“Lately I’ve started worrying that I’m not getting enough boredom in my life….it’s worth keeping an eye on the link between our vanishing boredom and our lack of innovation.” – Scott Adams
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
How to Share Sidebars Across a WordPress Network
On a recent WordPress Network (WPMU) project, I’ve needed to display the same sidebar and associated widgets across all the sites in the entire network. Since switch_to_blog() has been deprecated and an attempt at monkey-patching sent me deeper into the bowels of WordPress than I felt was warranted… I turned all the necessary widgets into …
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Every Beer is Miscellaneous
Great pie chart from illustrating the percentages of beer recipes within Hopville.com that fall into recognized styles.
Blinders
“If only the reader could learn to ignore 60% of what’s here, she might have a chance at a pleasant experience. Please stop helping. What you’ve got here is not content, but noise.” – Andy Rutledge
Fadebook
“What I see instead is more properly the fading of the entire social media category, the victim of an ever-shortening event horizon.” – Bob Cringely
But these are our molehills.
“the curse of being able to measure everything is that you get slapped in the face with this reality all the time.” – Duncan Watts, researcher on ‘Everyone’s an Influencer: Quantifying Influence on Twitter‘
OpenWebNeeds.Us
“If you want to be really creative, you can’t do it in their context. Luckily we have the open web. Why don’t we do our work there, instead?” – Dave Winer
Dave Continues His Opt-Out
“There is a delete account command. I used it.” – Dave Winer
Asocial Tech
“Stop staring at that little screen in your hands, turn your head and have a look at the big screen of life. Technology is really far away from improving the social part of our lives, but it has all the power to do it. That’s what frustrates me even more.” – falseisnottrue
The High Touch of the HP TouchPad
Just placed my order for the HP TouchPad. While the “I’m interested” was handled online & confirmed via email, the reserve and subsequent order were both handled over the phone. The reps on the other end were very courteous and comfortable, and non-pushy. They even reminded me of their 21 day return policy. An experience …