Category Archives: Geek

Return of the Portal: How Dashboards Need to Evolve in the Attention Economy

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Ken

It seems every other day I find out about a new tool to get me to the information that matters most. Back in the day, it was “My Yahoo”:http://my.yahoo.com, then it was “NetNewsWire”:http://ranchero.com/netnewswire, then for a while it was “Newsgator”:http://www.newsgator.com, … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Geek | 7 Comments

Blogging the Renaissance

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Ken

Announcing “Newarker.info”:http://newarker.info, devoted to covering the life and times of Newark, NJ from the perspective of the people who live here. Newarker.info is just a blog and wiki for now, but I’m curious to see if we can ride the … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek, Newark, On the Radar | 8 Comments

The Village Church is SO Web 2.0

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Ken

Check out the new “map widget”:http://www.villagechurchnyc.com/about/service/ on the Village Church site. This was really, really easy to do, but looks so much better than that static image we had up there from MapQuest for the past three or four years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek, On the Radar | 3 Comments

By the Numbers

Posted on January 5, 2006 by Ken

My nose has been buried in bank statements lately. We’ve been closing out 2005 in order to try to get a handle on how our spending might look for 2006 and how soon we’ll be able to achieve some goals. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Geek, Personal | 4 Comments

Facelift

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Ken

“Outsource the design”:http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/regulus/, focus on the writing.

Posted in kennsarah.net | 8 Comments

That’s why we love Honda

Posted on November 15, 2005 by Ken

“Honda Mousetrap Ad”:http://multimedia.honda-eu.com/newcars/300k_player.swf. This is one of those rare email forwards that is actually worth passing along. Honda Europe designed a fascinating mousetrap-like ad from Honda parts. The result is incredible to watch. Read the details and then click the … Continue reading →

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Launched: The Village Church on WordPress

Posted on November 3, 2005 by Ken

It’s official: the Village Church site is now running on WordPress, the open-source content management system. The migration didn’t take a lot of time, but was spread out over a number of nights and weekends. I’ll go into detail about … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek | 10 Comments

What do you think of the ads?

Posted on October 19, 2005 by Ken

I’ve done a bit of tweaking with the ads on the site and I’m wondering if it’s too much. A banner ad now greets you at the top of the screen on the homepage and there’s also a square ad … Continue reading →

Posted in kennsarah.net | 6 Comments

Kill Your Television

Posted on October 12, 2005 by Ken

No, really. Apple may have announced their “new iPod”:http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html today, making it just as dificult to choose between the Nano and the iPod as it was to choose bettween the Mini and the iPod a year ago (and, yes, I … Continue reading →

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Underutilized

Posted on October 8, 2005 by Ken

Ever get the feeling that you’re not doing enough with the resources you have? My brother-in-law “just recently wrote”:http://www.posegate.org/russ/Oct2005/givin_it_up/ that he’s thinking of moving over to a free “Blogspot”:http://www.blogger.com/start account–primarily because he’s trying to squeeze the most out of his … Continue reading →

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