“The amount of time our son is being required to spend memorizing whether Bismarck is the capital of North or South Dakota will dwarf the total amount of time he would spend in his lifteime looking it up at Google. This is information that adds nothing to this comprehension of the world. ” – David …
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RE: What is the next podcast brand?
“…there’s no strong brand in podcasting – except for iTunes. And iTunes doesn’t really care about podcasting. Which means there’s an opportunity there. The podcast format is still brilliant…” – Peter Van Dijck I think the first mistake made in podcast-land is considering it something different. Different than a blog, different than radio, different than …
Twin Cities Cool. Not Just Cause It’s Autumn
When we moved from Chicago almost 5 years ago, I got a lot of snickers and jeers from my co-workers. Completely understandable given that Chicago sees itself as the second city and all the reports of Mayor Daley trying to make it into NY without the bad parts. It’s the quality of life that separates …
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Twitter Bars?
I saw these two tweets side-by-side over the weekend. I read them fast and thought that spin and Calacanis were talking about the same product. It’s a floor cleaner, it’s a desert topping, it’s a publishing channel, it’s a weight loss supplement.
Remodelling
Despite not having written in a while, I’ve gotten some excellent comments on the look of this site. “…I don’t know if that’s artsy or what, but I wasn’t all that impressed.” and the more concise: “conspicously vacant” Perhaps suck.com had the same problem 😉 Either way, this site’s role has changed, and it needs …
To Do Before I Die: Get 99 Other People to Speak My Made Up Language
While Toki Pona‘s minimalism feels too much like Newspeak for my taste, the notion of creating a new common-use language is an intriguing thought. Especially if the language’s biases were deliberate – and I agreed w/ them 😉 – from the beginning. Initial thought: a highly technolibertarian version of Dutch. Thanks to: Hobbies in everything- …
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RE: Rice Lake Cross Country Meet
Back in HS XC, the Rice Lake race was one of a handful of races I always looked forward to. Aside from being a very competitive race, the course had an interesting features – back then, it started out around the Community College’s baseball diamond, as people fought for position and got into their pace …
Thanks, er, Mahalo
Kris pointed me to a ‘which tech-celeb are you quiz?‘: “You are like Jason Calacanis in that you have a very important view of yourself. You have had success in the past and that success puts you in a place of importance that you are very, very aware of. You enjoy the finer things in …
iPollution
As soon as I got my new phone, I turned the ringer off. I’m alerted of new messages and calls via BluePhoneElite – not disturbing anyone else in earshot. It’s quiet in the house during the day, no constant tv or radio. Interupptions of all kinds are reduced to a minimum. Elsewhere, TVs are blaring, …
Systems Don’t Inherently Change Behavior
“One of the things I find most vexing is the implicit idea that acquiring a system is all you need to take care of a problem….that you’re going to be more organized because you have a PDA.” – Merlin Mann MP3 of Merlin Man’s Inbox Zero Talk @ Google And from the Q & A …