There are two semantic phenomena made prominent with the advent of tagging: We use related words to describe a concept wrapped in a point-of-view. If memory serves, in his Ontology is Overrated presentation Clay Shirky uses “film”, “movies”, and “cinema” as an example. Each of these words describes similar, but different things. We use the …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
David Newberger Asked Me 10 Questions About Blogs
This morning, David Newberger posted 10 Questions with Garrick Van Buren on Blogging. It’s a real good overview of my history with weblogs and where I think their power lay. Thanks David, and nice to be included in a list with great minds like; Dan Gillmor, Robert Scoble, and Doc Searls.
What I Want from Diapers – At a Glance Color Indicators
There are a number of indicators to determine if Cooper’s diaper needs a changing: Is he screaming? Does the front of the diaper feel and look full? Are his clothing, blankets, or crib wet? As you can see, all the items in this list are what economists call lagging indicators. In addition, two of them …
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PodcastMN Aggregator Source Updated
I just updated the PodcastMN aggregator source code. New features include; Config file as a central location for all settings Creates html, rss, opml, m3u, and xspf files RSS file includes some iTunes podcast tags Includes the del.icio.us playtagger baked-in As always, you can see it in action at PodcastMN
What To Do with 10 Sears Ads?
Sunday Star Tribune seemed a little heavy for a boring, post-holiday, January weekend. As I culled out the handful of things I actually care about; comics big box electronics ads “signature” – maybe there’s something interesting this week “money + business” – maybe there’s something interesting this week the Satellite radio article in “arts & …
Radio’s Age of Desperation
Stern finally moves to satellite radio on Monday and I was reminded in the Neal Justin’s The New Golden Age of Radio. Problem is….satellite radio is boring (coincidently, Sterns departure makes the FM dial even more boring). Removing the regional limits of the FM dial is something Clear Channel has already been doing for years. …
Disc Drives to Go the Way of Disc Drives
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 …
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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