The first two posts I read in the news reader this morning were on cooperation. Both with the same “conflict is generally unnecessary” point. I thought you’d enjoy. “…cooperation is the norm, it’s conflict that needs to be explained.” – Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution “…everyone in the organization that wants customers on a regular …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
An Emotion Connection Tells Us What Matters
In Newsweek’s cover story “Reading Your Baby’s Mind” on baby’s brain development, new research is profiled into the “babies learn foreign languages easily” phenomenon. The research states, a baby can easily learn a second language easily only if the secondary language is spoken by someone the baby has an emotional connection with. “…without the emotional …
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First Crack 55. The Wall Art Demo with Jen
Get your Trading Spaces and HGTV fix in the first First Craft video-cast. Jen walks you through how to make your walls more interesting with a few inexpensive, blank, pre-stretched canvases and some stylish wrapping papers. Watch the Wall Art Demo with Jen [17 min]
CollegeRecruiter.com is Podcasting
Over the weekend we set up and launched the CollegeRecruiter.com podcast using BetDirCaster. Integration into their existing site went quickly. More quickly than I anticipated. I’m excited about podcasts like this; timeless information to a niche audience in 10 minutes or less. This also gave me an opportunity to tweak BetDirCaster. It now; formats the …
Yes, We Value Your Attention. Thanks.
“Working Pathways Work Better Weblog will adhere to the principles of the Attention Trust.”
Where Everyone Prefers Your Name
I’ve been a customer at RCU for as long as I can remember. For all those years, our relationship has been just as I like my relationships with financial institutions – uneventful. They’re upgrading their system and sent out a letter alerting customers to the changes they might be expect and when to expect them. …
Yes Dave, Light Roasts Have More Caffeine
“File this under unconfirmed but curious factoids. I heard, in a Toronto coffee shop, that mild coffee actually has more caffeine than the strong stuff” – Dave Winer “A dark roast increases body and decreases both acidity and caffeine. A light roast has less body, but higher acidity and caffeine.”
What’s Your Favorite Open Source Project?
Hello gentle reader, I’m looking for your favorite open source projects; applications, websites, services. If the code is available for free and you’re a big fan, throw them in the comments. I’ll start: WordPress – weblog engine and content management system Ruby on Rails – web application framework CocoaMySQL – OS X desktop MySQL database …
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Garrick is Asked the Uncomfortable Questions
While you’re patiently waiting for the next First Crack podcast, you can listen to me on the other side of the interview table answering the big ‘why are we here’ questions in Sue Grandys’ Uncomfortable Questions. My goal with the First Crack podcast is to average one conversation a week. I know it’s been quiet …
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Why Google AdSense Doesn’t Work
For a while now, Dave Slusher hasn’t been happy with “dead fish” performance of Google AdSense on his site. We pulled AdSense off MNteractive.com months and months ago because of the same problems. I haven’t even considered looking back. I believe Jim Cuene and I hit on the crux of the problem this morning; Google …