the stuff in my head

Just ordered it. Happy freaking day.
Arriving on or about March 3rd.

Michael Hyatt, in a recent post predicted the death of traditional book publishing… someday. Deep Keel disagrees.
Although I’m usually all for technology revolutionizing existing industries, here I’m not so sure it’s going to happen the way Mr. Hyatt thinks.
For one, I dislike his iPod analogy for several reasons:
1. Listening to music on an iPod is […]

I woke up, got ready, checked out of the hotel, stashed my luggage in my car and headed out to find the Gleacher Center. After walking a few blocks in the wrong direction (ahem) I found the right street and ended up… at the loading dock. Apparently there are some two level parts of Chicago. […]

I’m going to do it. I can’t hold back any longer- it simply must be done.
I’m going to switch to a Mac.
Yup.
Now that I’ve made the decision, it really gets interesting. I’ve been hesitating for quite awhile as switching for me is a big deal (and not just for my ego).
Here’s the steps I see […]

UPDATE: Campfire is live!
Campfire, the next app on deck for 37Signals, rocks. I can say this with certainty as I had a chance to use it all day today. The folks in the Getting Real workshop had access to a pre-release version to chat in during the workshop. The sub-narrative happening in the chat was […]

I’m blogging offline tonight as the hotel charges $10 for internet access — ridiculous. Sure, it’s 90% profit for them, but it’s a really poor customer satisfaction move. I can guarantee I won’t be coming back to this hotel (I will look for free WiFi next time). If I was a businessman needing to do […]