About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
In my part 1, I laid out my initial approach on caching in Cullect. It had some obvious deficiencies; This approach really only sped up the latest 20 (or so items). Fine if those items don’t change frequently (i.e. /important vs /latest) or you only want the first 20 items (not the second 20), The …
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(cross posted @ MNteractive.com & blog.cullect.com) I’ll be talking about how and why I built Cullect.com, Feburary 12th UPA-MN event at the Open Book, 6-8pm (Feels good to be back at the UPA-MN, it’s been too long.) The agenda: Developing a product you will use and the way you will use it. Designing the API …
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Mark Zandi, author of the Financial Shock, the best book on how we got into this economic mess is now covering the proposals to get us out. Quick context setting: “Every dollar decline in household net worth reduces consumer spending by 5 cents over the next two years. If sustained, the wealth lost over the …
Just a few moments ago, I published my 114th First Crack Podcast. I get the greatest sense of accomplishment and satisfaction out of that process (conducting an interview, editing, publishing). It got me to thinking of the other electronic publishing I regularly do, and how they rank in sense of accomplishment/satisfaction Podcasts Software Skype calls …
Twenty years ago, while BMX freestyle was a favorite hobby of mind, Kurt Schmidt rode for Haro Bikes. Then he co-founded the infamous Standard Bike Manufacturing. He retells the story of: breaking his ribs on his first big pro contest stalking photographers to get in magazines Rad – starring Bill Allen starting a high-end BMX …
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Mac Audio Tip: Garage Band imports at 44kHz. If your audio is 48kHz, import it to iTunes, and use iTunes adv Mac Audio Tip: Garage Band imports at 44kHz. If your audio is 48kHz, import it to iTunes, and use iTunes advanced import settings to convert the audio to 44kHz. Then, put the converted audio …
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Thanks to Chuck Olsen‘s video-journalism instincts, a small geeky rant was captured for posterity. Elsewhere: “Retweet is Stupid” – Dave Winer
If you listen to the First Crack Podcast, you may remember in #112, Shef Otis was putting together some “Dadiator” classes. They’re now on the calendar: 3 “Dadiator” Workshops held at the SweatShop, 2 hours on a Saturday afternoon. $20 per dad/kid pair.
I’m reading The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. While parallels with pre-1950s America are always tenuious, here’s a synopsis A popular Democrat becomes President during one of the worst economic downturns in our nation’s history. He drives through some of the most dramatic legislation ever seen and creating departments compensating farmers …
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With apologies to Jessica Shaw’s Shaw Report in Entertainment Weekly In VOIP Mobile Phones Blogging Curating Netflix Instant Play Working 15 Minutes Ago GSM Mobile Phones Twitter Favorite-ing TiVo Co-working Out Calling Cards Instant Messaging Commenting Cable TV Coopetition