About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
AmigoFish is getting really smart.
Despite my continual declarations that I’m not interested in fiction, science or otherwise, The Fish sent over Rick Kleffel’s fantastic conversation with Cory Doctorow on our post-scarcity society [MP3].
It’s the most recent addition to the Garrick’s Podcast Picks list.
PopSci Podcast #14: Jonathan Coulton asks Bruce Schneier about the risks of snakes on a plane.
When I drew this up earlier this today, all I had was a sentiment. Nothing in the way of an explanation – though, I suspect you know which side of the cartoon I fall on. Since then, this tasty bit rolled through the attention stream: “I don’t think totally free is good for anyone. It …
I had a very strange conversation earlier this week. On the other side of the table was someone trying to figure out how to use local weblogs and podcasts to build pre-release buzz for a movie no one’s seen yet. If we assume this site and other bloggy publications are extensions of our everyday word-o-mouth, …
Rich Huelskamp built a 100% off-grid, renewable-energy home down in Red Wing, MN. He and I talk about how he got his home down from the average 25kWh/day to 6. Along the way, he goes through the steps to making a urban/suburban home more efficient. If you’re looking to replace your home’s appliances, Rich recommends …
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“Airport security is the last line of defense, and not a very good one at that. Sure, it’ll catch the sloppy and the stupid — and that’s a good enough reason not to do away with it entirely — but it won’t catch a well-planned plot. We can’t keep weapons out of prisons 1; we …
This means the heavy lifting of moving garrickvanburen.com to a new server, and the firstcrackpodcast to it’s own domain is complete (finally). If anythings not working as expected, please drop me a line. Thanks. Two things I’ve noticed already: The forums haven’t migrated yet, I thought I’d take this opportunity to try and solve the …
After years of using Apple’s Stickies as my standard To Do list organizer, I’m a month into an entirely new productivity system. It’s working out pretty well. With David Allen’s Getting Things Done as a foundation, here are the modifications I’ve made: Next Actions:This is a stack of index cards. One thing per card – …
As part of my ongoing effort to highlight Minnesota-based internet startups, Chris Dykstra and I talk about the strengths and weakness of various social networks (evite, yahoo groups, meetup, linkedin), and how his Zanby is aiming to solve them. Namely – how a single person easily manage dozen of disparate and related groups. Listen to …
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