Some interesting graphs from intrade. Chances the US Economy will go into Recession during 2008 Down to 32 from a high of 79. Chances Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2008 Down to 3.0 from a high of 75
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Tweet Up with Jon Gordon, Happy Gnome, 5pm+, June 9 2008
Jon Gordon from APM’s Future Tense will be in the Twin Cities for a few days next week. If you want to say ‘Hi’ and your golf game isn’t what it could be, come by the Happy Gnome sometime after 5pm on Monday June 9 and grab a pint of Bender or Bubble Jack. Should …
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Fermenting: Lefse Blonde
I bottled up the Hefeweisen on Saturday, and after cleaning everything up, the carboy looked so empty and alone. So, Sunday night, I brewed up a batch of Northern Brewer‘s Lefse Blonde (equiv. to a Belgian Abbey Blonde Ale yummmm). Watching the fermenters boil (6lbs of Bliess Pilsen malt extract and 1lb of soft Blond …
Podcasting is My Co-Pilot
I’ve been making regular trips across the metro lately, the time in the car and all the road construction detours are perfect for podcast listening. Via a recommendation from Dean Allen, I grabbed Stephen Fry’s Podgrams. I quite enjoy all Fry’s work, from Jeeves & Wooster though to his appearances on Bones1. His podgrams are …
Project Launch: Sun Support Center
I just got word the new Sun Support Center launched. This was one of the first information architecture projects I worked on after returning from leave earlier this year. A couple of things I like about how it turned out: It brings /support inline with the templates used for /products, /services, and /solutions. There’s a …
Long Term Assumptions
I’m fortunate to be regularly exposed to a number of crazy project ideas. Each of the ideas I vet through a number assumptions: We all will be regularly, publicly, independently, publishing via the internet1. This is consistent with Fred Wilson’s views2. Publishing via the internet complies with both Moore’s and Sturgeon’s Law. Our peers are …
A Good Beer Year?
Due to a number of factors: drought, increased corn production, increased demand – there’s a serious hops shortage going on. If you’re unfamiliar with hops, it’s overly-pronounced flavor in Imperial IPAs like Surly’s Furious, Bell’s HopSlam. The most approachable and comprehensive article I’ve found on the subject is from Chris Colby’s “The Bitter End: The …
I’m Covering Nat’l Conf. for MEdia Reform 2008
The 2008 National Conference for Media Reform will be held here in Minneapolis a weekend from now June 6-8. I’m excited to have a press pass to the conference. These 3 sessions that jumped out to me immediately: Minnesota Model: Countering Corporate Media (while I’m concerned we’ll be beating a dead horse, I can’t miss …
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FailBox: The Broken State of Email Clients – Part 3
“Last week a friend send me an email, while I was traveling. So he got my ‘out of office reply’.”- Wolfgang Luenenbuerger Wolfgang goes on to describe how – in an age of instant messaging, mobile devices, and wifi – the ‘out of office’ reply is as anachronistic as the busy signal. Both signals assume …
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FailBox: The Broken State of Email Clients – Part 2
I realized I had completely taken for granted the life-changing innovation that is near-infinite email storage when I received the following message Your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by your administrator. Your mailbox size is 75286 KB. Mailbox size limits: You will receive a warning when your mailbox reaches 75000 KB. …
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