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Looking to the birdsAnd so begins a lifelong love of land artAds in captchasLeesa Barnes talks Podcamp TorontoSales sharks and minimum wageSocks instead of napkinsThe right to online anonymityThe rise of atheism
January 29, 2007

Montreal has brains?

Wow, we’ve reached almost 40 comments in the Montreal+Brains convo– easily the hugest amount of comments I’ve ever gotten on one post. It’s actually kind of great to hear people so interested in the subject of developing community. For those of you that aren’t from Montreal– I suspect we have here a certain culture of [...]

January 26, 2007

Montreal... needs... brains........

Updated below Seems Google is hiring for offices in Montreal, and looking to employ 200-300 people. I’m not an engineer, so it’s not like I want to go there, but I’m still really excited, and it has something to do with Hugh and Boris, interestingly. Basically, the idea is as follows: in other cities, nerds [...]

Socks instead of napkins

Yesterday, I had lunch with Justin Evans of Stress Limit Design– otherwise known as the social media company that doesn’t really have a website. For some reason, the restaurant we were eating at, a self-described “atypical French restaurant,” used socks instead of napkins. The food was incredible though– it’s one of those secret out of [...]

January 24, 2007

Sales sharks and minimum wage

How to subscribe. Woo! I did an oldschool style show. Made evident is my hatred of salespeople, the joke that is minimum wage, and other such things. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Direct download link Godaddy promo codes

January 23, 2007

Hungry for a month

Evan is a weird guy. In November, he survived on $1 of food per day. In December, he drew one cartoon a day. Not sure what he’s doing this month yet, but I’ll follow it.

January 19, 2007

Listen to your kids: It's happening

So this Listen To Your Kids thing– it’s happening, man. Subscribers are rising quickly after a week, and it continues to go up every day. We got our first call a few days ago, and with the 800 number coming in by next week, things should move pretty quickly. I have to say, I’m pretty [...]

January 17, 2007

And so begins a lifelong love of land art

I was introduced this week to the absolutely fascinating Andy Goldsworthy, some of whose work is pictured at right. What he builds is probably among the most fascinating work I have ever seen. Land art is work that has been set free from the boundaries of galleries, and set free by natural conditions such as [...]

January 16, 2007

The right to online anonymity

How to subscribe. Since the update to WordPress 2.0.7 is now done, I can upload this lovely file I created. This week I ended up walking all around a few Montreal subway stations, chatting to a portable recorder and playing no music aside from recording Peruvian buskers. Don’t hate. [Audio clip: view full post to [...]

Up to WordPress 2.0.7

The Librivox blog was hacked this week, along with a number of other well known SEO sites. All of them were using old versions of WordPress, so I’ve updated to the newest version– it should have all the holes plugged up. Let me know if you see anything weird.

January 12, 2007

Looking to the birds

How to subscribe. I’m currenty spending way too many hours building a Best of the Daily Source Code. I’ve found files so old, it’s crazy. And dudes, I totally keep forgetting to put album art in there, sorry. I’ll put it in next time, but this particular episode is already up, so it’s like ‘meh’. [...]

January 11, 2007

Ads in captchas

We see them every day. We type them in when we comment. Now, this idea for combining captchas with advertising. Loic seems to like it, but personally, I am repulsed by the idea. In fact, let me phrase it as straight up as I can: Putting an ad in your captchas is a great way [...]

January 7, 2007

Listen To Your Kids is live

Listen To Your Kids is a project that I’ve been thinking about it since the Podcast Expo in September of 2006. Today, I am happy to say that I am launching the site. What does it do? Listen To Your Kids connects kids that want to share with parents that want to listen, all through [...]

January 5, 2007

The rise of atheism

How to subscribe. More talking in the street. Is atheism getting fashionable? How atheism may be taking hold on the web as a strong force for 2007, more on reading a book a week. Another damn cold day. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Spank Rock – Screwville, USA Direct download link

Podcasting's 10 most under rated

So I’ve been podcasting two years, and I’ve heard a hell of a lot of shows, and been to a pretty decent number of conferences. I’ve met Dawn and Drew, been raped by Madge Weinstein, met and hung out with a fair amount A-listers. But this post isn’t about them. This is about the 10 [...]

January 4, 2007

IOYH Dashboard widget

My friend Ray just gave me the best Xmas present EVAR, as is demonstrated elegantly on Chris Penn‘s Mac OS X Dashboard: You know you want one. And yes, it’ll always have the newest episode. :)

Leesa Barnes talks Podcamp Toronto

Leesa did a chit chat the other day with CanoeLive in order to discuss podcasting and the upcoming Podcamp Toronto, a free conference I’ll be attending that is happening on February 24th and 25th. Here’s a review of Podcamp Boston by Jason Van Orden, whom I met there. The host, while charming, was typically banal [...]

January 3, 2007

One book a week for 2007

This isn’t a new year’s resolution but, this year, I intend to read 52 books. I talk about it a bit on this week’s podcast, which will be coming out today. For now, though, I want to try and explain why I’ve decided to do this: I’m have a feeling I’m becoming stupid. Oh wow, [...]