Dear ebook backers, For too long I’ve been uninspired to write – and for too long, I’ve been sufficiently distracted by a small child (well, three of them). Over the weekend, I found a new vision for the ebook project. Something much more timeless than what you’ve already read. Something more representative of my adventure …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Albert and I Talk Facebook and Facebook Stores
Earlier this week, Albert Maruggi asked for my comments on the reported decrease in Facebook users and the increase in corporate Facebook stores. As always w/ Albert, it was an enjoyable conversation that he included as part of his ongoing Marketing Edge podcast. Listen to me and Albert Maruggi talk Facebook stores
The Same is True for Email
“The user interface has to evolve to be much less email-like, and everything has to get way easier than it is now.” – Brent Simmons
Retweet!
“it doesn’t seem like an all together bad time to be off Twitter.” – Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary
There’s a New Internet Era Approaching…
Tonight I read two articles, one on: how bloated and complicated the latest version of Ruby on Rails is how Javascript is the new must learn language Separately and combined, both are such a mind grenade it can only mean one thing.
Loosely Interesting
“Loose federations of heterogenous interests with high incentives to integrate are so much more interesting than centralized organizations.” – erikpukinskis
Bitrayal
“The only difference is most of the users won’t ever know they were deeply and constantly betrayed. Users got so much used to crap, so they forgot how to differentiate between starships and crap.”
Fermenting: Broken Gnome – Belgian Dubbel Rye
My neighbors have a fantastic garden gnome. Turns out, it hit a rough patch a while back and needed significant repair. Immediately I knew this story needed a commemorative beer. This Belgian Dubbel Rye is dedicated to that Broken Gnome 10# Belgian Pilsner Malt 2# Rye Malt 2# Belgian Biscuit Malt 1.0 oz Crystal hops …
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The URL Shortener Subcommittee
“We believe that [URL shorteners] pose a serious threat to the internet’s integrity. If one of them dies, gets hacked or sells out, millions of links will stop working. Thus we preemptively release backups, because URL shorteners are too busy to make backups themselves.”
Writing the Great American Startup
“The ‘Great American Novel’ is the concept of a novel that is distinguished in both craft and theme as being the most accurate representative of the zeitgeist in the United States at the time of its writing.” (wikipedia) “My current theory is that programming is quite literally writing. The vast majority of programming is not …