“…the way we can best improve our environment is to make everyone rich enough to afford it (something that is already happening)…” – Will Franklin In 1989, I watched, stunned, at James Burke’s PBS special “After the Warming”. That was my first exposure to environmentalist propaganda; oceans rising flooding Florida and Indonesia – hundreds of …
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Twitter: 10% Conversational
I ran my twitterings through TweetClouds today. Check out all the ‘@’ signs – indicating people that I’m directing messages toward, either in a reply or a “I think you’ll dig this.” A full 10% of the tags.
Google AppEngine: More About Google Labs than You?
There’s a long history of tech companies developing there own applications because it’s cheaper long-term than licensing, especially for core applications like: email, calendaring, text processing. I’m confident Apple employee use Mail.app, iCal, and iWork in-house and those apps are cheap or free for the rest of use. Same for Sun and StarOffice/NeoOffice. Same for …
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Free & Open Is Its Own Lock-in
A decade ago, one of the very first places I found that offering free websites gave everyone access to the same images directory. You could upload your own images, but then everyone else could use them as well. Goofy, questionable, but free. I’ve been hosting with Joyent for more than 3 years, purchased 3 different …
“If the news is important, it will find me”
“In essence, they are replacing the professional filter – reading The Washington Post, clicking on CNN.com – with a social one.” – Brian Stelter We read through each other anyway. I’ve long read major news outlets through the people I trust and often know personally. Blogs and Twitter are great for that. Sure, I run …
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Notes from Bob Garfield’s Chaos Scenario 2.0 Talk at Macalester
Bob Garfield’s Chaos Scenario 2.0 presentation on Monday night felt like the opposite of the Blind Men and the Elephant. He’s just one of the many people from different angles, proclaiming that Advertising is dying and it’ll kill media as we know it. “That horrible crashing sound you hear is a gravy train derailing.” – …
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First Crack 108. Coffee Review – Honduras, El Filo – 49th Parallel Roasters
This is the third in the monthly coffee review series at the First Crack Podcast. This month, I’m reviewing Miguel Moreno Leiva – El Filo as roasted by 49th Parallel Roasters. It’s a very subtle and floral cup with powerful aroma off the grind. Andrew described it to me as, “technically good.” I quite agree. …
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The Ongoing Beer List
On the tail of a Twitter conversation on Wisconsin beers and a renewed interest in homebrewing seemed like a perfect time to write up my favorite beers. My Homebrew Favorites Owd Potters Field Ale Sour Cider – Mach II Sour Cider – Mach I Aloysius Amber Rye – 2011 Top 5 Anytime, Anywhere Beers Rush …
Cullect Demo, 10am April 4th, U of M’s Emerging Digerati Week 2008
As part of the U of M’s Emerging Digerati Week New Media Showcase, I’ll be demo-ing Cullect.com at the Weissmann Art Museum, 10am Friday, April 4th. That’s just Friday. The entire rest of the week is filled with presentations on technology innovations from throughout the university (traffic management, virtual reality environments, etc).
Spring ’08 Refresh
“not really blogging or podcasting for two weeks can hurt your page rank something fierce” – Kristopher Smith Since I haven’t been writing here much this month, here’s an update for those of you that just read this feed. GarrickVanBuren.com got a facelift this past weekend. Primarily so I could explore all the shared feeds …