posted by DL Byron on November 30, 2006
Alpaca Sales (submitted by a reader) — that’s my arborist career change fall back plan. Bonus is the kid in the hippie doo rag (shown on the Alpaca sales site).
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posted by DL Byron on November 29, 2006
I don’t remember exactly when, but I clicked through one day to iTunes radio and found KCRW. I’ve been listening ever since and it’s in the background during work, holidays, and parties. Marcus noted during our annual Halloween beer bust (featuring Bike Hugger Brown), “I haven’t heard any of those songs before and I liked all of them.” True.
Today on KCRW, I listened to Eric Prydz vs Pink Floyd — Proper Education that mixes the original vocal and notes with an “immense electro bassline.” It’s a mashup by genius.
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posted by DL Byron on November 28, 2006
Note: cross-posted to Snow Hugger, our latest blog
Our kids watched with glee every snow flake that fell yesterday (a lot of them for Seattle) and bugged me so much about the possibility of a snow closure, I showed them how to read the newspaper online and check SchoolReport.org. Last night, my daughter did a snow dance for a minute and placed a spoon under her pillow. That worked and today, there’s no school.
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posted by DL Byron on November 26, 2006
A postcard adverting an arbor service came in the mail months ago and it’s stuck with me since, like a dreamy scene from American Beauty, I’ve been thinking about that as a new career, a new beginning, when I turn 40. It’d be smarter than a sports car for a mid-life crisis. I think it’s the manliness of the photo, the contented look, power tools in trees, and the possibility of a green career mulching all the tree trimmings.
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posted by DL Byron on November 26, 2006
Up next on my speaking schedule is Web Builder 2.0 in Vegas from December 4th to the 6th. Web Builder is a “technical conference for professionals building the next-generation of richly-interactive Web sites.” I’ll talk about business blogging and podcasting. What’s unique about Web Builder is that it offers Web 2.0 teachings for the entire team: developer, designer, web master and manager.
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posted by DL Byron on November 25, 2006
In the new year, ‘07, Textura Design will celebrate 10 years as a blog, creative space, and ultimately a business. At the same time, I’m turning 40. That’s the 10-40 as I’m calling it and two big milestones.
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posted by DL Byron on November 22, 2006
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve got a reader-submitted story about a wife, mother-in-law, Kim Komando, and being Even Steven.
I posted recently about not being able to play a lot of PC games on my new laptop (long story short: my wifey saved $10 by telling the Dell guy we wouldn’t be playing games on it, and now I’m probably getting a Wii for Christmas). Other than the game issue, the new laptop has worked flawlessly. I have broadband internet, wi-fi, and my own home email address for the first time. All the software works, the spyware programs seem to be doing their jobs, and Tiger Woods 2006 works great even though my chipset lacks the kung-fu to play anything else made since 2003. Despite my satisfaction with my first honest-to-god computer purchase as a 31-year-old man, my status as the universe’s offical karmic “Even Steven” proved itself once again as I came home to find my mother-in-law trying to delete files from my Windows system file.
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posted by DL Byron on November 20, 2006
Besides all the it’s brown jokes, a friend said to me yesterday, “hey on that Zune song sharing thing … I remember my Handspring exchanged business cards electronically and I did that like once at a party in 1999.” I did it once as well at a crazy Zaaz dotcom party with kegs of beer, wigs, and a discussion of who had the most ridiculous business plans. I don’t remember whose card it was, but Zaaz’s office was really nice.
Earlier in the week, I was at SFO airport and met some old Microsoft colleagues in the security line. We all noted the browness of Zune (of course) and I said, “this song sharing thing, is there a market for that. I mean, I get marketing 101 is differentiation, but are people clamoring for that feature, did Microsoft test that?” The reply was the kids that would want it, can’t afford the player, they all steal music anyway and it’s a 2-yr old Toshiba Gigabit. Not even a new Gigabit, which has been rated excellent by cnet. Just like the Zune on CNN video says, “Why don’t they get some decent design people to make things look at all?
I don’t know either.
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posted by DL Byron on November 15, 2006
While in San Fran, I stayed at the Le Méridien and noticed the exceptional attention to detail, including the room key swipe card (shown in photo) that corresponded to a three-month-long light installation by Thierry Dreyfus.
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posted by DL Byron on November 15, 2006
My flight was cancelled and I worked away in a hotel during the Movable Type Hack-a-thon, but by all accounts it was a great event. See the photos here from the fabulous Ms. Jen. Ms. Jen also posted photos of the business blogging seminar that was the best ever.
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posted by DL Byron on November 14, 2006
While hanging out with Chris Alden and Anil Dash at the Business Blogging Seminar, I read the InfoWeek article on Email becoming unbearable. All three of us are quoted and that’s a trifecta, record, or something.
And the article is a good read (despite the annoying and intrusive ads).
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posted by DL Byron on November 10, 2006
I’ll be at Six Apart’s Blogging for Business Seminar on Monday, November 13th, talking all about business blogging to a standing-room only crowd. Joining me are Anil Dash, Byrne Reese, David Jacobs, and Rohit Bhargava.
For a preview of the event, listen to Anil’s intro from the Washington DC event earlier this year.
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posted by DL Byron on November 09, 2006
The day after the Business Blogging Seminars on November 14th, join your fellow designers, developers, and programmers for the first-ever Movable Type Hack-a-thon.
On topic, at the seminar and hack-a-thon, will be the new Suite Two, an “enterprise platform for blogs, wikis, RSS feed reading, and RSS feed management.”
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posted by DL Byron on November 07, 2006
Another Hugger launched today! As Jason (the Hugger in Charge) says, “Snow Hugger is Bike Hugger’s colder, more mountainous cousin: a blog for ski and snowboard enthusiasts.”
Congrats to the team for getting that out and work starts on yet another hugger for the spring.
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posted by DL Byron on November 06, 2006
Today is Pam’s birthday and her sister found an old yearbook photo of her for the occasion. (that totally rules)
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posted by DL Byron on November 03, 2006
I’ll be in San Fran on the 13th for the Six Apart Blogging for Business Seminar and hope to get a better photo of Mena and me. One were I don’t look stoned (or drunk or both).
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posted by DL Byron on November 03, 2006
With the help of Jay Allen, this blog is running Movable Type 3.3 all FastCGI. Remarkably, MT responds like a desktop app in the authoring interface. The comments and rebuilds should all feel harder and faster.
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posted by DL Byron on November 01, 2006
This was the loneliest public art I’ve ever seen. Retaining wall blocks scattered about, with a few rusty ones, along the waterfront in Barcelona. They were installed during Forum Barcelona 2004.
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