http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/ en-us 2006-02-17T15:10:26-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001668.html Mark tonight down as a bad night to go sledding in the park. You know when the normally subdued writers at weather.com start throwing around adverbs like "bitterly", there's fun times ahead.... Misc Dick 2006-02-17T15:10:26-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001659.html I'm afraid to see if FeeeeeeeeeedBurner.com has been registered... Misc Dick 2006-02-14T11:49:34-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001624.html I just had the good fortune to see and use the newest service from fellow Chicagoans (well, at least the founder) 37Signals. This is going to be their biggest and most popular service yet. Kudos in advance to Jason, David,... Technology Dick 2006-01-31T16:23:36-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001573.html Eric and I were talking about DRM this morning. Larry Page is going to be onstage at CES in a few hours announcing something interesting regarding Google Video. As folks like Om and Cringely have noted, there are a number... Business Dick 2006-01-06T13:06:25-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001566.html ok, I'm taking a lot of heat for my top ten movies list being too artsy and pretentious. Here's my non-artsy top 10 list. The rules for the non-artsy list are 1. No foriegn films where americans have to read... Books and Movies Dick 2006-01-03T15:10:48-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001564.html The year end prediction and best of lists have been coincident with a series of running gags in our office about a colleague's penchant for 1980's goofball comedies. The timing has led me to think about my own favorite movies,... Books and Movies Dick 2006-01-01T21:12:18-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001482.html I think, therefore I drink. So much for the new laser focus of this blog. Ah well.... Misc Dick 2005-10-27T12:46:27-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001473.html I had the very good fortune to participate in Union Square Ventures first Sessions event yesterday. The general topic was peer production and peer produced software, and instead of rehashing part of the discussion, I'd like to expand on one... Business and Markets Dick 2005-10-21T21:44:07-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001438.html As promised, I'm going to dive into some of the "behind the scenes at FeedBurner" posts. Here's the first of what I hope will be many. I've never been so busy in my whole life, so hopefully I'll find time... FeedBurner Dick 2005-09-24T22:39:56-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001426.html I have been toying with changing the focus of (or more accurately, providing a focus for) this blog. Specifically, I'm going to spend more time talking about starting and building a business, with particular attention to specific details and challenges.... Entrepreneurs Dick 2005-09-14T14:20:03-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001386.html I think my family just invented a great new saying. On the six hour drive from northern michigan to chicago this afternoon, my three year old son's relentless badgering of those in the front seat, coupled with his insistence that... Misc Dick 2005-08-25T22:49:50-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001367.html I would have loved to have been at the pitch meeting for this book. Publisher: "Who's the audience for your book?" Editor/Photographer: "People who appreciate the contextual richness of doorways" Publisher: "Uh-huh. Who else?"... Business Dick 2005-08-13T15:18:54-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001342.html This is why I hate boxing. Of course, I love boxing, but this is why I hate it. Saturday night, family out of town, I get to watch the HBO replay of Hopkins vs. Taylor without knowing anything about who... Misc Dick 2005-07-26T13:49:01-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001291.html For those of you playing the Costolo home game without children of your own, you will wonder how the following exchange could ever possibly take place in a house with rational and responsible adults, and yet, it's pretty much a... Misc Dick 2005-06-28T22:52:15-06:00 http://www.burningdoor.com/dick/archives/001281.html Last night, at midnight, the first night in about two weeks that I'd gotten to sleep BEFORE midnight, my phone started buzzing that FeedBurner's servers couldn't be contacted. It turns out there was a big power failure in downtown chicago,... Business Dick 2005-06-25T10:28:54-06:00