About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Chrono Cracker wrote up his wishes for a browser-based feed reader, and since I’m working on one, I thought I’d respond with my own 25 cents. Automatic Feed FindingYea, I agree – typing in fewer characters rules. Still seems like needing to type a URL in the first place is a workaround. Rate the PostI’ve …
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Some how, early last month, Tivo found a Saturday Night Live from 1989 and obediently recorded it. Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller (does the map behind him remind you of Rocketboom?), Al Franken’s one-man mobile uplink (early video-blogger?). This is the SNL I caught on satellite TV working late as a farmhand. Low budget effects, talent …
David Newberger and I talk about CDATimes.com and his experience building online communities for Native American citizen journalists thousands of miles away from the tribe he belongs to. Listen to David Newberger on Building Native American Citizen Journalism [31 min]
My 6+ year-old DSL modem is not longer serving faithfully. Yesterday, round dinner time, it stopped. Everything. The kind folks at Speakeasy.net are sending over a replacement, but until then…..I’m bouncing around local coffee shops for access. Ok – DSL is back, looks like it was something wrong with the line itself…but it’s hard to …
On my daily walk this evening, I noticed a coffee shop here in St. Anthony Village was no longer. Based on the emptiness on the other side of the windows, it’s been a while since they left. While it’s always sad to see small, local, non-franchise, non-chain, coffee shops close – it’s also sad to …
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I’m a big fan of storms. Everything falls away with a severe storm, summer or winter. Storms simplify. Since I haven’t directly experienced anything more severe than a mild tornado, maybe I’m talking about midwestern storms here – crazy lightening, heavy rainfall, flash flooding, a couple feet of snow, nasty winds, things safely enjoyed in …
Whether it be petting giant ducks or something otherwise morally ambiguous, Ze Frank’s take on travel icons (like these) is hi-larious. If you’re at work, might I recommend some headphones? Especially in The Show with Ze Frank July 26, 2006.
I’ve been thinking about “freemium” – Fred Wilson’s Favorite Business Model the last couple days, and sketched up where the boundaries feel right for me. How do these feel to you? Jason Fried on freemium-ish.
Earlier this year, Nielsen Analytics surveyed a bunch of people in Las Vegas and found 102 people that described themselves as ‘regular podcast listeners’. Thankfully, those 102 (77 men / 35 women) represented. Some interesting bits 61 people (50 men / 11 women) said they “always fast forward” advertisements The survey found that the average …
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Yesterday, I did a good amount of thinking about the registration model of the T-minus aggregator project. At this point, I’m confident that a good portion of the service will be free and without registration. This was confirmed when I went to check out the Technorati redesign this morning and neither the site nor my …