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Comment on Tostadas with Mango Pomegranate Guacamole, Black Beans, Cotija, and Cabbage Slaw by Barb

Barb — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:53:04 +0000

Have a ripe mango and pomegranate, had found the guac. recipe at Epicurious, now will try your slaw recipe, sounds great! (Not ALL of us Iowans are gun-toting, and as narrow minded as Stephen Bloom might have given the impression – though I wonder if his piece in the Atlantic was to be read at least in part with a sense of humor, a la Charles Dickens…) Thanks for the recipes… just found you on a Google search… I’m in Davenport, IA, BTW.

Comment on Americans, are you serious? by ows

ows — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:09:01 +0000

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Comment on The Case of the Rabid Vampire by Charles Guy

Charles Guy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:01:03 +0000

I am glad you liked the commentary on vampires from a biochemical perspective.

Comment on About Chris by Sarah F.

Sarah F. — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:57:26 +0000

Hello CLZ – I see that you have some biases against American cars. Since I’ve recently been working in this area, I would be happy to share with you some of the innovations going on in the Detroit 3. Please contact me with questions, comments, or concerns. But not complaints, please.

Comment on Pretty Power by ashley

ashley — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:38:50 +0000

wow!

that’s pretty but i still expect the drama that only a power plant can provide in my movies.

Comment on Tostadas with Mango Pomegranate Guacamole, Black Beans, Cotija, and Cabbage Slaw by Chris Zach

Chris Zach — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:32:57 +0000

I am from Iowa! Grew up in the wonderful town of Ankeny.

Comment on About Chris by Katie Palmer

Katie Palmer — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:57:04 +0000

Hello Chris! Hope you’re having a beautiful day. I am wondering if your photo of the United States Flag is being sold anywhere? I would like to purchase it to use it to use on a government website for Oklahoma City.

Thank you.

Korsha D. Palmer

Comment on Tostadas with Mango Pomegranate Guacamole, Black Beans, Cotija, and Cabbage Slaw by Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:39:38 +0000

Are you from Iowa? My husband is from Dubuque.

Comment on New Beers to Taste Thanks to GABF by Senior Living San Diego

Senior Living San Diego — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:15:26 +0000

That’s really a good advice. The students need to know they are making a choice for their lives. It’s an important step to start building their careers.

Comment on New Beers to Taste Thanks to GABF by Dee Carey

Dee Carey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:47:11 +0000

Are going to become a Redskins fan now! Am on my way to The Lost Abbey in another hour for happy hour tonite. I moved to San Diego from No. VA. out of George Mason U. Redskins fan, Charger fan as well. Been out here for a while. Make sure to visit the Dog Fish Head rest. facility in northern va. I send a west coast christmas beer package to my brother in law each year and he has been sending me stuff since the early 90s. That how I got my exposure to Dog Fish Head and he to early Blind Pig in a bottle. Have fun and cheers. You will miss SD beer week in Nov.

Comment on My Brakes Aren’t Squeeling, But Detroit Is by raina

raina — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:48:32 +0000

not to mention the politics behind deliberately killing environmentally friendLIER options like the electric car. Most people don’t even know about the electric cars that were catching on, especially (or maybe only) in California, before conglomerates of companies and corporations zapped the idea and started destroying the cars and idea – literally and figuratively. must watch documentary: “Who Killed the Electric Car”

Comment on My Brakes Aren’t Squeeling, But Detroit Is by Obama Highlights Iowa on the Renewable Energy Map - ChrisZach.com

Obama Highlights Iowa on the Renewable Energy Map - ChrisZach.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:26:37 +0000

[...] am excited to hear that a cap-and-trade program might finally emerge in the US. As I’ve written before, until carbon emissions impose a cost on emitters commensurate with the impact of the emissions on [...]

Comment on Will Facebook Acquire Twitter Already? by Diego

Diego — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:27:46 +0000

Great stuff. I agree with you on that “they need each other”.

You think some of those marketers are in the facebook group about tweeters who tweet about podcasters who talk about marketing bloggers?

Comment on “United States” Renamed to More Alphabetical-Order-Friendly “America, United States of” by Diego

Diego — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:41:37 +0000

This is marvelous! I think it’s a great idea. I always hated having to scroll allllll the wayyy down to united states of.

That Barack, he’s so smart.

Comment on About Chris by Chris Zach

Chris Zach — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:25:32 +0000

Hey Chris, this is the other Chris Zach from Iowa. I saw your stuff on did d it. What a hoot. Ragbri or Ragbrew and Adventureland. You must be following my trails, because I was stationed in SD years ago.

Comment on About Chris by Nick Renner

Nick Renner — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:16:53 +0000

Hey bud, like the site. I’ll put an RSS feed on my browser and check it often.

Comment on My question about Media Cloud by EthanZ

EthanZ — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:07:37 +0000

Chris, the question about influence is an excellent one. It’s not one that the tool is directly built to answer, but I can think of some experiments where we might combine MC information with other metrics out there that help determine influence. For too long, we’ve used link data as our influence metric, in part because it was really all we had – technorati and others did a great job of sharing that data, and we all had fun playing with it. But good traffic info is critical for these analyses, and data sets like Google Ad Planner are extremely promising. Where Media Cloud can be most useful, I think, is in tracing how ideas spread between different branches of media. Once we’re able to build a graph of that ecosystem, questions of readership and influence will be able to be added in as weights on edges of the graph… In other words, you’re absolutely on the right track – we’re going to need your help and the help of other smart people to figure out how to combine our data with other sets to ask and answer the right questions.

Comment on The Irony of Ironic Hipsters by kadavy

kadavy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:42:53 +0000

That second video was classic. Brilliant.

Comment on Will Facebook Acquire Twitter Already? by Fresh From Twitter - ChrisZach.com

Fresh From Twitter - ChrisZach.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:20:03 +0000

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Comment on Does Nokia Think You’re Sexy? by Fresh From Facebook - ChrisZach.com

Fresh From Facebook - ChrisZach.com — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:41:47 +0000

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Comment on About Chris by Paul Walker

Paul Walker — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:41:35 +0000

Hey Chris…it’s Paul Walker….the guy you met at the vc 101 event. Please send me a private email at the one I just gave you above. Thanks!

Comment on Platforms Enabling Emergent Collaboration by NAKODA003

NAKODA003 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:17:33 +0000

Hey Chris!,
Just thought I would check out your webpage. Looks good man. hit me up

Comment on Should the government save Tesla from a short (funding) circuit? by Kitty Martini

Kitty Martini — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:48:35 +0000

I agree–we need something like a fast cherry red silent clean burning ride to carry the message that the old way is just well…bankrupt. Just look at those tired old dudes in power…do they look like people who have great new ideas?
The good news is, they’ll be dying off soon.

Comment on My Brakes Aren’t Squeeling, But Detroit Is by Mick Grove

Mick Grove — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:50 +0000

Nice and thought provoking commentary, Chris. You make a good point when you say that:

“So, Detroit has been shielded from economic reality in the US by a curtain of cheap oil and cheap carbon. Suddenly the curtain is pulled back and, uh-oh, Detroit is caught on stage with its pants around its ankles.”

However, I have to disagree a bit. You mentioned that part of the reason that Japanese, Korean, and European auto makers are faring better is that the Kyoto Protocol legally required them to be greener. That does make sense to me.

Take a look at Toyota, who is a model for 6-sigma efficiency and innovation. They began research and development on alternative fuel cars in 1993 — that was 4 years before the Kyoto Protocol (http://www.toyota.com/html/dyncon/2007/september/birthday.html).

They are now being rewarded by the market for such foresight. The big 3 auto makers lacked this drive because of cheap oil in the 90′s and early 00′s.

This really reminds me of the old tale of the Ant and the Grasshopper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper). The US auto makers were out “playing” creating gas guzzling SUV’s that were selling out. If they didn’t ever expect gas prices to rise, then they weren’t paying attention. They didn’t prepare for winter and now they could be left out in the cold.

I read a statement from the Governor of Michigan that 1 out of every 10 jobs in America rely on the US auto industry, which is why we need to save them. What gets lost in all of this is that if they request bankruptcy protection, they won’t disappear. GM and Chrylser will still merge, creating efficiencies, and they can begin to restructure. People will lose their jobs, but they have only their poor leadership to blame.

If we use any of that $700 million for the auto industry, you can be certain the airline industry will be next in line, and the credit card industry won’t be far behind.

Good article.

Comment on My Brakes Aren’t Squeeling, But Detroit Is by Josh Maxwell

Josh Maxwell — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:57 +0000

Hello. I was reading someone elses blog and saw you on their blogroll. Would you be interested in exchanging blog roll links? If so, feel free to email me.

Thanks.

Comment on My Brakes Aren’t Squeeling, But Detroit Is by Stacey Derbinshire

Stacey Derbinshire — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:42 +0000

Can you tell me who did your layout? I’ve been looking for one kind of like yours. Thank you.

Comment on Math for an Innovation Nation by I’ll take what’s behind door #3 - ChrisZach.com

I’ll take what’s behind door #3 - ChrisZach.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:45:50 +0000

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Comment on Math for an Innovation Nation by Allan

Allan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:49:33 +0000

Can I borrow that “first grade” graphic? I think it’s a pretty good summation of one way to innovate. There are many instances however where innovation occurred without $$$.

Comment on So far, LBS might stand for Let’s Be Stalkers by CC

CC — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:39:41 +0000

Hi Chris,

When you finally make the jump to an iPhone, a move you will never reget IMO I encourage you to try out WHERE and let me know what you think from a usability perspective. It seems like you have are pretty savvy in LBS networks and I would be interested in hearing your take.

Thanks
@ccmaine
@whereitsat

Comment on B is for Brand and for Blog and for Booyah! by Jeff Widman

Jeff Widman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:53:54 +0000

Gary Vaynerchuck has built a phenom brand online centered around wine.

Hugh McLeod does similar stuff for a winery out of South Africa.

It’s difficult to find new, non-tech businesses online that have successfully branded themselves–much easier to find established brands that moved online, or tech companies surfing the early-adopter wave.

Seth lists companies from time to time…

Comment on Can I buy you a (TECH) cocktail? by Frank Gruber

Frank Gruber — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:42:37 +0000

Glad to hear! We are excited too. Look forward to meeting you at the full day of TECH cocktail events.