Inspired by Rex’s unused domain list, here’s my list of yet-to-be-released projects: BlockByBlog.com CoffeeHacks.com Dashcaster.com ExpiredPotential.com Limble.com LunchForBrains.com Nusability.com Unlistened.com PodcastCalling.com RedBallThankYou.com SLAReporter.com Update June 3, 2008. A few more I’ve picked up since we last talked: DroidWarehouse.com Kernest.com (Launched July 17, 2009) MSGCTRL.com NeuPost.com Update October 21, 2008. Just added: BroadcastCulture.com Update February 8, …
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“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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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 …
Correction. Nothing Happened. Thank you.
I’m on the local police department’s email announcement list. Earlier today, a ‘suspicious activity’ alert went out possible attempted burglary. Just now, I received the clarifying email: “…we have determined that the attempted burglary was, in fact, an individual who went to the wrong address.” This message says so many good things about the police …
On the Trust-iness of the Media
In last night’s talk with MN ISPI on wikis, blogs, etc – the issue of citing Wikipedia as a source came up. Like citing the 1911 version of Brittanica is the same as citing the current version. A strawman argument. One based on false assumptions. Assumptions that established organizations don’t have biases, aren’t infallible, and …
Maps of Parallel Americas: Republik van Nieuw Nederland
If you’ve ever wondered what New York would be like if it remained a Dutch colony until the late 1700s? I’m thankful we finally have an answer. “New Netherland achieved independence in 1798, after the ‘old’ Netherlands were overrun by the French. Philip Schuyler, the last Director-General of the colony, became the first Prime Minister …
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Where Did I Rant About Truncated Feeds?
Mark and Ed pulled me into a web advertising and truncated vs. full feeds conversation. Neither Mark nor I can find any writing/ranting I did on truncated feeds (these days I’m ambivalent – unsubbing is easy enough). If this rings a bell for you, can you put a pointer in the comments. Thanks.
Eight Stupid Things
Bex asked me for 8 things; I took the left-brain/right-brain dominance test Bex referenced and it said I, “you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the ‘larger whole’” and recommended I be a design consultant. 🙂 Climatically, I’m the most comfortable between 42°N and 52°N. …
RE: The debate about the worth of podcasting
I’ve yet to hear of success stories of sustaining a podcast with outside advertising (in contrast to using an internally produced podcast as marketing). It doesn’t surprise me – in fact, it’d surprise me if ad-supported podcasts were repeatable. The economics just don’t make sense to me (but neither do the economics of discount retail). …
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Feed Aggregation is Like Water
While catching up on my feeds between diaper changes, I caught the news that NewsGator dropping the price of their client apps to $0. According to the announcement, it’s a ubiquity play. Be everywhere, while focusing revenue-generation efforts on the server side by incorporating (and selling?) “attention” or activity data1. Congrats to them to be …