As many photos we take of the little guy, none of them capture his laugh. As many times I try to record his laugh, it never captures the joy in his eye. Handing him the phone to talk with Grandma is the surest way to make stop talking. I have a memory of playing with …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Rediscover Your iTunes Library with Tangerine
Like everyone else, my podcast listening (and publishing) has an inverse relationship to how busy I am at work. I’ve cut back to only the gPod – bookending the day – with music in the middle. A couple weeks back, I found Potion Factory’s Tangerine, a great little app that generates iTunes playlist based on …
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Absolute Thanks
Friend of the podcast Sam Buchanan reminded me the First Crack Podcast got a mention in George Colombo‘s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting. Screenshot too. In the section on the benefits of using a weblog engine for handling listener comments and such. Thanks again George.
VRooooM
“We’re talking about relieving vendors of the need to do complex guesswork about what customers want…We’re talking about flattening the power relationships between vendors and customers, for the good of both.” – Doc Searls
The Only Time News Happens
“We only offer content* at 6:00-6:30 p.m” – Rex Sortgatz Ha! * blacklisted buzzword
Joe Urban on Denver’s Public Transit
“The bottom line is that good transit is frequent, affordable, easy to use and takes you where you want to go.” – Sam Newberg Sam really likes Denver. Unlike some other friends of mine. Personally, I’ve never been. Just around. Airport, Boulder, Broomfield. Though I’m always happy to hear when public transit works. I’m optimistic, …
Doc and Hugh, To the Rescue
Because I’m such a Doc Searls and Hugh MacLeod fan, I re-subscribed to a podcast I long ago dismissed (only because I couldn’t download the individual files from the podsh** website.) Looks like I’m not the only one regretting this decision: “Attention Doc Searls: if you ever create your own podcast, please let us know. …
In Need of a Rural Internet-ification Administration
This country is vast. “Miles and miles of little more than telephone line”, I wrote last summer after half-cross country road trip. The costs of providing and maintaining that infrastructure miles and miles between neighbors is baffling to me. Let along the fact we electrified the cornfields 70 years ago. But, unlike energy – we …
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Measuring What You Can’t Automate
“[I] think how much better it would be if we could just measure how much people care.” – Dave Slusher Like Dave, I don’t understand the fascination with measuring downloads. Well, I take that back – I understand it for producers trying to woo advertisers. I don’t understand why advertisers would want to base their …
Monetizing Robots, Duckies, and Amanda
Modern day troubadour Jonathan Coulton is the latest cult-of-personality on Ze Frank‘s GimmeSomeCandy micropayment platform. In related news – Amanda Congdon announced new projects with ABC News and HBO. Duckies, robots, and bananas for everyone!