http://podbasket.com/feed/show/plindberg The non-podcast stuff I listen to, collected here and there. en-us Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:33:39 -0800 1 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:33:39 -0800 Taking risks; Philip K. Dick Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:25 -0700 Kaufman\'s career, from sitcoms to Adaptation Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:08 -0700 Strange loops, paradoxes and logic; Las Vegas, Las Vegas; neuroscience Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:18:53 -0700 Making Synecdoche; directing; working with Spike Jonze on Being John Malkovich Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:18:38 -0700 Synecdoche, New York; Kaufman\'s reputation for reclusiveness; the media Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:18:21 -0700 You\'ve got the servers, the money, the legal junk worked out -- now how do you scale your community? How do you address ever-expanding needs without becoming bloated, expand your audience without alienating early adopters? Stay cool/indy while going mainstream? Maintain your vision or let the community guide you? Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:47:26 -0700 Peter Morville Presentation: Ambient Findability - Monday, March 13th At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, the user experience is out of control, and findability is the real story. Access changes the game. We can select our sources and choose our news. We can find who and what we need, when and where we want. As society shifts from push topull, findability shapes who we trust, how we learn, and where we go. In this thought-provoking talk, best-selling author Peter Morville explores the future present in mobile and embedded devices, GPS and RFID technologies, search algorithms, findable objects, evolutionary psychology, and the long tail of the sociosemantic web. Peter Morville Pres, Semantic Studios Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:15:29 -0700 How do you create and manage a global community-centric business where the line between customers and content producers has been completely erased? How do you ensure growth based upon community/customer support without advertising? This is a peek into a few businesses that do just that. Moderator: Maggie Mason, Adaptive Path Jeffrey Kalmikoff Creative Dir, skinnyCorp Jake Nickell Pres, skinnyCorp Maggie Mason Adaptive Path Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:46:10 -0700 Seven years after "The Cluetrain Manifesto" proclaimed the imminent triumph of networked individuals over corporate marketers, Cluetopia is still unreached. Are we getting there? Moderator: Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com Christopher Locke Cluetrain Doc Searls Senior Editor, Linux Journal Heather Armstrong Author, Blurbodoocery Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com Brian Clark Founder/CEO, GMD Studios/IndieWire Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:45:42 -0700 How do you increase interest in your online venture without spending big money on advertising? This diverse group of experts will reveal their best buzz-building secrets. Moderator: Philip Kaplan CEO, AdBrite Inc Jamison Stafford Iventa Corp Rufus Griscom ceo, Nerves Keith Richman Break Media Philip Kaplan CEO, AdBrite Inc Joanna Angel Porn Star, BurningAngel.com Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:45:12 -0700 "Tagging 2.0" - is tagging (user-driven description of data on the Web) *THE* key element of "Web 2.0"? What new tools can help us organize an internet's worth of information for our own use and to share with others? Tagging systems are taking off now, what are the issues for communities of users and for those just trying to make sense of their own stuff? This session will show what's new with tagging and get insights from a variety of perspectives, from folksonomies to the Semantic Web. Moderator: Don Turnbull Asst Professor, Univ of Texas at Austin Adina Levin VP Prod, Socialtext Prentiss Riddle Tech Evangelist, Shadows.com Rashmi Sinha Uzanto Thomas Vander Wal Principal & Sr Consultant, InfoCloud Solutions Inc Don Turnbull Asst Professor, Univ of Texas at Austin Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:44:27 -0700 You've got a The Next Great Idea and three brilliant engineers who want nothing more to work insane schedules for a year. This panel will discuss the key decisions you're going to face during your first year of existence that define the culture of your company. We're not going to tell you how to get funded, we're going to discuss what decisions matter and which ones don't. Come hear it from the folks who've done it and, sometimes, done it right. Moderator: Michael Lopp Sr Engineering Mgr, Apple Evan Williams CEO, Odeo, Inc. Joshua Schachter Creator of del.icio.us; director of engineering for Yahoo, del.icio.us Joel Spolsky CEO, Fog Creek Software Michael Lopp Sr Engineering Mgr, Apple Cabel Sasser Co-Founder, Panic Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:43:29 -0700 Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:58:29 -0700 Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:57:58 -0700 Mark Fletcher spoke about his experience starting ONElist and Bloglines at this month's SDForum Startup SIG in Palo Alto. Mark has given a similar presentation at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference and at Startup School, but if you are not in California you might have missed his advice for starting your own company while moonlighting and being super-cheap. Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:01:38 -0700 Will Wright, creator of the video games "Sim City," "The Sims," and the forthcoming "Spore," will speak (with Brian Eno) on playing with time. Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:17:59 -0700 A new economic principle is the "the long tail," discovered and named by the editor of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson. The former dominance of best-sellers has been augmented by the new dominance of innumerable tiny-sellers, thanks to the Internet. Investor and publisher Will Hearst notes that there is a time dimension as well to the long tail phenomenon, still being discovered. Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:16:09 -0700 Vision is one of the most powerful forms of long-term thinking. Jimmy Wales, founder and president of the all-embracing online encyclopedia Wikipedia, examines how vision drives and defines that project and its strategy--- and how it fits into the even larger world and prospects of "free culture." Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:25:56 -0700 The Next 100 Years of Science: Long-term Trends in the Scientific Method. Friday, March 10th 02006 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:25:26 -0700 This morning I tracked down another expat named Ryan Carson for my 24th podcast. Ryan is part of the team behind Carson Systems along with his wife, Gillian. Carson Systems is based in the UK and runs highly regarded web design/development workshops, developed and launched DropSend (an online web app for sending large files that recently hit 26,000 users and became profitable), recently debuted Vitamin (a web design magazine with a star-studded advisory board) and organize BD4D (a global collective of web designers). Plus (as if the first 4 items weren't impressive enough!) they recently started building their second web app (Amigo) in the public eye at BareNakedApp.com. Despite his busy schedule, Ryan was kind enough to sit down and chat with me. We covered the importance of making sure that your web app can be profitable (and how to tell), the other big mistake web app developers make, his design/business philosophy and more. Sun, 28 May 2006 05:07:07 -0700 How to Roll Your Own Web Conference - Sunday, March 12th Should you start a conference? How would you do it? What are the risks and rewards? Successful conference creators will share tips on booking speakers and space, getting the word out, spending and making money, and above all delivering value. Moderator: Jeffrey Zeldman Founder, Happy Cog Studios Bruce Livingstone CEO, iStockphoto Inc Eric Meyer Principal, Complex Spiral Consulting Maxine Sherrin Westciv Jason Fried Pres, 37signals Jeffrey Zeldman Founder, Happy Cog Studios Molly Ditmore mollygolightly.com Sat, 20 May 2006 12:58:29 -0700 Starting a service aimed at the blogging community is like jumping into a pressure cooker – all of the users are critics and have bullhorns. Good thing David Sifry, the founder of Technorati, has a thick skin he's built after founding four businesses. He's not one to go on the defensive. Dave, a first time CEO after serving as CTO at his prior ventures, simply wants to "be of service." Technorati is now of service to many people. It tracks 2.3 billion links and is, in its own words, "the authority on what's going on in the world of weblogs." Mon, 15 May 2006 01:39:55 -0700 Holistic Web Design: Finding the Creative Balance in Multi-Disciplined Teams - Sunday, March 12th The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You'll see how accessibility, content, CSS, information architecture, JavaScript, usability, visual design, and XHTML create better experiences by working together rather than alone. Moderator: Garrett Dimon Information Architect, GarrettDimon.com Shaun Inman haveamint.com Jason Santa Maria Art Dir, Happy Cog Studios Carl Sieber User Interface Designer, fd2s Inc Eris Stassi Garrett Dimon Information Architect, GarrettDimon.com Fri, 12 May 2006 23:41:49 -0700 DIY Now More Than Ever - Sunday, March 12th Do it yourself web production is rivaling even the biggest internet players. Zero budgets or even nascent skills are no longer a barrier to launching successful web projects. Teams of two or three can accomplish what used to take large groups to produce. Learn how these bootstrappers used their abilities to turn good ideas into huge accomplishments without going into life-long debt or making a deal with the devil. Moderator: Ted Rheingold Top Dog, Dogster Inc Mike Hudack Co-Founder, blip.tv Lynda Keeler Founder, Delight Network Matt Mullenweg Gina Trapani Editor, Lifehacker.com Ted Rheingold Top Dog, Dogster Inc Fri, 12 May 2006 23:41:01 -0700 Traditional Design and New Technology - Saturday, March 11th Traditional graphic design has a rich history spanning decades. There are rules and theories, from typography to grid systems. How much of this has made it onto the web? Is the web the right place for traditional design values? Join the panel in discussing how much of the craft that traditional designers value have made it onto the web. Moderator: Liz Danzico Dir of Experience Strategy, AIGA Toni Greaves Creative Dir, Razorfish Mark Boulton Dir, markboulton.co.uk Khoi Vinh Liz Danzico Dir of Experience Strategy, AIGA Tue, 09 May 2006 07:05:36 -0700 Tantek Celik Presentation: Creating Building Blocks for Independents - Saturday, March 11th Blogs, Creative Commons, wikis, tags, microformats, BarCamp - all empower independents. How were these building blocks conceived, and what others can we construct for indie publishing and organizing? Moderator: Tantek Celik Chief Technologist, Technorati Tantek Celik Chief Technologist, Technorati Tue, 09 May 2006 07:05:05 -0700 Jack Trout ends a series on word-of-mouth marketing with a roundtable discussion with Edleman's senior marketing strategist Steve Rubel; Rick Murray, executive vice president and general manager of Edleman's Diversified Services Group; and Errol Smith, founder of The Affiliate Nanocasting Network and producer of Trout Radio. Host: Jack Trout Length: 19 minutes 06 seconds Sat, 06 May 2006 13:34:48 -0700 How to Create Passionate Users - Saturday, March 11th What do game designers, neurobiologists, and filmmakers know about creating passionate users? How can we take better advantage of how the brain works to reach our users at a deep emotional level that inspires their enthusiasm and participation? The latest research in cognitive science, brain chemistry, and psychology can help you figure out how to get attention and keep it.We'll look at how to work around the brain's natural filters that keep your message from getting in. We'll explore the techniques game developers use to keep users engaged and wanting more, and how these techniques can be applied to virtually any kind of communication. Most importantly, we'll look at the lessons learned from the organizations and individuals who've succeeded at turning on the hearts and brains of their users.Whether you're looking to drive up the hits on your web site, increase membership and involvement, or build a passionate "fan" base around your product, service,or cause,the answer lies in reverse engineering the things for which people are passionate, and finding ways to implement those same attributes in what we offer. Moderator: Kathy Sierra Bert Bates Kathy Sierra Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:56:54 -0700 Beyond Folksonomies: Knitting Tag Clouds for Grandma - Saturday, March 11th As the web evolves, contextual navigation is increasingly necessary. The top-down, authoritarian, Semantic Web approach is way too restrictive, and the bottom-up, free-love, rebelliousness of folksonomies is way too permissive. What's next? A compromise of extremes? A middle-out approach? Something completely different? Can GYM save us? Tune in to find out. Moderator: David Swedlow Co-Founder, SPCI J Wynia Pragmapool Inc Mary Hodder CEO, Dabble David Swedlow Co-Founder, SPCI Elizabeth Lawley Professor, RIT Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:41:26 -0700 Daniel Gilbert Presentation: How to Do Precisely the Right Thing at All Possible Times - Saturday, March 11th The human brain is prone to errors and illusions that keep it from making smart decisions about its own future. This presentation explores them. Also, the first 100 people to arrive at the presentation will receive a FREE advance readers copy of "Stumbling on Happiness," the new book by Daniel Gilbert. Moderator: Daniel Gilbert Professor, Harvard University Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:40:46 -0700 Bruce Stevens and Colin McEnroe of WTIC NewsTalk 1080 in Hartford, CT interviewed Diane Prange, Chief Linguistics Officer, about future naming trends and techniques. I thought you'd find the live interview with Diane both informative and humorous. It sounds like NPR's Car Talk radio show, but on the subject of naming. Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:01:13 -0700 Talk at the CUSEC (Canadian University Software Engineering Conference) in Montreal. Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:07:12 -0700 WOMMA President Andy Sernovitz (http://womma.org/) talks about word-of-mouth marketing, and Phil Gomes' interview with Eric Schwartzman (http://ontherecordpodcast.com) inspires a listener comment. Wed, 05 Apr 2006 06:59:28 -0700 What's Hot in Web Applications - Sunday, March 12th Inexpensive, simple-to-use web applications are revolutionizing technology. Hear insights from cutting-edge developers about developing these apps -- as well as developing the kind of companies that can produce them. Moderator: Peter Merholz Dir of Practice Dev, Adaptive Path Scott Dietzen Pres & CTO, Zimbra Seth Sternberg Co-Founder, Meebo Peter Merholz Dir of Practice Dev, Adaptive Path BJ Fogg Founder & Chairman, YackPack Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:25:35 -0700 Ajax: What Do I Need to Know? - Saturday, March 11th Ajax is rapidly becoming the basis of an important web development technique. But what does it do, and how do you design and build for it? Our panel will walk you through the basics of Ajax, show off some great work that uses the technique, and talk about how you can get started building an asynchronous web page. Moderator: David Humphreys Dylan Schiemann Renkoo Dori Smith Writer David Humphreys Jesse James Garrett Dir UX Strategy, Adaptive Path Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:25:03 -0700 Bootstrapping Your Digital Convergence Business - Monday, March 13th Bootstrap your venture with little to no startup capital like Michael Dell! Learn the rules of bootstrapping from successful bootstrappers in publishing, software and art. Moderator: Bijoy Goswami CEO, Aviri Neelan Choksi Sr Dir Prod Mktg, BEA Systems Dave Wolpert Tina Schweiger Owner Pres, Yellow Fin Inc Erebelle LLC Bijoy Goswami CEO, Aviri Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:47:53 -0800 Creative Subplot: The Viral Edition - Monday, March 13th A look into the process and thinking behind some of today's most creative agencies. A personal approach to creativity and inspiration as told by the designers, producers, and creative directors of todays most talked about viral campaigns. Moderator: Tim Nolan Online Creative Dir, Night Agency Stacey Duda Sr Producer, The Barbarian Group Nessim Higson Principal, Iamalwayshungry Richard Webb COO, Barbarian Group Tim Nolan Online Creative Dir, Night Agency Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:47:15 -0800 Reality bites, but every once in a while we get a chance to bite back. A panel of experts and industry practitioners will discuss the ins and outs of being your own boss within the professional web industry. We will cover what it really takes to start your own freelance business, a sole proprietorship, a co-op, or a small business with a few other partners. While we will briefly touch on topics such as taxes, accounting, investing, and IP issues involved, we intend focus primarily on the genuine challenges each of us has faced when setting out on our own. Topics we plan to cover are the issues surrounding office space, establishing a partnership with other businesses, leveraging your network, writing proposals, getting a consensus without loosing partners, maintaining relationships with clients, finding your niche in the market, and much more. We'll examine what it takes to get a web business up and running from scratch. We'll teach you to bite back for a change. Moderator: Nick Finck Publisher, Digital Web Magazine James Archer CEO, Forty Media Michael Buffington Michael Buffington Leonard Lin Yahoo! Veerle Pieters Ceo, Duoh! N V Nick Finck Publisher, Digital Web Magazine Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:45:49 -0800 With hype around "Web 2.0" reaching an almost unbearable level, it can be tempting to dismiss it all. That would be a shame. For all the breathless marketing and ill-funded startups, there's some absolutely amazing design being done out there. We'll talk to those behind some of the most successful applications on the web and find out what the process was behind them, how they bring users into their designs, and what it's like to stay on the cutting edge of web tech without succumbing to it. Moderator: Jeffrey Veen , Measure Map George Oates Producer, Ludicorp Mena Trott Partner, Six Apart Evan Williams CEO, Odeo, Inc. Jeffrey Veen Measure Map Eric Rodenbeck Dir, Stamen Design Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:38:45 -0800 In Swedish. Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:30:50 -0800 Craig Newmark Keynote Interview - Monday, March 13 The founder of craigslist talks with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about how a simple interface and an easy-going zen attitude have helped to make life better for millions of users across the world. Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist Jimmy Wales Pres, Wikimedia Foundation Inc Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:59:27 -0800 Bruce Sterling Presentation: The State of the World - Tuesday, March 14th Sterling's Tuesday talks at SXSW Interactive are legendary. Close your conference experience by hearing his vision of global drama and the human condition, circa 2006. Bruce Sterling, Visionary In Residence, Design Visionary Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:58:46 -0800 While down in Austin for SXSW, Geoffrey Grosenbach caught up with Bruce Tate for the Ruby on Rails podcast. Bruce talks about how Rails is the catalyst behind a sea change in the development world. Download as mp3 or mp4. A long time Java developer, earlier this year Bruce put out a book called Beyond Java which caused quite a stir. Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:37:30 -0800 Ben and I discuss the recent news, grab the IE team to ask them about IE 7, and get Jamis Buck of 37 Signals to talk about scalability of Campfire. Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:04:30 -0800 Sterling's Seminars on Long-term Thinking talk. June, 02004. Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:23:17 -0800 Lansing's Seminars on Long-term Thinking talk, courtesy of the Long Now foundation. February, 02006. Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:21:00 -0800 Hear the award-winning New Yorker columnist talk about the power of large groups (including on the Internet) to make remarkably intelligent decisions. The session will also cover the problems and challenges that large groups present. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:07:35 -0800 Frustrated by the conventional "work-for-hire" model of the creative business, Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and Jason Fried of 37signals have pushed their companies in a decidedly more entrepreneurial direction over the past two years. With the idea of taking a greater amount of control over the creative they produce, both firms have built products and businesses which allow them a large degree of independence and the ability to apply the crafts of design, writing and programming for their own benefit. As Coudal said in a recent article, "the only way to free yourself from the tyranny of clients is to become one." Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:07:07 -0800 On today's show, my guest hosts, co-founding members of 2Web.com.au, Nik Cubrilovic and Ben Barren and I talk about: Who or what is 2web? What is Web2.0? What is Ajax? What motivates a Web2.0 entrepreneur to quit their job? Are we in another tech bubble? Web2.0's dirty little secret The much-mentioned Jason Calacanis interview. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:34:04 -0800 Talk at the LIFT'06 conference. Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:51:40 -0800 "Smart pills", "mind-reading machines" and "Viagra for the brain" are just some of the headlines sparked by breakthroughs in the world of brain science. But these developments raise many ethical questions about the use of drugs to control behaviour and the use of brain imaging to identify potential psychopaths. Neuroscientist PROFESSOR STEVEN ROSE discusses the future of neuroscience: the promises, the threats and the implications. Steven Rose participated in the Second European Citizens' Convention on Brain Science and Brain Research which presents its findings to the European Parliament today. The Voluntary Euthanasia Society is changing its name after more than 70 years to Dignity in Dying. As the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords, Chief Executive DEBORAH ANNETTS explains why she is campaigning to change the law. It's 150 years since the birth of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. The Freud Museum marks this anniversary with a conference looking at his legacy. His ideas about our unconscious lives have influenced countless writers. The novelist A S BYATT is one of the speakers at Freud Yesterday, Freud Today and discusses Freud's impact on literature. More than 2000 years have passed since Plato wrote about the Cave - prisoners tied up in a cave who mistook shadows for reality and how this represented the human preference for diversion over truth. Today, philosopher ANTHONY O'HEAR finds this more relevant than ever and discusses why he thinks modern society is moving further away from reality. Plato's Children: The State We Are In is published by Gibson Square. Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:12:38 -0800 You might expect that if you launched your pride and joy -- your startup company -- at a conference, it would automatically be the center of attention. At DEMO, the leading technology product launch conference, you're hatching your business alongside 64 other companies with cool new technologies. You've got to deliver an awe-inspiring six-minute presentation, schmooze for many hours on end at a packed product pavilion, and be charming during the cocktail hours to make your mark. We continue our coverage of the DEMO conference by following VideoEgg's experience while grabbing audio clips from all over. Hear from Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg, August Capital partner David Hornik, Six Apart co-founder and president Mena Trott, U3 CEO and founding team member of Palm Kate Purmal, Jingle Network senior vice president Tom Latinovich and DEMO executive producer Chris Shipley. Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:27:15 -0800 New businesses usually start small and work slowly and steadily to build their reputation. But that's not true of startups that choose to launch their product at DEMO, the most prestigious conference dedicated to launching new technologies. Presenters have to agree to be radio silent about the cool technology they've been working on night and day for the past several months, if not years, of their lives. Then they have six minutes on stage to show it off to everyone, and a couple of days at a beach resort in Huntington Beach to network like crazy and deploy their freshly printed business cards. VideoEgg, a new company founded by three Yale graduates from the class of '04, chose to hatch itself at DEMO after months of quiet incubation. In today's show, we're chronicling what it's like to present at DEMO by telling the story of VideoEgg. We'll interview VideoEgg's founding team, DEMO executive producer Chris Shipley and DEMO groupie David Hornik of August Capital. We'll post a show after the conference with VideoEgg's presentation and the crowd's reaction. Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:26:08 -0800 When a startup launches its first product, should it expect a lot of fanfare? It should if it launches at DEMO before an audience of hundreds that includes some of the nation's top journalists and venture capitalists (not to mention Venture Voice). DEMO is a two-day conference, held in Phoenix this time around, that features about 70 never-before-seen technology products. Most of the products come from scrappy startups. We follow two of those startups through the process, Sproutit and Sharpcast. Along the way we'll talk to countless other entrepreneurs on the floor and some people who came to pick companies to cover or invest in. We covered this event last year (part 1, part 2) and followed VideoEgg, which was recently funded by the venture capitalist we introduced them to on that show. Let's see what happens to Sproutit and Sharpcast. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:44:42 -0800 If you're making lots of money in a fat industry for doing relatively little, then the last thing you want is a competitor like John C. Bogle. He founded The Vanguard Group in 1975 and revolutionized the mutual fund industry by slashing management fees. By creating the world's first index fund, John showed investors they could invest in the market without giving a large portion of their earnings to fund managers. While it sounds easy in hindsight, it was a difficult path. John was fired along the way and made many enemies in the industry. But John, like any good entrepreneur, is a fighter. And at age 75, he's still ready for a challenge. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:42:59 -0800 Michael and Umair Haque of Bubble Generation examine the state of play and strategic implications of Media 2.0 in the first of a series of podcasts. Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:19:26 -0800 Guy Kawasaki: "Here's another MP3 recording. It is my reading of Chapter 7: The Art of Raising Capital from The Art of the Start. It covers some of the same material as my blog entries, but sometimes hearing is believing." Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:04:13 -0800 (There are also slides here: http://bokardo.com/archives/podcast-of-web-20-talk/) Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:31:44 -0800 Clay Shirky's Long Now lecture on categories. Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:42:46 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:39:01 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:38:03 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:37:25 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:36:28 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:35:13 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:33:26 -0800 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:32:50 -0800 Here's a scathing review of BMW's iDrive system, the driver/car interface featured in their newest top-of-the-line automobiles. The press already skewered the arcane iDrive system in dozens of articles, but this one is a classic. You'll pity the hapless salesman who struggles to make the boneheaded car understand his most basic verbal commands, for a national radio audience. Negative product reviews offer fantastic opportunities to educate people about the need for good human-centered design, but the HCI field is still almost unknown to most reporters and to the public. It's too bad that this NPR reporter didn't talk to any HCI professionals, because such discussions could have made for a much more thoughtful and encouraging piece. But that's our fault as HCI professionals -- we need to make the press aware of these issues. From National Public Radio's All Things Considered, August 8, 2002 NPR description: Complicated BMW John Ydstie takes a ride in BMW's hottest new luxury car -- the 7 Series. It takes automotive computer power to a whole new level. Computer systems provide the car with BMW's most powerful engine, a silky smooth ride and what is supposed to be the simplest in-dash control system available. But what is created for the sake of simplicity can oftentimes create the most confusion. Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:31:05 -0800 A 28:00-ish minute podcast (32 MB) where we touch on all Umair's key themes: attention scarcity, plasticity, micromedia/microchunking, edge competencies, smart aggregators, reconstructors, Ning'd, Flock'd, etc. It's serious Web 2.0 business model geekery. Mentioned: MySpace, Edgeio, Google (duh), Yahoo!, flickr, etsy, delicious, Apple, Ning, Flock, threadless, and much more. I'll do a full recap when I can. For now, dig it. (Warning: I have no idea what I was doing to create the crazy noise that hampers the first 5:00 minutes or so. Maybe scoot through that bit if it's driving you mad. It makes me bonkers, for sure. The rest of the chat is so worth it.) Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:00:51 -0800 How do you architect freedom and architect a system that enhances or enables freedom? Conventional software architecture over the past 35 years has not enabled us to create sustainable, extensible applications. Typically an application over 5 years old becomes a "legacy" application, difficult to maintain and change. Gall suggests that what is amazing about the Open Source community is the freedom to change the software to make it fit what you want it to do. But for this to happen you need a free open community architecture. The internet protocols are an example of such an open architecture. While the basic structure has remained unchanged for 30 years, they have been extended and adapted, allowing such new technologies as the web, email and VoIP. Gall argues that an "Internet Architecture" is the best way to sustain a freedom to change allowing decentralized innovation and extensibility. A General Internet Architecture has several key principles, not least of which is that it must be simple, consisting of 3 key standards: an identifier, a format and a protocol. There are several examples of these 3 standards in practice. 1. The IP Protocol itself Consisting of the IP address, the IP packet structure, and the IP protocol 2. Email The @ sign, the internet message format RFC, and SMTP 3. The Web The URL, HTML/MIME, and the http protocol In the physical world also we see examples of an Internet Architecture, such as with international containerized shipping where the shipping container ID, the "20 ton packet" and the port handling protocols map to the 3 key simple standards. Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:32:13 -0800 We decided to go a different direction with episode 10 and focus soley on web design. Dan Cederholm joined us to talk about his experience in the field and his recent works. So grab your "bottle of wine", sit back, and enjoy. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:30:02 -0800 Interview by Tim Reha of Venture All Stars regarding the upcoming workshop "Beyond Usability: Designing the Complete User Experience". Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:12:21 -0800 Bruce Mau speaking at Pop!Tech 2004; Victor Lombardi of Noise Between Stations: 'In this [...] talk [...] he mostly discusses the Massive Change exhibit.' Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:02:08 -0800 Alex Barnett: "When Joshua Porter and I started our non-formal podcasting efforts a while ago, we made list of the people we'd want to have on our 'show' and talk to. High on both our lists was Steve Gillmor. So we were thrilled when he accepted our invitation to join us for this podcast and discuss his Attention ideas with us. Steve has been leading Attention conversation for some time now. In 2003 he, along with David Sifry (CEO of Technorati), initiated the attention.xml efforts and has since taken on the role as president of the non-profit Attention Trust." Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:36:46 -0800 Richard MacManus: 'Ex-Feedster Scott Johnson has an interesting podcast entitled The Young Engineer's Guide to Startups. It gives a nice overview of the startup life, especially things like equity and the "risk to reward ratio". The latter can be summarized as: the earlier you join a startup, the higher the risk... but also potential reward. Other tips: the less cash you take when you join a startup, the more reward you potentially get; startups are "problem-solving paradises"; delay the valuation if possible. All of which are handy tips if you're thinking about starting a company, or joining a startup.' Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:15:43 -0800 'At a Churchill Club event on July 21, Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine presented "The Long Tail: Finding New Markets in the Niches." Last year Anderson began writing about the Long Tail phenomenon, explaining how niche products with low demand and sales volume can collectively obtain higher market share and revenue than the major bestsellers.' Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:24:07 -0800 Guy Kawasaki: 'This is a recording of me reading Chapter 3 of The Art of the Start: The Art of Pitching. "Pitching," in the context of this reading, is the process of reaching agreement--when seeking an investment, closing a sale, forming a partnership, or recruiting an employee. "Agreement" is not soley (souly?) about raising money.' Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:56:46 -0800