I once heard Cory Doctorow always buys 2 laptops and keeps them in sync’ed up. I’m think that’s the only way to go. My MacBook Pro really wants a clean install.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Making the Toys
When I’m working on start up projects and listening to techstep, I feel a strong affinity for J.F. Sebastian. Related, “I think cyberpunk is alive and well” – Eric Rice
My Cable Access Prediction Coming True
“A provision of a law passed by the [California] Legislature in 2006, which took effect Thursday, allows cable television providers the option of dropping their long-standing obligation of providing free studios, equipment and training to the public.” – Reed Johnson , LA Times Three years ago, I wrote: “Add Cable Public Access to the Endangered …
I’m really enjoying using QSPress.rb to shoot quick drafts into my blog. Oh sure
I’m really enjoying using QSPress.rb to shoot quick drafts into my blog. Oh sure, I’ve got a pile of drafts to publish – but they’re much more fulfilling that Twittering them (and I have a record).
What Have You Deployed Today?
Some of you have been around web design long enough to remember the 4Ds (Discover, Plan, Design/Develop, and Deploy) that were so popular in agency marketing materials in the late 90s. At the time, I once asked my CEO about them (he wrote the marketing copy) “Well, we don’t do them on all the projects. …
It’s kinda like MacroMyopia
It’s kinda like “MacroMyopia” – this tendency to underestimate that tomorrow is a new day, and overestimate that right now (while damn good) has a few significant, hard to solve problems. I think there was even a musical about this….set in the Great Depression.
Grammar Reminder: I.E. or E.G. ?
i.e. = “that is” (Latin: “id est”) e.g. = “for example” (Latin: “exempli gratia”)
I turned my notecards upside down
I turned my notecards upside down – grabbing from ‘bottom’, each task is a new surprise!
I was just reminded of something Omar at Surly Brewing told me during a podcast
I was just reminded of something Omar at Surly Brewing told me during our podcast (22 minutes in): “It’s not ‘are they drinking 1 beer’, but ‘are they drinking two’?. It’s easy to sell someone 1 beer.”
Something Keeps Burning
Lots of chatter about the usefulness and relevance of FeedBurner since the Google acquisition 1. Chris Baskind formalizes it by updating the reasons not to use Feedburner to cache your feeds. “FeedBurner is showing its age. While Google has ignored its new baby, technology has been steaming ahead.” – Chris Baskind Baskind’s analysis is more …