About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Steve is wondering how to break through the din of our post-scarcity world. I see the lowering of the barriers to publishing very much an opportunity. An opportunity to move faster, publish faster, and continue to lower the barriers for getting interesting applications out to the world. Evan says this is Obvious. The photo Steve …
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I’ve been doing a little climbing on my family tree this week. While there’s still many bits I’d like to confirm and make more complete. I’m pleasantly surprised to find I trace the Van Buren name 330 years with free search tools like rootsweb.com. I predict 2 generations further will put me in Buren. 😉
So, despite your better judgement you got involved in a workplace romance. Now you’re no longer crazy about your colleague or the job. Time to move on. A song for you: The Gentle Readers – Last Day at the Office A song for your other: Jeremy Messersmiths – Day Job
On my daily walk last night, I saw a campaign sign for the Independent candidate running in the 5th Congressional District. Odd, I thought this race was a foregone conclusion. Then I find this bit from Mark over at Norwegianity: “..the Cities hoi polloi desperately don’t want Ellison in Congress. He doesn’t owe them squat, …
A Brief Reading on the Death of Margaret Wilson (1647-1685) by her many-many-greats grandson Listen to Wrong Side of the Family #1 – The Death of Margaret Wilson [5 min]
It’s great that Andrew got on my TiVo, great that he’s on phones, getting the traditional media comfortable with alternative distribution methods. Andrew deserves our thanks for going down this road (it’s not one that sounds like fun to me). To his credit, I can’t tell the difference between RocketBoom and the news from local …
Sure, I’ve probably said this about ever Aaron Sorkin production…save West Wing (it just didn’t click with me). The writing in all his programs is superb, the characters – real, the situations – idealized without being unrealistic, drama without cheese or melodarama. Life. Though, if history is any indication – Studio 60 won’t be on …
Ben has some recommendations for wordpress publishers using the Hemingway theme (like I am of this writing). While I agree with some of his suggestions – the undercurrent of the entire discussion is that visual presentation doesn’t really matter – let alone main pages. Search engines shouldn’t index the main page of a blog (cause …
A short story about rural junior high basketball players passing time between games. Listen to Unincorporated #2 – The High Point [12 min] UPDATE: I just got an email claiming responsibility for inventing High Point. Made me smile.
“NBC’s decision to stop putting quality, scripted shows on in the 8 o’clock hour is the pathetic and cynical act of a loser.” – Jeff Jarvis Not that I know what any TV broadcaster has on at 8 o’clock anymore anyway – even TiVo is having a hard time keeping track.