About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
As part of my ongoing effort to highlight Minnesota-based internet startups, Chris Dykstra and I talk about the strengths and weakness of various social networks (evite, yahoo groups, meetup, linkedin), and how his Zanby is aiming to solve them. Namely – how a single person easily manage dozen of disparate and related groups. Listen to …
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“They pulled me out of the auditorium and told me that they’d become aware of the fact that I had a blog, they said, ‘We don’t want you to participate.’” Wow. Big Media just keeps giving us reasons to ignore them. UPDATE: and, according to this New York Times article on the event, we are …
On August 22nd, as part of the Citizens Leagues’ 2006 Summer Policy Series, I’ll be joining Tom Swain, Jean LeVander King, Jen Alstad, and Steve Borsch for a conversation on the Future of the Web and Civic Engagement. Should be an interesting conversation – especially since it kicks off at 7:30am. Here’s my initial thoughts …
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Tonight, PodcastMN was at the Acadia Cafe for the inaugural PodcastMN Live to Hard Drive event. The line up included: Mostly Trivial with Johnee Bee Winecast with Tim Elliott (Winecast 66) Klingon Word from the Word with Joel Anderson (‘Amen’ – Live) Creot Radio with Alissa Barthel Cinema Playground with James Gagliardi (Cinema Rant Screen …
Fewer than 6 months after seling the first keg of Surly Beer, Omar Ansari and I talk about starting a microbrewery in Minnesota. He shares the challenges of finding brewing equipment, zoning, and getting Surly into local bars and restaurants. We also do a live tasting of Surly’s new Belgian Saison-esque CynicAle Listen to Omar …
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Ran up to the local Cub Foods for a last minute dinner item this evening and snapped the above photo of the new Hollywood Video Express Kiosk over in a part of the store I never go to (Sturgeon’s Revelation frequently comes to mind while I’m grocery shopping). I found two things interesting about this …
A quick conversation with Robert Metcalf from FlySpy.com on the need to find better airfare and the power of TechCrunch.com as a PR channel (same way Ryan talks about Digg). Drop a message on the First Crack voicemail line: 612-284-4148 Listen to Robert Metcalf and FlySpy.com to Find Better Airfare [12 min]
We had dinner with the Familia Doodledee this weekend, first time in the new place. Quite enjoyable. Quite comfortable. Good people. Congrats.
Jen shares her family Slush recipe (get out the cheap Brandy) while we share some memories about our old house. The place my Grandparents lived in for 40 years, my mom for a good chunk of that, Jen and I for 2, and Cooper for his first 6 months. We cover the good, the bad, …
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Last Thursday, as I come to the end of the exit ramp off Hwy 100, the Neon started smoking. Knowing this is generally a bad sign, I called up Stinson Auto and they sent over a tow truck. The tow truck driver took one whiff of the car and frantically disconnected the battery. “I don’t …