In the summer of 2011, my third child had just turned a year old. I was just beginning to feel reconnected with the world and something approximating normal. My business was having one of its best years, in no small part to my part-time assistant. Yet, despite the optimistic signs all around me – I …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
First World Problems Suck
A century ago, Suck.com defined good writing on the web: short sentences, self-deprecating humor via self-referential links, and the biting humor of a playful wolf pup. Thankfully someone’s brought that to 2012: Need a first-world problem solved?
Quick – Respond
“QR codes are a link. Plain and simple. Except they’re not plain and simple, they’re weird and complicated.” – Joel Marsh
Fermenting the Web
“The message is simple and exciting. When the time is right, a very small number of people with a clear vision can build something with huge impact. I’m not talking about making huge numbers show up in their bank accounts.” – Dave Winer (I like to think of this as fermentation)
Better
Something to Do With Our Pennies
Not (Yet) The Worst We’ll Do
“Did our high-frequency trading program have flaws that lead to our company losing 450 million dollars? (that is a tough one to beat, IMHO). Collect your own! It’s fun!” – Dan Milstein “Exactly. It’ll be like, ‘You thought *yesterday* was bad? Well, now you have a enormous metal chicken to deal with. Perspective. Now you …
Un-Eleven
It’s Actually a Trilby
Serpent
No matter how much I use [my iPad] to check email, surf the web, or tag photos on Facebook, I’m still gnawed at by a horrifying emptiness that no amount of fiddling with your magical gadget can fill. – Sam Weiner