Tonight, PodcastMN was at the Acadia Cafe for the inaugural PodcastMN Live to Hard Drive event. The line up included: Mostly Trivial with Johnee Bee Winecast with Tim Elliott (Winecast 66) Klingon Word from the Word with Joel Anderson (‘Amen’ – Live) Creot Radio with Alissa Barthel Cinema Playground with James Gagliardi (Cinema Rant Screen …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Don Norman – ‘User’ is Derogatory
“Psychologists depersonalize the people they study by calling them ‘subjects.’ We depersonalize the people we study by calling them ‘users.’ Both terms are derogatory. They take us away from our primary mission: to help people.” – Don Norman Individuals. All of us. Alone together. Even though we hide behind organizations, keyboards, and words – we’re …
First Crack 81. Omar Ansari Talks Surly Beer
Fewer than 6 months after seling the first keg of Surly Beer, Omar Ansari and I talk about starting a microbrewery in Minnesota. He shares the challenges of finding brewing equipment, zoning, and getting Surly into local bars and restaurants. We also do a live tasting of Surly’s new Belgian Saison-esque CynicAle Listen to Omar …
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Friday is Demo Day
Just heard sometime on Friday our old house will be demolished. Good thing too, we’re pretty sure the place has gone feral since we left.
Thankfully, A Day Late
Lunch today cost just under $7. Good thing it wasn’t yesterday, I wouldn’t been spooked..just a little.
Abstruse, I Am
My preferences over at AmigoFish were described as ‘abstruse’ (difficult to comprehend) the other day. Good word and much nicer than, say, ‘hyper-critical’. In an effort to provide some clarity, here are a few notes on what I’m looking for in (video) podcast-land. Podcasts in General Enthusiasm and constructiveness. 2-3 people having an intelligent conversation …
Maybe It’s a Sign
I’m writing this from a panel discussion for Twin Cities artists on building out a music career. An hour and 15 minutes into it, a question from the audience started out: “We haven’t talked a lot about making records…” I chuckled. Aside from the bits about making sure you’ve correctly setup a small business – …
Northern Exposure is Identity
We’re working through Season 3: Disc 5 of Northern Exposure (specifically My Sister, My Mother). In it, we find a nameless baby, Adam riding a roller coaster of emotions, and Shelly’s mom pretending to be her sister. Add these story-lines to the series’ general fish-outta-water-ness and there’s a lot of identity theory – Jewish or …
Hollywood Video in the Local Supermarket
Ran up to the local Cub Foods for a last minute dinner item this evening and snapped the above photo of the new Hollywood Video Express Kiosk over in a part of the store I never go to (Sturgeon’s Revelation frequently comes to mind while I’m grocery shopping). I found two things interesting about this …
Small MacBook Pro Joys
After living with a 17″ MacBook Pro for a couple weeks, there’s a couple things I’ve been pleasantly surprised with: MagSafe magnetic power connectorConnecting the power cord takes far less precise alignment than before. Get the connector near the socket and it’s magnetically pulled in. Small joys. Horizontal scrolling trackpadNo, I probably won’t be complaining …