I finished the first listen through the 2007 SXSW Showcasing Artist collection. 87 tracks made the cut to round 2. Just slightly better than Sturgeon’s Law. Round 2 is in progress.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Thank God
“The church I focus on in my article attracts 10,000 West Michigan suburbanites each Sunday. It meets in what used to be shopping mall. They’ve converted over the WHOLE MALL–with shops now serving as Sunday school classrooms and meeting spaces for events throughout the week.” – Zack Exley Deserted shopping malls and Super Wal-Marts are …
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:41:17 PM
“Garrick’s Army of Independent Bloggers ” – Dave Cecchi Crap. The word is getting out. Still, the cool thing is…some of you don’t even know you’re enlisted. 😉
Monday, March 12, 2007 2:19:18 PM
While I haven’t posted about it, the All-Star Amazing Race is well underway. Last night was the first evening this season I felt it was good and engaging. Uchenna and Joyce helped another team reach the pitstop to eliminate Rob and Amber. That’s how the Amazing Race is different. As I’ve mentioned many times before …
Stranger than Fiction: Best Movie by 13 Minutes
13 minutes in, I declared Stranger than Fiction the best movie I’ve seen in 2 years. A result of the crisp cinematography, the “Pop-up Video”-esque info-graphics, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-esque narration, a storyline in the vein of Being John Malcovich or Fight Club, and engaging performances by Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhall, and Emma …
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This Close to Unsubscribe All
“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 …
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 …