This weekend I made some significant head way on one of my key 2009 projects: Kernest.com. Right now, Kernest is also the most likely candidate for my 5 minute Ignite Mpls presentation.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
What the Hell Happened?
I’m confident the past couple years will be discussed and dissected by economics students for decades to come. Here’s just two graphs visualizing the monetary movement that have made my jaw drop: In both of them, there’s little to no movement for 5 years. Then…WHAM! It doesn’t really matter what these graphs measuring – the …
Blame the Entertainer?
I was baffled by uproar from the Stewart v. Cramer bit a few days ago. I got the sense that I misunderstood what Cramer did on his show (attempt to time the stock market). Stewart made it seem like Cramer was driving the ambulance, rather than simply chasing it. Then I remembered that Stewart’s show …
Kindle 2 as a New Electronic Medium
I do an awful lot of reading that isn’t on “books”[1] and Amazon Kindle has quickly become where I send PDFs by default – just like audio and video files get sent to iTunes by default. And, after a couple weeks with the Kindle, I’m confident it is a new medium requiring a new interaction …
Bull Markets are a Lazy Way of Measuring Happiness
Bull Markets are a Lazy Way of Measuring Happiness
RE07.US Update: Expiring URL & Widgets
RE07.US continues to make me smile. Last night’s update added a couple neat things; URLs now auto-expire after 5 minutes, yes, there’s also a timer. Usage data; referer, user agent, etc is now being captured. and finally, I’m testing out the RE07.US javascript widget for displaying the RE07.US link on your blog. I’ve got some …
Pro Chair-sitter and Whiteboard Drawer
PREFACE: This post was sitting in my drafts since July, and it seemed to go nicely with the co-working post, so I hit publish. After we returned from a refreshing holiday weekend1 at the in-laws, Cooper asked why we came home. “Grandma, Grandpa, and Papa all have to go to work on Monday.” “Where is …
Twin Cities Co-Working Conversation Re-Ignited
UPDATE 27 May 2009 New url for this effort: TwinCitiesCoWorking.org Earlier this week, I had a fairly thorough conversation with a St. Paul-based serial entrepreneur exploring starting a co-working business. I’ve been writing about the “co-working” / “work club” concept off and on for a while now (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Bonus) and …
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Wonderlick “Topless at the Arco Arena” – Name Your Pre-Order Price
For nearly decades, I’ve been a big fan of anything by Jay Blumenfield, Tim Quirk, Sandy Smallens, or any combination thereof. So, yea, I’m pretty excited about the new Wonderlick album available for pre-order. Here’s the interesting bit: “…anyone who winds up paying more than the average donation will get his or her name in …
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Introducing: RE07.US – The Greenest URL Shortener
According to a recent post by FuelInteractive.com, a link in Twitter is clicked for 5 minutes, then completely ignored. That got me thinking about all the wasted short urls out there. So many tinyurl, culld.us, is.gd, et al, links just collecting dust after all that initial clicking. Seems so wasteful considering “the current economic climate”. …
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