, May 15, 6:30pm, at the Loft Literary Center I’ll be joining Kaeti Hink, Steve Laliberte, Kate Parry, and Dan Haugen on panel discussing e-books and how journalists can leverage them for longer form, in-depth work. It’s a free event open to the public sponsored by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists. See you …
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better than I can skeu it
“But when skeuomorphs get in the way of how we actually use something or build something, they demonstrate a lack of imagination or even cowardice on the part of the designer.…Yes, it’s far easier to get understanding or buy in quickly (from investors, in-laws and users) when you take the shortcut of making your digital …