From the monthly archives: August 2008

On Friday and Saturday I attended my first Gnomedex. I met Chris Pirillo for the first time last week and like him a lot. I really hope his event becomes even more successful than it already has over eight years running. The big question is “What is Gnomedex?” and despite my enjoyment of the event [...]

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At blist, we think about three core scenarios as relates to working with data: getting data in; analyzing, massaging, querying and generally working with data when it’s in blist; and getting data out. We’re happy to introduce blist PDF printing via this blog post. It’s a big help in the “getting data out” category. For [...]

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Matt wrote a thoughtful post last night about the progression of whom you’re designing for. I really enjoyed it and think you would too. Take a minute to read it.

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Sorry for the slow posting pace last week. I was on an east coast business trip, but managed to squeeze in a great evening in Cambridge meeting Paul Graham and some really awesome founders of this cycle’s Y Combinator companies. I’m back in the office in Seattle, but have more travels in the not too [...]

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I never worked with Jim Gray. During my year at Microsoft, where Jim also worked, I had the pleasure of attending one internal discussion he led. He exchanged a few emails with me on another project I led. One of the amazing things about Jim was how he made everyone even remotely connected to him [...]

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Some of you know that one of my passions is wine. My wife and I try to visit one of the wine regions once or twice year for some relaxation and wine tasting. Lately that has meant visiting Oregon’s Willamette Valley or the Napa/Sonoma region of California. Some day when we have a little more [...]

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We submitted an important idea for a panel discussion at the South By Southwest Conference (SXSW) – this needs to happen – and you need to help by voting for it now. Part of the way that SXSW designs their program is from community voting through their Panel Picker, so we need your help. blist [...]

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Little embellishment is needed for these gems. Next time you plan to be on a plane for a few hours, on the bus for half an hour or having breakfast alone by moonlight, read these timeless classics on personal productivity: Paul Graham’s marvelous Power of the Marginal. Marc Andreesens’s Guide to Productivity. What’s ironic is [...]

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