“You might wonder why you subscribe to all of this information with no immediate context.” – Aaron Mentele The whole reason for the Feedseeder Project is that current feed readers aren’t cutting it and I don’t see them set up to change. I’ve talked about this is a number of posts. In fact, I actually …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:45:24 PM
Tonight, I hacked together the First Crack Conversation Map. Now when you visit your favorite Dunn Brothers, you can listen to a podcast recorded there.
First Crack 97. Dan Haugen on Northeast Beat and Hyperlocal Journalism
Dan Haugen and I talk about Northeast Beat, his citizen journalism project covering my favorite part of Minneapolis, and hyperlocal journalism. Listen to Dan Haugen on Northeast Beat and Hyperlocal Journalism [14 min].
Friday, March 9, 2007 4:53:15 PM
160 songs to go in my SXSW 2007 Unlistened Songs playlist. Should have some picks for you in the next couple of days.
Amazon Unbox + Tivo vs. Netflix
Yesterday on a whim, I connected baby Tivo to Amazon’s Unbox service…the things I’ll do for $15. Unlike Tim, I haven’t purchased or rented anything, yet. While the prices are competitive (and more convenient) than purchasing DVDs it isn’t that competitive against our Netflix subscription ($15/month/rental vs. $18/month ). I see Amazon + Tivo perfect …
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12:36 PM
“Targetron” – I’m guessing the dress code doesn’t help this stereotype.
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:38:44 PM
GodTube: Baby got Bible. I’m stunned. More stunned than I was all the way through Borat. Um, ‘thanks’ Rex.
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:06:15 PM
Project Idea: a site that reviews and analyzes ‘terms of service’ agreements and ‘privacy policies’ and presents them in an visually skim-able way, a la Creative Commons licenses UPDATE 20 March 2007 I just picked up slareporter.com with this in mind.
The Future of Hiring
“I want to see evidence of video and audio skills. I want to see evidence of familiarity with CSS, RSS, HTML and every other acronym of new media. I want people who live online, consume content on mobile devices, use social-bookmarking tools and participate in Web communities. I want people who don’t think they need …
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:33:43 AM
I wasn’t getting the upload speeds I was expecting. Not by a long shot. After troubleshooting the dsl line and the modem itself, the Speakeasy rep and I determined the Linksys WRT54G router was the issue. Upgrading the firmware to v4.21.1 didn’t improve anything. Then, after poking around the router’s admin settings, I found the …