The Button Every Keyboard Needs

By leelefever on March 21, 2008 - 8:25am.

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Found at Garage Billiards and Bowl in Seattle. 

Having an Old Dog

By leelefever on January 25, 2008 - 12:12pm.

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He's 13, his breath smells really bad, he's deaf, he walks like a retired football player, begs with renewed vigor and is increasingly obstinate. 

Indeed, the old dog experience is so different than the young dog experience. He's still the same sweet dog, but with new quirks that keep things new, even in old age. He is not the Frisbee catching dog of yesteryear. He is more like Jabba the Hut. A deaf Jabba the Hut with with a better disposition.

Home for the Holidays (and an off-topic interview)

By leelefever on December 21, 2007 - 4:40pm.

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First, we want to wish you and yours good cheer and positive vibes for the Holidays.  It's been an exciting year for us at Common Craft and it couldn't have happened without you.  Your links, your blog entries, your emails to friends all put a spotlight on our work that wouldn't have happened otherwise.  Maybe there is something to this social media thing after all. J

Between now and the New Year, we'll be with families on separate coasts and generally unavailable. 

Your Neighborhood Needs Instant Journalists

By leelefever on November 14, 2007 - 9:23am.

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Even though the Web makes us all feel like citizens of the world, what matters is often local.  Our neighborhoods and neighbors have a huge impact.  There is a brand-new platform, created by Instivate, a company run by one of our long-time friends and neighbors, that aims to give every neighborhood a site for sharing local news. It's called Instant Journalist.

New Friends (and some old ones) from Gnomedex

By leelefever on August 13, 2007 - 9:49pm.

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I had high expectations for Gnomedex - a conference run by Chris Pirillo in Seattle. The only other one I went to was in 2005 and it was an amazing experience. There was this feeling of changing the world - people were hyped up and it was palpable.

Unfortunately, this time around, I didn't feel the same. I didn't leave the event with an uplifted feeling - if anything, I left a bit of cynicism.

More on 43 Things "Neighborhood Watch"

By leelefever on April 18, 2007 - 6:39pm.

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A little while back, I wrote about a brand new feature from the Robots who created the online community site 43 Things . The feature is "neighborhood watch" and it enables "community members in good standing" to contribute to fighting the site's growing spam problem.

Just to day Daniel Spils posted a follow up describing how it has worked so far.

Visible Technologies is Playing with Fire

By leelefever on April 17, 2007 - 8:51pm.

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Sean reminded me about a local Seattle company called Visible Technologies that enables organizations to listen and respond to the commentary that is occurring across blogs, social networks and communities.

Go to Ignite Seattle! Feb. 13th!

By leelefever on January 31, 2007 - 6:10pm.

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Why? There are a lot of great reasons...

Go To Seattle Mind Camp: Nov 5-6

By leelefever on October 15, 2005 - 8:46am.

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A group of friends are putting together a Bar Camp inspired gathering here in Seattle that is meant to bring together a group of 150 Seattle's thinkers and doers.

Here's a description from the site:

Blue Flavor is Open for Business

By leelefever on September 27, 2005 - 9:02am.

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Congrats to my friends and fellow Seattle guys Blue Flavor for getting their new company off the ground. From their site:

We're four guys with a zeal for simple, clear and effective communication and creating lasting interactive experiences.

We’re big picture thinkers, Web and mobile architects, user advocates, writers, speakers and well-respected experts. We're also fairly regular folks who think technology should work for people, not the other way around.

Blue Flavor is: Brian Fling, D. Keith Robinson, Matt May, Nick Finck. See the bio page.