Archive for February, 2009



LoDo Conversations – Episode 6

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

The show is up, if a little later than planned.  Delays like this are what happens when you check things off in OmniFocus before they're 100% completed.  Lesson learned.  Given the new rule I've imposed on myself, I'd like to push my fellow LoDo Conversationists into a more regular recording ...

• The Gold Box Trick

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

In my search for the best price on my new TV, I stumbled upon an awesome little trick in the slickdeals.net forums.  The Gold Box Trick exploits the Amazon recommendation system and the daily Gold Box deals for recommended items.  As far as I can tell, there's nothing in the ...

Twitter Spam

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Rands says: Every couple of weeks, a meme stressing about “an increase in Twitter spam” wanders the Internet. Each time I see this meme appear, I turn away from my keyboard and bang my head against my desk three times. Twitter spam. Really? Are you even paying attention? I’ll say it again, ...

WordCamp Denver

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Alex King and his company, Crowd Favorite, are hosting WordCamp Denver (tickets available here).  While the focus will obviously be on WordPress and related concepts, the event also presents an amazing networking opportunity for bloggers, designers, and tech workers regardless of technology preference.  At $20, I couldn't justify not going. Plus, this ...