First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren

As I promised, here’s the second half of my conversation with J Wynia on geeky stuff. (The first half is at GlassTooBig.com)

Here, we talk about making money, keeping overhead low, income diversification, and making sure an idea needs a business model.

Inspiring our Conversation
• Gillmor Gang
• Hugh MacLeod
• Jonathan Coulton’s Thing a Week
• 37Signals’ Getting Real eBook

Listen to the Trouble with Business Models [39 min]

I sat down with Mike, Eric, and Pete of Banjo Brothers for the low down on their grocery pannier and what got them started in cycling bags. There’s also some bits in there about how they’re partnering with bloggers like The Fat Cyclist to improve their bags.

Of course, you can buy their bags from Gene over at the One on One Bike Shop.

Hey, Mike & Eric gave me a Banjo Brother’s Mini Seat Bag, listen to the podcast on how it can be yours. Digital Dan Hook over at the Hook Show was the first one in.

• Uplifter Minnesota, first event March 25th 2-6pm at the Acadia Cafe. Bring yourself, your gear, your passion.
• DEMO LoFi musician showcases every Thursday night at the Acadia Cafe.
• First Crack Podcast theme song by Jeremy Piller.

Listen to the Banjo Brothers Bicycling Bags [16 min]

Just me today to kicking off the new year with a new mic - Sennheiser e816S, a simplified production process, and a glass of Armagnac.

Things on my mind:

• Cooper’s crying is like interruption-based advertising is like a Vonnegat story.
• Distribution is Advertising.
• Removing distraction for the New Year; moving status indicators to my dashboard and unsubscribing from yahoo podcasts, ruby on rails, and a pile of rss feeds.
• Errol Morris’ First Person
• Special thanks to Dave Slusher for remembering the story was Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron, Lewis for the bottle, Sam for the delivery, and Jeremy Piller for the theme music.

Listen to Garrick Talks About Attention, Advertising, and Interruptions [10 min]