Dan Grigsby from MobileOrchard, discusses how he’s building a comfortable life for himself with a combination of projects, what’s lacking in the Minnesota tech startup community, and why that isn’t a problem. [55 minutes]
Category: Technology
Cold Start #3 – Changing Your Startup with Ben Moore
Ben Moore from WorkSimple, discusses how, after almost 3 years into his funded startup, his company changed direction, branding, and almost everything else. [41 minutes]
Cold Start #0 – About the Cold Start Podcast
Listen to Cold Start #0 – About the Cold Start Podcast [8 minutes]
Bringing Me-dia to Rural America
For a few weeks in the early 80’s the town 30 miles down the road had a broadcast TV station. The only TV broadcaster in the county. In the 20 years that follow, it’s only been Eau Claire, LaCrosse, or Minneapolis TV. Communities at least another hour away (if not 2) with no incentive to […]
First Crack 87. Again
I talk about the best TSA airport check point experience ever, review Keyspan’s cordless USB Skype phone, and say good bye to my grandma. Listen to Again [14 min]
First Crack 86. Busting the 12-Step Cycle
The first crack at the new, fully-automated publication process. Listen to Busting the 12-Step Cycle [2 min] (This podcast brought to you by HijackingWP)
What’s the Browser Matter?
I’ve been pondering a redesign of this website for a while now. As it should be, it’s way down the bottom of my Things To Do, but it’s there. I’m writing this in MarsEdit, I’ll read it in NetNewsWire. According to my server logs, some of you are reading this within your Google homepage, Newsgator […]
First Crack 78. The Trouble with Business Models
As I promised, here’s the second half of my conversation with J Wynia on geeky stuff. (The first half is at GlassTooBig.com) Here, we talk about making money, keeping overhead low, income diversification, and making sure an idea needs a business model. Inspiring our Conversation Gillmor Gang Hugh MacLeod Jonathan Coulton’s Thing a Week 37Signals’ […]
While I Dig Through the Backlog, Here’s Some Convergence
J Wynia and I recorded a conversation last week. I’ve been sitting on the raw audio of the conversation (and a couple more) cause life (i.e. clients & moving prep) took priority to this podcast. So, J went and posted the first half of our conversation – on Convergence and technology over at GlassTooBig.com.
First Crack 76. Paying Attention with J Wynia
Back from SXSW 2006, J Wynia and I grabbed a morning tea and talked about: Using email clients for reading and managing RSS feeds J’s Windows Attention Recorder and Edison Thomaz’ OnLife and the AttentionTrust Recorder Comparing technology adoption to the ebb and flow of tides The ethics and benefits of attention recording Some thoughts […]