The Authentic Eccentric

I’m delighted to pass along an internship opportunity here in the Richmond, VA market. This looks like an excellent opportunity to learn some leading edge technology, too:
ColorTree Inc. of VA is a leader in the custom envelope industry. For over 20 years our commitment to deliver outstanding service and quality to our customers keeps […]

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Ethan Zuckerman has a great post up on Visualizing Social Networks via Excel, and shares some interesting behavioral patterns for Usenet technical support via Microsoft Research.
The findings identified some key behavioral patterns in participants:
Rather than analyzing the content of these newsgroups (hard to do, as they’re huge), Smith and his team looked at structures. […]

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Here are audio tracks from four of the sessions I took while at the NTC 08 conference in New Orleans -
Technology Programs That Engage and Support At-Risk Youth
Designed by Karen L. Michaelson | Tincan
Audio from session
The Search for Sneezers: How to Find First-Time Donors in Epidemic Proportions
Designed by Philip King | Artez Interactive
Audio from […]

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Richard Florida processes John Gapper’s labor musings -
Collective bargaining has a role in this world – to set standard contract terms or percentages for royalties and residuals – but individual negotiation is where the big money lies. Many technicians and writers are freelancers because it suits them: they get greater freedom to work across […]

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Happy Anniversary, Robert - I can’t believe it’s been seven years already. It’s fun to be linkblogging with you.
F.T. Rea was one of the earliest freelance artists that I worked with who was actively making money off Kinko’s art projects. One of my most prized possessions is a full set of his Iran Contra playing […]

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Last Thursday, in a fit of energy and local inspiration I signed up for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month)*, which neatly coincides with the allies launch of Active Gray Matter (AGM).
For those of you scratching your head going huh, AGM is:
Active Gray Matter (AGM) is a socially based learning community that uses the wisdom of […]

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One of my favorite writing inspiration sites is Creating Passionate Users, Kathy Sierra’s marvelous technology blog.
Today, Kathy has an appalling post on why she was forced to cancel her appearance at ETech - her life has been threatened by some cretin cyber-bullies.
I am shocked and angry that Kathy is in danger. While I don’t personally […]

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While I’ve been silent a lot lately, I haven’t been idle. My most recent project has been helping a former client sell some equipment on eBay. Yes, eBay - I haven’t used them in a few years, but their audience *is* massive, and he wants to clean out his storage unit, so I agreed to […]

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Colorful Surf Boards on Waikiki Beach Hawaii
Originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.
I just got news from the Kinko’s grapevine that Brad Krause passed away in late January from cancer.

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This year’s ballot measures to raise the minimum wage passed in six states: Montana, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Nevada.
That means that ~1,561,000 million Americans are getting a raise, which is not only good for them, but also good for the businesses that serve working families.
As an added benefit, all of the new […]

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