About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Donavan Hall recently said some very nice things about the First Crack Podcast in his Daily Catch podcast. (After popping by and saying ‘thanks’ last fall, this episode finally came up on shuffle.) He covers the new Dr. Who in the same episode and talks about some of the same issues I have with the …
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I’m taking a week off of active programming to focus on better understanding 3 aspects of Rails development I’ve been wistfully ignoring: Migrations, Testing, and Deployment. There’s a tiny, fun little project I’m using as the venue for these subjects. One week from today (May 1) is what I’m giving myself on this effort. Any …
I’m finally getting around to listening to the sessions I missed at last fall’s Podcast and Portable Media Expo. While there, all the sessions felt like we were prepping for a boom. Everyone looking for how to hit the mother lode. Seven months later, listening to the sessions, that suspicion is confirmed. The tone, pitch, …
I had a great conversation with Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson this weekend at MinneBar, we started talking about the early days of podcasting and how Tim and I both saw podcasting as a farm league for broadcast radio in general – and public radio in particular. The problem is by the time those institutions …
Reminder: Twitter isn’t IM in the same way RSS isn’t email.
A fun game I play with Google….when ever GOOG remembers who I am, I sign out. Back story: Steve Borsch – Google Web History, Rex Hammock – Google now has my attention.
“After New Orleans, the people in Baghdad said, ‘Oh, now I get it.’” – Thomas P. M. Barnett I’m 2/3 of the way through the presentation, and it just keeps getting better.
Russ Roberts’ EconTalk is consistently interesting and engaging podcast covering economics as a perspective and a practice. I spent the first half of this week listening to his hour long conversation with colleague Don Boudreaux on the economics of buying local for the sake of buying local. Boudreaux and Roberts expand on many of the …
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This is a test of posting through the feedseeder project. Something I’ll be demo-ing @ Minnebar, check the schedule for when. MinneBar 07 Schedule Is Out – J Wynia Update: “…or an information architect saying things like the browser is dead, I’m looking forward to catching up on your version of crazy.” – Aaron Mentele …
Best quote I read this week: “…say that someone has created a special replicating machine that allows you to replicate the style of anyone’s underwear that you like. That’s what’s happening.” – Mike, Techdirt