I predict in 2 years, Apple will start shipping computers lacking CD/DVD drives. Why Apple? They were the first to drop 3.5″ floppy drives, Zip drives, and modems. So, how will big, heavy software installs (like OS’s) be shipped? I’m thinking USB flash drives or network connections. What else is the .Mac storage and a …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Yes, A Juicy Lucy Is All That
When Jen asked me to pick up cheese for burgers tonight, it wasn’t on my mind at all. At some point, I was inspired. Perhaps Scott and Dave‘s quest finally got to me. Before I knew it, there was two slices of medium cheddar between two quarter pound patties squeezed together and slapped on the …
Tuesday Triple Play – Kids Will Change the World, Curses
Nutopia from Meg Lee Chin’s Junkies and Snakes (megleechin.com) For the Kids from High Speed Scene‘s self-titled album (thehighspeedscene.com) Flowers are Pretty from the Vandals’ Look What I Almost Stepped In
What if Your Customers Took Over Your Company’s Blog?
The Work Better Weblog is 2 years old this month. To celebrate, I’m starting an experiment in multi-author business blogs, community-building, and transparency – each Working Pathways client gets posting access. That’s right – if you’ve hired Working Pathways, you automatically receive a login and password to publish whatever you’d like to the Work Better …
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First Crack 69. Garrick Talks About Attention, Advertising, and Interruptions
Just me today to kicking off the new year with a new mic – Sennheiser e816S, a simplified production process, and a glass of Armagnac. Things on my mind: Cooper’s crying is like interruption-based advertising is like a Vonnegat story. Distribution is Advertising. Removing distraction for the New Year; moving status indicators to my dashboard …
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Reasons To Not Listen To Coldplay
Fresh off the Sony rootkit fiasco, EMI/Virgin Records has commanded that no one listen to the new Coldplay album – but they won’t tell you that until after you’ve given them money. “This CD can’t be burnt onto a CD or hard disc, nor can it be converted to an MP3” and “This CD may …
New Years Productivity Tip – Removing On-Screen Distraction
While getting a few things done this holiday season I paid special attention to what was keeping me from staying focused, on-task. To kick this year off right, I’ve made some dramatic changes to my OS X desktop. From the menu bar, I’ve removed applications that change just enough to distract me. Including: clock (replaced …
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TiVo’s Future is in Videoblogs Not in Network Television
We’ve been a TiVo household for about a month now. Excellent service, I’m glad we got it. What we don’t have is a satellite or cable service. As I mentioned on my other blog, this omission is very challenging for TiVo. To me, the most interesting television isn’t on television. It’s the videoblogs or video …
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Blogging – Your Business’ Back Porch
Yesterday, I had a great conversation with Matt and Jon about the benefits blogging for business. Out of it Matt brought up the very attractive ‘blogging as business backporch’ metaphor. I’ll attempt to paraphrase: Let’s say a business is a house, and the website is it’s front door – the formal method of greeting visitors …
Sorry About The Conversation Happening Without Me
On a happy note, this post means the migration to WordPress 2.0 is complete. On an apologetic note, I’d like to apologize to everyone who has left a comment that completely got lost in the overly aggressive spam filter. Scott McGerik, Dave, and anyone asking questions about the plugins – sorry for not responding. I …
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