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Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Garrick Talking to MACTA About Podcasting
Oh, sorry I forgot to tell you, in just about 9 hours I’ll be speaking on a panel at the Minnesota Association of Community Telecommunications Administrators‘ annual conference. General Session – IP Enabled Services “The internet has catapulted a plethora of innovations in communications. It will continue to be an exciting ride both in technology …
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Amazing Race 8 – Episode 5
“I’m so excited we’re getting out of the country.” Yeah, me too. What fun is the Amazing Race if you’re only touring the east coast (midwest *cough* midwest). Then again, the Amazing Race producers have double the people this season – so much higher airfare costs. But here’s the real reason families haven’t left the …
On Weblogs, Product Placement Worth More Than Banner Ads
Yesterday, A List Apart, Signal vs. Noise and Coudal announced a new ad network in the vein of John Grubers’ Daring Fireball sponsorhip model. Limited capacity, reasonable rates, blah, blah. Yes, all 4 of these blogs are extremely popular, and I can’t say enough good things about Daring Fireball. John is frank, curt, and snide …
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Tuesday’s Triple Play – California
This week’s triple play goes out to all the lost California Dreams. California Part 2 from Gentle Readers’ HiHoney California from Wax’ 13 Unlucky Numbers Killafornia from The Transplants’ Haunted Cities
Why Conferences Should Be Free
Earlier this week, Lori and I were talking about the crazy $500-$1,000+ ticket prices for industry conferences. Considering the you’d have to block the time off your calendar, close up the shop, and book travel, the additional admission cost seems like a good way to artificially prevent people from showing up. At every professional-related meeting …
Web 2.0 is a Second Chance At Fulfilling the Web’s Promise
The promise of the web has always been frictionless communication, ease, speed, and joy. Yes, the term “Web 2.0” is “a big, vague, nebulous cloud of pure architectural nothingness”. The lack of it’s specificity is a problem. I’ve also heard the cynical: “Web 2.0 is Javascript.” Five years ago web developers failed at fulfilling the …
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This Blog Isn’t Paying My Mortgage…Yet
We didn’t win the lottery last night. Thankfully, Tim from Winecast sent over the How Much is Your Blog Worth calculator based on the AOL-Weblogs, Inc deal. Looks like I’m well on my way to easy street…as long as I keep typing…..must keep typing….fingers burn…must keep typing… $57,018.54 – GarrickVanBuren.com $ 6,774.48 – FirstCrackPodcast.com – …
Podcasting the MIMA Summit 2005
Next Wednesday, October 26th, Working Pathways will be podcasting the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association 2005 Summit. As always, I expect it to be one of the best interactive conferences of the year. Lots of great, practical, conversations; including Laurie Blum from Best Buy and Shar Vanboskrik from Forrester. If you’re there, stop by and introduce …
Lori’s 17-inch Laptop Diaper Bag Coolest Messenger Bag Yet
If you follow the First Crack Podcast, you know I have a couple of laptop bags, both with their strengths and weaknesses. Neither bag is perfect, and there aren’t that many bags available for a 17″ Powerbook. This summer, Jen and I were on a similar quest for a stylish diaper bag. Best we could …
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