About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
A couple years back Scott Davis and Paul Werni founded 45th Parallel Spirits, a distillery in New Richmond, WI – just a quick 45 minute drive from northeast Minneapolis. While there are number of craft brewers in the region, 45th Parallel is the only still I know of. Paul, Scott, and I talk about the …
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Chad Gillard lives a few houses down from me – and little did I know that his side project is making and selling tasty, tasty Danish apple treats under the Aunt Else’s Organic Aebleskiver brand (Aunt Elsies on Twitter) It started with a goal so many Minnesotans have: sell food at the Minnesota State Fair. …
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Twenty years ago, while BMX freestyle was a favorite hobby of mind, Kurt Schmidt rode for Haro Bikes. Then he co-founded the infamous Standard Bike Manufacturing. He retells the story of: breaking his ribs on his first big pro contest stalking photographers to get in magazines Rad – starring Bill Allen starting a high-end BMX …
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Long time podcast friend Kris Smith and I dig into RSS in the Enterprise over at BlogTalkRadio. Yes, we cover Cullect, relevance vs. timeliness, and trusted curators. [60 min]
I was interested in how Hollywood actors promote themselves, find work, and generally build a career. So, I called up Tim Coyne of The Hollywood Podcast for the break down. We cover auditions, agents, reels, and the side jobs that keep the bills paid. [40 min].
Shef Otis talks about moving from actor in LA to dad of 7 kids under 8 (SevenSidekicks.com) in suburban Minneapolis, and his Dadiator Workout program to keep dads as fit as their kids. [51 min].
From the unpublished First Crack archives, I bring you a conversation I recorded in July 2007 with Minneapolis novelist, Patricia Crumbie on her then – yet to be published – young adult novel, Where People Like Us Live. As you can tell from the links above, her book is now available. 🙂 In our conversation, we …
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Bruno Bornsztein and I talk about; Open-sourcing CommunityEngine – the social network code behind Curbly, Uncooped, Teacherly, and many other community sites. Bootstrapping and maintaining a successful niche community site. [24 min].
Jonathan Dahl and I discuss his latest project – Tumblon.com – a parenting website focused on development milestones and easy sharing with friends and family. Listen to Tumblon.com’s Jonathan Dahl [9 min]. A more detailed write-up and some screenshots over at Minnov8.com
Thomas Bohmbach and I discuss DJ Edna, his open source project empowering musicians, and other artists, to take control of the sales and distribution of their creative work online. [33 min].