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Good People Day: The BlogHer Crowd

April 3, 2008 – 2:33 pm

Generally I try not to get caught up in memes, where a bunch of people try to do similar posts on the same day. (I’m not entirely opposed to memes, it just doesn’t suit the way I personally write or work.)
But yesterday I saw a particularly compelling video post by Wine 2.0 founder Gary Vaynerchuk: [...]

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The best eulogy ever

January 26, 2008 – 11:34 am

I’ve been thinking about the impermanence of life lately (not in a morbid or suicidal way, just in a that’s-how-it-is kind of way). And it strikes me that eulogies can be pretty important. I think this is the best one ever: John Cleese’s eulogy of his Monty Python cohort Graham Chapman, in 1989:

For the record, [...]

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Gmail Mobile: My Dialup Lifeline

August 18, 2007 – 2:38 pm

My inbox, seen through Gmail mobile. Lean and fast.

I’m spending the weekend relaxing up at my cabin near the Continental Divide. We only have dialup net access here. (Don’t razz me for getting online from here. I use my computer and e-mail for much more than just work!)
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m pretty reliant on [...]

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