In the past couple weeks, I’ve been stuck in a queue at the supermarket, IKEA, or other big box with lots of self-service checkouts. Stuck. Contemplating whether standing the queue actually took longer than finding the items I wanted. That maybe, just maybe, this entire endeavor could be made more efficient and joyful. Rather than …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
The need for a new news system
Earlier this week, a natural gas main ruptured on the other side of the block. Our block and half a dozen other surrounding blocks were evacuated. There were no 30 foot flames shooting into the air. Just the constant sounds of gas leaking into the atmosphere at high pressure. It could have been worse. Much …
Failbox – Knuth/Eco Edition
“Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.” – Don Knuth “I don’t even have an E-mail address. I have …
Measuring with an Earthworm
A couple years ago – Pete suggested I look closer at the relationship between the stock market levels, oil prices, and the value of the dollar. My preferred metric of measuring the strength of the US Dollar is it’s value relative to the Euro. As I write this – 1 USD = .70 Euro. While …
Data Cullection
“…data minimization is the most effective security tool…But — of course — it’s not in the database owner’s interest to limit the data it collects; it’s in the interests of those whom the data is about.” – Bruce Schneier
Most People Aren’t You
“Here’s the reality: most people don’t want to start a business. They don’t have an idea. They don’t want to come up with one from scratch. They don’t want the risk of the first 3-6 months with no salary and having to walk around with a tin-cup for funding. So most people join companies. That’s …
Summary of my Font Pairings Session @ Minnebar
“That’s it. You look at the four parts of a font, look at what would be similar and what would be different and then start choosing fonts based on those attributes. You want to choose a font face based on whether it complements or contrasts with your chosen font….Sometimes it is the simplest things that …
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My Interest in the iPad Reborn
Minnebar to the Stone Arch .5k
On Saturday, I ran down to Best Buy Corporate HQ to present a session on ‘Do Not Track’ and one on Font Pairings at Minnebar 6 Then after grabbing a quick slice of pizza, I caught the first annual Stone Arch .5k race. Yes – .5k. From the north end of the Stone Arch bridge …
Cuvee de Jacobin rouge
@ the Aster Cafe. Most delicious Belgian sour I’ve enjoyed to date.