“I’m thinking that there is something inherently subordinate to the term ‘user’” – Prof Mary Wong. via Doc Searls The term “user” has bugged me since I worked at “HannaHodge: User Experience Architects” 8 years back. A couple Octobers back, in First Crack #2 [mp3], I declared “There are no users”. “‘User’ is a term …
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Twitter Tools Test
so this is a test of Alex Kings Twitter Tools: post to tweet.
There’s Lots of ‘Un-Interviews’ here ;)
“I listened to a fascinating interview on the radio the other day. What made it fascinating was that the interviewer’s voice, and questions, had been entirely edited out. What you heard was a very eloquent explanation of a difficult topic, in which the questions were tacit, unheard. Compared to most radio articles, op-eds and even …
Off Balance
Focusing on the trade deficit encourages the implementation of poorly designed protectionist policies that will only serve to undermine the American and global economies in the long run.” – Pejman Yousefzadeh via Ben At a micro level, tracking the trade deficit is like tracking a grocery imbalance with your local supermarket.
Monday, March 19, 2007 4:16:45 PM
Alex King just released Twitter Tools – a WordPress plugin that among other things updates Twitter when a new post is published. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Alex
Monday, March 19, 2007 12:20:48 PM
a test of simultaneous publishing to garrickvanburen.com and twitter.
Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:10:45 PM
Congrats to Mike on passing the Ham Radio license test.
First Crack 98. I Drink Coffee From a Cat’s Butt
“It really does taste different: musty, heavy, rich, strangely complex. Hints of chocolate, old wood, hazelnut. Fresh out of the roaster, it smelled a bit like a newborn baby’s urine.” – Sam Buchanan On the first nice Saturday of the year, Sam Buchanan and I met at Coffee and Tea Ltd for a $10 cup …
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AppleScript: Create M3U file from iTunes Playlist
After Peter‘s request for a ‘play all’ in the SXSW pick list, I whipped up this Applescript that creates a .m3u, streaming playlist, file using TextMate. The toughest part was translating iTunes’ MM:SS formatted track time into seconds for M3U. MakeM3UFromiTunesPlaylistInTextMate.scpt
Garrick’s 80 SXSW 2007 Showcasing Artist Picks
When I started listening exactly 3 weeks ago, I was tossing out so many songs, I started wondering if there was anything fun and interesting in the 739 tracks. In fact, true to Sturgeon’s Law, 89% of the tracks didn’t do anything for me. Follows are the 80 tracks that, listen after listen, both pulled …
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