Beer: Jamie – Bakken Bock, Garrick – Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale 2013 (BCJP Style Guidelines – American Barleywine) Sam Adams’ Triple Bock (
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Daily Reality Continued
“The alternative to the feckless to-do list is what I call ‘living in your calendar.’ That means taking your tasks off the to-do list, estimating how much time each of them will consume, and transferring them to your calendar.” – Daniel Markovitz I’ve been ‘living in my calendar’ for 18 months now – since I …
The Open Web Needs Us
“We need to make it always-easier for people to own and run their own infrastructure. People think it’s hard, but it doesn’t have to be! Each of us can have the equiv of a printing plant, that’s the magic of tech. No harder to keep running than a laptop. To those people in tech who …
“Sometimes design is premature optimization”
“This happens when the complexity of building out the design is greater than the certainty that it’s the right design.” -destraynor This is why I don’t stress out about visual design – any more. Product design – yes, visual design – no. Too often I’ve seen visual design stall, distract, and diffuse product design questions.
Someone Else’s Algorithm
According to the majority of apparel retailers my body is shaped in a way they don’t expect. A little slimmer here and a little longer there puts me between sizes. For may years, it was so rare to find clothing that actually fit – that I forget what sizes I was even looking for. And …
I really need a mapping project
Between a great write up on how to build your own mapping service and the St. Louis Fed releasing a free MS Excel Add-in for their 30,000 data sets I’m itching to hack around on some maps.
No Sign of Success
“It’s hard for people sometimes to understand that things that look successful or generate attention don’t necessarily also generate money.” Misha Glouberman, via Luke Francl It took half my adult life to understand this phenomenon. Once I did, the world seemed both more approachable and hackable.
“If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession.”
and another from Mark Cuban… “Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.” From me circa 2006…
“…TRUST WINGS HAPPEN BEFORE GROUND.”
“VISION LIKE STORY WITH MOUSE AND CHEESE. SOMEONE MOVE CHEESE, MOUSE FORGET CHEESE, INVENT MACHINE GUN AND EAT CAT.” – FAKEGRIMLOCK Happy New Year.
Staple’s Mill Brewing’s – Stout of Morning Destruction
Amazing, delicious beer. Easily the best beer I’ve had this year. Easily in the top 5 beers I’ve had all time.