The current problems cannot be fixed by the behaviors, processes, and relationships that caused them. Not completely fixed is better than completely broken.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
12-Step Podcast Production Process
Recently, I realized how convoluted and complex the production process is for the First Crack Podcast. Now, the process doesn’t need to be this complex. Nor did it start out this way for me. This process was an evolution, developed as I discovered the weaknesses of the applications I’m using and how I’m using them. …
A Quick Reminder on Equivalent Power
Since finally listening to Dave Slusher’s the Human Touch presentation from the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘equivalent power’. The notion that if you want to rebut anything I write on any of my blogs, you can do so on your own blog or podcast. This is different than …
The Next Standard in Public Radio
When I started podcasting a year ago I was questioning Public Radio’s role in my life. The news and regular programs were no longer satisfying. Then they started the Current – kept me supporting them for a couple months. Then, it started to sound more like more of the same and hey, look, interesting stuff …
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 10
“Let’s just focus – we might have to eat some turtle.” This is the Big Catch Up we’ve missed the last couple of episodes. Detour: Pioneer Spirit or Native Tradition? We’re going for assembling the wagon wheels and horse team. I’m feeling like the horse team might not be _that_ much trouble. Buffalo Bill is …
Why Google Analytics Isn’t Useful
After a couple months of being completely without site analytics, I thought I’d try out Google Analytics. Things it doesn’t measure; RSS feeds, downloads, downloads from RSS feeds. Considering 95% of what I’m tracking is accessible via an RSS feed (like podcasts). Google isn’t helping me. The previous iteration of their tool – Urchin, was …
Tuesday’s Triple Play – Love Goes the Distance
Back when Jen and I were dating, I made a mix tape for her entitled ‘Breakup Song Not Included’ – I think it’s still around here somewhere too. She took one look at the track list and declared, “Everyone of these songs is a break up song.” She was right. And if you know who …
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Goodbye BlogDigger, Hello AmigoFish
There’s been a problem since the dawn of podcasting – how to find interesting, new things to listen to. For the past year, my strategy: subscribe to the notoriously noisy BlogDigger for say, a day or so then frantically unsubscribe – the phrase “drink from the firehose” seems appropriate here. Listen to everything over the …
Newborn Diaper Review
We started with a couple packages of Huggies newborn diapers. Worked well enough. Though odd things would happen – say, Cooper’s back would be wet. How’s that happen? I wrote it off to our model being slightly smaller than Huggies’ newborn model. Then we mixed in a couple packages of Pampers newborn diapers. Despite their …
How Your Minnesota Congressional Reps Voted
On a tip from Sam Buchanan, I put together MNRep, aggregating the votes of Minnesota’s Congressional Representatives from the Washington Posts’ Congress Votes Database. Quick and dirty. Probably a lot like the votes themselves. 😉