http://commoncraft.com/blog-categories/newsletter The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-us http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list <p>At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.&nbsp; The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/">Very Short List</a>.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2091704796_27d6705f8d_m.jpg"></a> </div> <p> It's a single email 5 days a week (with a web site) that succinctly reviews a tidbit of semi-obscure pop culture. They use great writing and cool little Venn Diagrams to explain their product and each subject they cover:</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2091704756_48b8b8b4a8_o.gif"></div> <p>For example, a recent subject was <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/">A Compilation of the Very Strangest Scientific Papers</a>.&nbsp; Here's the Diagram they used to explain it.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2091728114_92b969b23e_o.gif"></a> </div> <p>The Very Short List does one thing very well - and they do it in a unique and engaging way. It's simple, usable, entertaining and it works for me in 30 seconds every morning. I wish at a few more of those 490 blog posts would do the same. </p> http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list#comments blogging email newsletter onething popculture Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:56 +0000 leelefever 1564 at http://commoncraft.com http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list <p>At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.&nbsp; The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/">Very Short List</a>.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2091704796_27d6705f8d_m.jpg"></a> </div> <p> It's a single email 5 days a week (with a web site) that succinctly reviews a tidbit of semi-obscure pop culture. They use great writing and cool little Venn Diagrams to explain their product and each subject they cover:</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2091704756_48b8b8b4a8_o.gif"></div> <p>For example, a recent subject was <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/">A Compilation of the Very Strangest Scientific Papers</a>.&nbsp; Here's the Diagram they used to explain it.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2091728114_92b969b23e_o.gif"></a> </div> <p>The Very Short List does one thing very well - and they do it in a unique and engaging way. It's simple, usable, entertaining and it works for me in 30 seconds every morning. I wish at a few more of those 490 blog posts would do the same. </p> http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list#comments blogging email newsletter onething popculture Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:56 +0000 leelefever 1564 at http://commoncraft.com http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list <p>At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.&nbsp; The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/">Very Short List</a>.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2091704796_27d6705f8d_m.jpg"></a> </div> <p> It's a single email 5 days a week (with a web site) that succinctly reviews a tidbit of semi-obscure pop culture. They use great writing and cool little Venn Diagrams to explain their product and each subject they cover:</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2091704756_48b8b8b4a8_o.gif"></div> <p>For example, a recent subject was <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/">A Compilation of the Very Strangest Scientific Papers</a>.&nbsp; Here's the Diagram they used to explain it.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2091728114_92b969b23e_o.gif"></a> </div> <p>The Very Short List does one thing very well - and they do it in a unique and engaging way. It's simple, usable, entertaining and it works for me in 30 seconds every morning. I wish at a few more of those 490 blog posts would do the same. </p> http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list#comments blogging email newsletter onething popculture Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:56 +0000 leelefever 1564 at http://commoncraft.com http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list <p>At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.&nbsp; The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/">Very Short List</a>.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2091704796_27d6705f8d_m.jpg"></a> </div> <p> It's a single email 5 days a week (with a web site) that succinctly reviews a tidbit of semi-obscure pop culture. They use great writing and cool little Venn Diagrams to explain their product and each subject they cover:</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2091704756_48b8b8b4a8_o.gif"></div> <p>For example, a recent subject was <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/">A Compilation of the Very Strangest Scientific Papers</a>.&nbsp; Here's the Diagram they used to explain it.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2091728114_92b969b23e_o.gif"></a> </div> <p>The Very Short List does one thing very well - and they do it in a unique and engaging way. It's simple, usable, entertaining and it works for me in 30 seconds every morning. I wish at a few more of those 490 blog posts would do the same. </p> http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list#comments blogging email newsletter onething popculture Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:56 +0000 leelefever 1564 at http://commoncraft.com http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list <p>At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.&nbsp; The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/">Very Short List</a>.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2091704796_27d6705f8d_m.jpg"></a> </div> <p> It's a single email 5 days a week (with a web site) that succinctly reviews a tidbit of semi-obscure pop culture. They use great writing and cool little Venn Diagrams to explain their product and each subject they cover:</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2091704756_48b8b8b4a8_o.gif"></div> <p>For example, a recent subject was <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/">A Compilation of the Very Strangest Scientific Papers</a>.&nbsp; Here's the Diagram they used to explain it.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2091728114_92b969b23e_o.gif"></a> </div> <p>The Very Short List does one thing very well - and they do it in a unique and engaging way. It's simple, usable, entertaining and it works for me in 30 seconds every morning. I wish at a few more of those 490 blog posts would do the same. </p> http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list#comments blogging email newsletter onething popculture Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:56 +0000 leelefever 1564 at http://commoncraft.com http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list <p>At the moment Google reader tells me that I have 490 unread items. Once again my feeds are mocking me.&nbsp; The problem is that of the 490, I'll think 4.9 were really interesting. Such is the blog world I suppose. This kind of minor overload is one of the reasons I love the <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/">Very Short List</a>.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/home/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2091704796_27d6705f8d_m.jpg"></a> </div> <p> It's a single email 5 days a week (with a web site) that succinctly reviews a tidbit of semi-obscure pop culture. They use great writing and cool little Venn Diagrams to explain their product and each subject they cover:</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2091704756_48b8b8b4a8_o.gif"></div> <p>For example, a recent subject was <a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/">A Compilation of the Very Strangest Scientific Papers</a>.&nbsp; Here's the Diagram they used to explain it.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/" mce_href="http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/335/Website/oddee/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2091728114_92b969b23e_o.gif"></a> </div> <p>The Very Short List does one thing very well - and they do it in a unique and engaging way. It's simple, usable, entertaining and it works for me in 30 seconds every morning. I wish at a few more of those 490 blog posts would do the same. </p> http://commoncraft.com/very-very-short-list#comments blogging email newsletter onething popculture Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:48:56 +0000 leelefever 1564 at http://commoncraft.com