First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren

I’ve talked about the value of places like Starbucks in places like…Wausau…before.

That was from a city-mouse in the smaller city perspective. Now that I’ve been in Wausau for a few days - popping to Starbucks for internet access - not coffee. I’m aghast.

The place is packed. Filled with an amazing cross-section of the community. Reading the paper, catching up, working. So packed, that friendly people are sitting on each other’s laps.

Here, I’m pleased to say, the Starbucks - just of the highway - is a functioning 3rd place.

On a related note - the locally-owned coffee/wine/martini bar in downtown Wausau is no longer.

Tim’s giving away a pretty cool prize (his expertise just for you - for a year) for the winner of the A Menu for Hope III.

There’s something else in there about using weblog technologies (RSS, etc) for one-on-one, hyper-niche conversations. I think in I need another cup of coffee to sort through it though.