About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
If you follow this blog, you’ll know how much Jen and I enjoyed the BBC’s Coupling. We never caught the US version, but heard it was awful. Unlike the US Office – it didn’t last long enough to grow into it’s own.
Lately we’ve been really enjoying How I Met Your Mother. Yes, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan make the show. Turn Coupling down a notch, drop the English accent and you’ve got it.
Oh sure, the Bob Saget intros don’t hurt.
I’m the first to admit I frequently listen podcasts for the guest not the host – TechNation, PodTech, Larry’s World, and more recently – Gillmor Gang.
For the latter, it wasn’t the ads that bugged me, or the hub-bub around them. I’ll fast-forward past them until a new podcast-appropriate ad format is introduced.
I completely agree with Kurtiss Hare on the ad issue:
“[Steve Gillmore] continues to rehash the same point and refuses to raise the level of discourse.”
Yes, it’s great that someone with Earthlink’s reputation is sponsoring podcasts. I’ve had mixed experiences with them (yeah for mobile phone, boo for dsl). Shoehorning radio ads into podcasts won’t change that. Especially one’s I don’t hear. Remember the fast-forward button.
While I really enjoy the high-level strategic discussion of internet and business, I’m finding Steve’s fixation on specific vendors, continual hijacking of the conversation, and insistence that 30 second off-topic ads are cool – all tiresome.
Unsubscribing from the Gillmor Gang leaves a void in my listening and I’m looking for a replacement. Something with the same format – 5 people on a conference call, same topics – companies and how they’re adapting to the changing relationship between customer and vendors, and really heated discussion.
Any suggestions?
Om & Niall’s Podsession and This Week in Tech are both close, but a little too tactial
Ironically, since the USPS raised the postage for a first-class letter to 39 cents, I’ve found myself with more outgoing mail.
Both Netflix and my bank provide postage paid envelopes for my correspondence with them. So, it surprises and annoys me when I have to hunt down a stamp for things far more important than my latest DVD rental.
39 cents.
A trivial amount to bring a little joy to your customers and better guarantee timely replies.
I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit lately.
I consider all my web searches, this post – and generally anything that’s not email or an instant messsage – public.
Now, I’m cool with 1 million random results from the index being handed over to the government under one single condition – anyone, anyone at all, a PhD candidate, a 6th grader, a homeless political candidate – request and receive the same information.
Yes. In the same way I feel all the security cameras on Nicollet Avenue should be accessible via a web browser by the general public – any of you should be able to request the same information. Outside of quantity – I’m not sure how this is different than Google’s Zeitgeist.
Actually, the fact we don’t have easy access to this information seems like a public disservice.
We’re starting the listing at $189,900 and if you’re interested drop Sam a line.
This place just isn’t big enough for the 3 of us. So, we’re moving on. If you’ve followed this blog, you’ll know the backyard is great for watching movies off the laptop and recording podcasts. Bamboo flooring on the first floor, new carpeting upstairs, brand new stainless steel fridge, gas range, and dishwasher. Furnace and water heater less than 5 years old. There’s a little more than 700 sq ft on the main level. Yes, the single Linksys wi-fi router easily covers the house and backyard.
The house is on the high school marching band’s parade route and 2 blocks from the 4th of July parade route. Plus, we had an amazing vegetable garden along the east side of the house.
Other neat details: Huge lot (60*130), 5 miles NE of downtown Minneapolis. Between The Quarry and Silver Lake shopping centers. Lots of parks, a coffee shop, and a liquor store within walking distance. 1-car detached garage with second parking spot behind house. Easy freeway access.
It’ll officially go on the market on Monday any day now, so consider this a sneak preview. If you’re interested, drop me a line and I’ll forward you to our agent.
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UPDATE: 19 Oct 2007, I’ve pulled the forum. Maybe it’ll come back later, but right now, it didn’t fit right.
WordPress’ comment threading aren’t the best place for support questions and ongoing discussion (just look at the comment thread for wp-ipodcatter). It’s too hard to see if someone has already asked your question and to see if it was answered.
With that in mind, I’ve installed bbPress, the bulletin board/discussion/forum software from the makers of WordPress. All ongoing discussion about the podcasts and plugin will be located in the Garrick Van Buren .com Forum.
The appropriate links have been added to the pages in question.
Rock on.
Yes, feel free to rant about me Behind my Back.
Before I got the Treo, I had a SonyEricsson that worked real nicely with BluePhoneElite and my PowerBook.
Sure, Caller ID and answering the phone from the laptop was nice, but what I really miss is the integration w/ iCal.
Since the Treo keeps a record of the phone calls and their duration and backs it up to my PowerBook on sync, it seems I could read the PhoneCallDB file and send the data to iCal using AppleScript.
Flixton Software’s Treo Call Log can read the file, but I can’t do anything with the data. So it doesn’t really help.
Anyone know where I can find some documentation on how to read PhoneCallDB.pdb so I can use the data?
Thanks.
Dave set up wiki for the uplifter meme.
I’ll be filling out Uplifter Minnesota in the coming days, and well it’s a wiki, so you can help.
It’s no secret I consider interruption advertising a waste. Unfortunately, for so long, that’s the only way we’ve received commercial messages. Now, what if I mentioned where evol, peterme and ChrisFromETrade had dinner?
Thankfully, I don’t remember – some fantastic crepe place in the Mission district of SF. 😉
Phew, hopefully that little commercial message (or 4) will keep the socialists away while keeping my uplifter cred.
On a related note, is this an ad for Kinkos?
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