About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Back in college we made this joke (usually around finals week) about being so busy you have no idea where you are.
After fighting with technology all day – I noticed;
My current approach on resolving this:
just thinking about the lyrics “here we are now, entertain us” makes me want to smash guitars as well.
I don’t care if it’s
Media
Meaning
Cake
or
Happiness
Being neutral or destroying aren’t then only options. Nor are they the preferable ones.
We all have the capacity to make.
and not just martinis.
Elsewhere:
“It’s not enough to feel. You also have to build.” – Hugh McLeod
A couples weeks ago or so, I made my first purchase off Twitter – a Nokia E71. I had been eyeing it on Amazon for weeks, but never had a reason to click purchase.
Then late one Friday night Dino mentioned a friend of his was selling.
Notice Dino isn’t selling the phone. A friend of his is.
Dino’s in Wisconsin. His friend’s in Nevada. I’m in Minnesota. Dino and I haven’t met, we just follow each other on Twitter.
A modern day handshake?
This is where Twitter beats both Craigslist, Amazon, and eBay. Twitter is 100% trusted reputations.
By the way, if you follow me on Twitter, you know I’ve been quite happy with the Nokia e71. Far happier than I was with the Blackberry and approaching the happiness I had in my early days with the Treo 650.
Elsewhere, Dave Winer just suggests Twitter needs a Craigslist-like service.
When I separate my trash, how do I know I’m putting the ‘recyclable’ bits in the right bucket?
Without being an expert in waste handling, I don’t really know.
Plus, if there’s an innovation in the waste processing – and something previously bound for the landfill can now be re-processed, the non-waste-handling experts among us would be the last to know.
Meaning a great deal of potentially useful resources are still getting buried, along with years of other now-useful bits.
What if we could mine landfills, for all the un-recycled treasures they’re holding prisoner?
Forget ANWR, we need to encourage drilling for oil in Puente Hills.
If not oil from plastics or aluminum from cans, how about just the land itself?
This post inspired by MPR’s “Food: the next frontier in recycling” report
(Yes, this goes back to my single-sort post)
Since the beginning for 2009, I’ve been ‘following’ 1 Dunbar of people on Twitter.
Since not everyone in that 150 posts at the same frequency, things are pretty quiet (arguably a good thing). I’d like to add a few more of you to the mix, but I don’t know who.
So, I thought I’d put the question in your hands while simultaneously putting a price on the attention I’ll be giving you 1.
If you’re on Twitter and I’m not currently following you – and you’d like me to – I’m asking $5.
1. Background on this concept can be found at: What Andrew Baron Should Be Selling: Following and Twitter: Build a Revenue Stream on Dunbar’s Number
Here’s a quick 3 minute snippet from the latest First Crack podcast where Idescribe what Cullect is and how I use it.
The full conversation is at First Crack #118 – Shef Turns the Tables on Garrick
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 distilling process and the benefits of sourcing locally.
[33 min].
Reminds me of an art installation I saw during my time in Germany.
Imagine a room.
With a single, wall-sized, framed painting leaning against the wall.
Hanging tools littering the floor.
As I pondered this room, a woman approached me, and gave me the background.
In Soviet Russia, it was common for workers to just stop. Mid-task. And walk away, onto another task. Different orders.
Also, if you haven’t seen it, Goodbye Lenin is quite enjoyable.