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Re: Social Thinking...

bryanlanders — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:59:07 -0000

hey! you found your shoutout. how'd you find this? just curious...

yeah, i bookmarked your site for the next time i have some design/flash work to outsource to you ;)

i'm glad to share anything about the site. it's built on django (check it out if you're building web apps). i've just recently ditched the only part that originated on this site (the blog) and i'm using posterous.com for that now. so everything you see here is from social media tools elsewhere on the interwebz...

glad you got kate's hello :)

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:41:28 -0000

Looks like he posted that one on his blog, too.
http://calacanis.com/2009/08/08/the-case-agains...

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:39:18 -0000

Man, this thread got very informative. Nice links and analysis,
Ethan!

The only other thing I'll add is to mention this growing feeling that
buying or developing for the sexy iThingy du jour is done in spite of
those actions signaling you are supporting or opting into a closed,
some argue monopolistic system. The sentiment seems to be, "if I could find other products (or app platforms) that look and work as well, I would choose not to buy Apple and instead support an open alternative...but..."

Incidentally, while I was typing this comment, Calacanis' latest mailing list rant entitled "The Case Against Apple--in Five Parts" popped up in my inbox!

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:06:07 -0000

It makes sense for AT&T, but does it make sense for developers and users? I'm not sure everyone's on board with trusting that Apple will ever be good at anything resembling and open system. I should mention that while on the treadmill today, I listened to the latest TWiT podcast, which featured a lot of Apple hating.

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:35:03 -0000

Worst idea ever. When I make phone calls, I spend that time preparing my thoughts and emotions for the communication that's about to happen. Imagine a being bombarded with ads before a job interview or announcing the death of a family member. There are some times when distractions are unwelcome, and for me, this proposed ad time one of those.

I just got my Google Voice account and I'm really looking forward to playing with the features. I hope this one gets booed off the stage.

Re: Day 1 @ Mark O’Connor’s Fiddle Camp

bryanlanders — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:20:35 -0000

@caseydriessen blogs fiddle camp! truly a man of our time.

Re: I’m looking for a challenge (and here’s how you can help).

bryanlanders — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:26:21 -0000

Very brave and proactive!

To others reading this: this is a huge opportunity to work with an intelligent, prolific content creator who has fully qualified credentials in the financial space as well as numerous other talents. Take him up on this offer!!!

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/may/21/lesson-in-defraggregation-deru/

bryanlanders — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:34:40 -0000

Thanks, Nate! It's a wild ux. Kind of like purposefully overgrowing your lawn.

Re: Casey Driessen’s Full Spectrum Music Giveaway

bryanlanders — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:22:27 -0000

Great idea! Drooling over the prizes :P

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/mar/2/free-prius-parking-la-ends/

bryanlanders — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:20:33 -0000

Nice. Hadn't seen holamun2. Looks cool. What did you do there?

Walking to meetup somewhere with friends is something I think I'm looking for in "home", which makes me think I won't be in LA forever. If only I could draw kickass, moody illustrations like you to express myself :)

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/mar/2/free-prius-parking-la-ends/

bryanlanders — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:38:07 -0000

I'm jealous! Riding a bike + bus here as the only means of transportation seems far too scary/unfun. I've come to the realization that the hour + long drive to get anywhere in this city is the root cause of people's lack of initiative to get together.

Question for you: do you miss anything about LA?

Re: Social Thinking...

bryanlanders — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:29:59 -0000

Hadn't seen simplifythis.com, so thanks for the mention. My needs are fairly simple, but I have a lot of clients (lots of one-time as well as recurring invoices), so I quickly get into higher price plans. Your prices look good. I'll check it out...

Re: This is SO ten months ago...

bryanlanders — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:30:20 -0000

Sure. Seems to me, the deeper your knowledge gets, the more you'll have to grin and bear the chatter around topics like this...caffeine or no caffeine... ;)

Re: This is SO ten months ago...

bryanlanders — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:31:10 -0000

I'm liking this new edgy tone...feels appropriate here. Dumb pipes shall inherit the web!

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/feb/7/social-media-vs-gtd/

bryanlanders — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:41:26 -0000

Update - from Mr. GTD himself: http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/ma...

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/mar/2/free-prius-parking-la-ends/

bryanlanders — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:00:21 -0000

Hello, The DMV! Thanks for your comment. Sure, as I said, it was wonderful while the incentive lasted. That's a really interesting point you've raised though. One could say that incentives and regulations are two ways of encouraging vehicles with better gas mileage.

I do wonder, however, what the psychological effect of one vs the other has on people. Do they react better to positive tactics like incentives or negative tactics (no matter how necessary and valid) like regulations? For me, one was a gift, and the other is a chore.

As a DMV representative, can you offer and info on parking in Santa Monica? Is metered parking still free for Prius owners there?

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/feb/7/social-media-vs-gtd/

bryanlanders — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:51:26 -0000

Yes yes yes! You're right, everything is dynamic (ever-changing). And how you do anything can be as important as what you do. And, yes, SM makes more sense as a process rather than an end in itself. Thanks for zooming out the focus...these acronym-ridden methodologies are so damned specific.

I think the only thing I'd add is that balance is a wonderful concept when looking at the equation of means and ends. In terms of SM, you've consumed enough when you are satisfied and you've consumed too much when you grow frustrated or overwhelmed and other parts of your life fall apart because you neglect them, endlessly plugged-in!

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:12:56 -0000

Re: your comment here - that's great! Keep it coming.

"Fan" for me has a large spectrum. Aren't there terms for fanhood...like avid, casual...? Those different levels of fandom are directly related to the attention the fan gives the creator.

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:33:21 -0000

And to font nerd out even further...follow J. Hoefler on twitter @H_FJ

Re: Music, Technology, Art, Economy

bryanlanders — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:20:25 -0000

Congrats on your new position. Keep the dream (and tumblelog) alive!

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/feb/10/harsh-reality-scrum/

bryanlanders — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:00:59 -0000

Exactly! Although, I dare you to post that on a developer blog and see what kind of losing battle you're getting yourself into there ;)

Re: http://bryanlanders.com/thoughts/2009/feb/7/social-media-vs-gtd/

bryanlanders — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:45:09 -0000

SM can help to accomplish things (especially for social media managers!) - sure.

Yes on the IPR (does that acronym work?). And also it's still exciting to connect with other humans (thank you for commenting, btw ;)!

One of the most intoxicating results of GTD is that you break everything down into actionable tasks. But, with SM, where there can sometimes be no end goal (will you ever be done reading blogs?), the tasks become an endless to-do list.

Without a self-imposed limit (spend only 10min looking at FriendFeed), there is no true closure with SM interactions. Help!!!

Re: My Comments Wordpress Plugin

bryanlanders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:50:10 -0000

In this instance, think of tags simply as preset search terms that guarantee the user results since they are dynamically created based on that exact author's comments (5-10 most used words, for example). At a glance you can get an idea of relevant topics to this author without having to generate your own search term. How they are displayed is an independent design concern.

Re: We don’t need less options, we need less decisions.

bryanlanders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:54:22 -0000

Yes yes! I love the frontpage you're describing.

From an email I wrote to Jon West (http://friendfeed.com/simplynutty) on Jan 12: "i had a vision of this current frontpage (homepage) and another version that was just tags generated automatically around terms that occurred frequently in my content and a search box. so there'd be the expose everything and skim and pick what's interesting to you OR the just look for what you know you want."

And: http://friendfeed.com/e/b47caa98-d390-0925-3a7c...

So, re: why is my search field not more prominent - well, I spent too much time learning Django to create the back-end (had to go back to work!); I need to beef up the search functionality; I still need to add the minimalist frontpage we're describing here (it will be very prominent then).

On a slightly divergent note, I'm beginning to see your posts and comments as 3-dimensional with your masterful hyperlinking ;)

Re: My Comments Wordpress Plugin

bryanlanders — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:38:06 -0000

I like the WP widget. It certainly covers getting the bulk of your comments in there. Where I see room for creative improvement: making it feel engaging and easy to interact with (and even designy).

For this I think BackType should offer trends for each user (guessing this could be implemented based on the site-wide trends functionality). These would be the most common words in the author's comments presented as tags (could be a common tag cloud with varying sizes).

Additionally, a search field would be excellent as the user could simply enter topics that interest them and see if they are mentioned in the author's comments. Auto-generated tags = passive, search field = active.

With the addition of those 2 features, you'd only need to display 1-3 recent comments, since people's attention will probably not stretch beyond that. For design, you could use the author's profile picture...imagine a comment card. Collectible, sharable, identity trading cards!