First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com The podcast of stuff you didn't know you wanted to know about. Fri, 20 May 2011 04:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 First Crack #127. A Guitar, Bass, Electric Trumpet, and Bryan Schumann http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-127-a-guitar-bass-electric-trumpet-and-bryan-schumann/ http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-127-a-guitar-bass-electric-trumpet-and-bryan-schumann/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 04:02:40 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/?p=407 Bryan Schumann and I talk about composing music, improvising music, and whether the classical guitar pairs better with an upright bass or an electric trumpet.

Bryan Schumann’s links:
Beznau Music Shop
http://www.beznau.com/bddschumann
http://www.myspace.com/bddschumann
DeSchuVoemann

Listen to A Guitar, Bass, Electric Trumpet, and Bryan Schumann. [27 min]

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He talks about the recent epiphany he had with PedalBrain and how that enlightenment has helped him through these challenges.

Listen to Hardware Startups with Matt Bauer. [31 min]

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Links and topics we mention:

Listen to Open Font Licensing with David Crossland. [37 min]

]]> http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-125-open-font-licensing-with-david-crossland/feed/ 0 Cold Start #4 – How to Start Your Startup with Dan Grigsby http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/cold-start-4-how-to-start-your-startup-with-dan-grigsby/ http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/cold-start-4-how-to-start-your-startup-with-dan-grigsby/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:25:37 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/?p=345 Dan Grigsby from MobileOrchard, discusses how he’s building a comfortable life for himself with a combination of projects, what’s lacking in the Minnesota tech startup community, and why that isn’t a problem.

Listen to Cold Start #4 -How to Start Your Startup with Dan Grigsby [55 minutes]

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Listen to Cold Start #3 – Changing Your Startup with Ben Moore [41 minutes]

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Links and topics we mention:

Listen to Open Fonts with Ben Weiner. [45 min]

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CitizenWausau is one of the coolest, homegrown citizen journalism projects I’ve seen since I’ve been looking for them. I called up Dino Corvino and Andy Laub, the editor and technologist respectively, to discuss the project, how it’s grown, and it’s relationship with more established media in a smaller city market.

Listen to Building CitizenWausau.com with Dino and Andy.

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Stay til the end for a discussion of the security threats of places like Facebook and Twitter.

Listen to John Hoffoss on Computer and Network Security.

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