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April 13, 2013
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S2E01Friends, For several weeks, I've been asking myself what this thing should be. It could be a 'zine, the...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E29
February 5, 2013
Saturday, I biked to downtown Austin, sat around at a coffee shop, caught a sidewalk parade, read on the pedestrian bridge over the river, and did some...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E28
January 27, 2013
WHAT'S THE CONCEPT BEHIND CONCEPT Concept, is the new business-word utterly devoid of meaning. It's no longer about a vague idea. Now it's a football play-...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E27
January 21, 2013
CHECKING IN WITH MYSELF Things I didn't love five years ago: Bruce Willis movies Working out Coffee This year's Woody Allen movie The Talking Heads Breakfast...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E26
January 13, 2013
I'LL INTERNET IT TO YOU I don't like using technology or brand names to describe communication anymore. It requires too much auxiliary information. "What's...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E25
January 6, 2013
The sixties in America were uncertain. Civil unrest and the threat of nuclear annihilation made for a rough time. However, out of the sixties, we got a lot...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E24
December 15, 2012
I went to a pizza place. A good pizza place, but not outstanding. I ordered a pizza for myself and sat down at a table by the large, plate glass windows. By...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers
December 8, 2012
It has been unseasonably warm in Austin this fall and winter. We’ve basically been gifted a second spring. It’s too warm to swim, but cool enough that one...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E22
December 2, 2012
I stumbled upon a workable outlook on the suboptimal things in life. “Play the hand you’re dealt, but try to make the future better.” The first part...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E21
November 17, 2012
This week is all musical things!This week, the wife and I trekked over to Houston to see Paul McCartney perform. It's just what you'd expect: Paul McCartney...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E20
November 11, 2012
This week I want to talk about bubbles. The post-election narrative you might read is that the Republican party thought they were going to win, possibly in a...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E19
November 4, 2012
This was a traveling, conference week. This week: the Ruby conference, which I’ve only missed once since 2005. That means it’s a chance for me to see my...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E18
October 27, 2012
The essence of being a nerd has changed quite a bit in my lifetime. What was once a shorthand for varying degrees of unhip and outcast now means some kind of...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E17
October 20, 2012
How many movies could have been titled “We should have thought this through”? Every horror film, to start. Any disaster film. In particular, Titantic. Hey,...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E16
October 14, 2012
It’s often said, in many ways, that all things have a beginning and end. Even shows like Saturday Night Live, that run for decades, have noticably different...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers S1E15
October 7, 2012
It’s fall. In Austin, that means it will be cool for a couple weeks and then proceed to what Texans call “cold”. Those from other parts of the country will...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E14
September 29, 2012
Compare and contrast: Paul Graham’s Startup = Growth led me to a bunch of thoughts this week. You can read this essay two ways. It’s written about how...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E13
September 22, 2012
Teach the application over the idea Some concepts are taught in a way that focuses entirely on the concept itself. When I’ve learned about various musical...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E12
September 17, 2012
I asked how a libertarian/Hayekian system would work in practice this week. I directed it at a specific system that I like in theory but am quite skeptical...
Internet Todo List for Enthusiastic Thinkers, S1E11
September 9, 2012
I’ve spent this weekend away from home, out of my routine. I didn’t mean to take two weeks off my regular schedule of reading, writing, exercising, and...
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