First Crack 96. Jeff Williamson on St. Paul’s Flat Earth Brewing

As Jeff Williamson, co-owner of St. Paul’s Flat Earth Brewing Co. awaits kegs to distribute the first batch of Flat Earth Pale Ale, he and I talk about; Getting a microbrewery off the ground How a new child changed his the direction of Flat Earth Flat Earth’s place in Minnesota’s beer scene. Listen to Jeff …

First Crack 95. Darrin Homme on Improving Local Competitive Bicycle Racing

Darrin’s raced bicycles for probably half the two decades+ I’ve known him. Inspired by Darrin’s USCF My Way post, I asked him to unpack the problems in local competitive bike racing that his points would solve. Listen to Darrin Homme on Improving Competitive Bicycle Racing [24 min].

First Crack 92. Curbly.com – The Home Improvement Social Network

Bruno Bornsztein, Ben Moore, and I talk about their recently launched project – Curbly.com – a social networking site for sharing DIY projects, tips, and finding help. After we run through the site, we talk about; Using agile web development processes and what Ben calls WWIBAN (What Would I Bitch About Next) to be “one …