December 2009

Geek Club.

Submitted by jgrubb on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 8:07am

I had so much fun last night that I'm writing about it before I've even had a cup of coffee.

The first rule of Geek Club is:

Don't talk about Geek Club. Actually this first rule is my own, and I'm breaking it immediately, except that I shall not refer to Geek Club by it's true name. It took me many months of searching to find it, and I don't want to spoil the sense of victory for you, should you be inclined to sniff out your own local chapter.

The second rule of Geek Club is:

Be prepared to practice your pitch. That's what pretty much everybody is here for, and some of them may even try to poke holes in your idea. Sooo much fun...

The third rule of Geek Club is:

Revision.

Submitted by jgrubb on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 1:07pm

I'd said earlier that I'd use this blog as a tool to try and explain the process that I'm going through so as to hopefully help some of you understand what has led me to this decision (to quit my awesome band).

I'm changing my mind.

Most of what I'm feeling and doing and going through at this point is way too personal and, the existence of this blog notwithstanding, I'm kind of a private person.

Launch fast and iterate.

Submitted by jgrubb on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 4:56pm

Well, this blog has hit version 3.0, with today's torturous migration from WordPress to Drupal. Why put myself through such an ordeal? Because if I'm going to paint my masterpiece, I'm going to have to start butchering some canvasses, and Drupal seems to beg for me to hack away at it. That and there is a world of flexibility in this platform that doesn't really exist in WP.

It'll be a process of getting up to speed and making this look and feel and act as nicely as the old iBD, but once I get going, expect some actual development here.

Thanks, friends. Oh, and in case you were wondering what happening to all of RRE's web properties today, I don't know anything about it...

Today's discoveries

Submitted by jgrubb on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 4:56pm

A few ruminations from my first day as a full time Drupal user. Chrome for Mac and JQuery Lightbox content as well. Strictly geeking. Sorry.

On quitting a band.

Submitted by jgrubb on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 4:55pm

Some personal and some purely speculative content ->

About iBD

ignoredByDinosaurs is an idea at this point. It was born out of a long held notion that someone somewhere must have an idea about where the music industry is headed. I've held this belief for so long while living my life as a musician and artist and student of culture and society that I've kissed it goodbye. I realized about a year ago that nobody anywhere even had a clue, never mind a plan that saved what was worth saving about the music industry - the music part.

Dear Wood Brothers,

Submitted by jgrubb on Sat, 12/12/2009 - 4:55pm

We met last October at the taping of the "Woodsongs Radio Hour" in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the one where Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile were there, also. They did the show after ours? Anyway, I just wanted to tell you something...

On record labels.

Submitted by jgrubb on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 4:55pm

Can we get real for just a second? I want to talk about the mess that is the record label system, and how I'm going to help clean it up.

More on quitting a band.

Submitted by jgrubb on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 4:54pm

I just realized this weekend that I missed something in Friday's post.

So, if you haven't already, take a look at the dates, and allow me to prepare a meditation on why November seems to be such a drag for touring bands...

Could I ask a favor?

Submitted by jgrubb on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 4:54pm

I'm testing out this new comment notification system that will supposedly email me when people leave comments, with the aim of making this website (that's getting a tiny bit of action now) a little more conversationally interesting. Would you mind leaving a comment down there? And if there's already one there, would you engage that person in some banter? Supposedly they'll get email, too, unless they untick the "notify me" box.

I appreciate it. By the way, I don't think it's working and I've been debugging it all day. But maybe it just needs a new post to work. I dunno. Drupal's tricky.

Edit: It's working now. Thanks.

The Twitter API is Finished. Now What?

Submitted by jgrubb on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 4:54pm

The future is here. Check it out...

The Twitter API is Finished. Now What?

via Anil Dash

Try Ruby

Submitted by jgrubb on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 4:54pm

http://tryruby.org/

The coolest and most useful programming tutorial I've seen so far.

honestly.

Submitted by jgrubb on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 4:54pm

I'm kind of ready to get this over with.

On airport security.

Submitted by jgrubb on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 4:54pm

"A systemic failure has occurred, and I consider that totally unacceptable," an angry and unusually blunt Obama told reporters near his vacation retreat in Hawaii.

via LA Times

A few points =>

I haven't noticed any change in any security whatsoever in any of the 3 airports in which I've been in the last three days. I am not, nor has anyone that I've talked to been concerned with getting killed by a terrorist. The perp in the case was "subdued by passengers and crew" on the plane.

link_to 'Seven years gone'

Submitted by jgrubb on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 4:54pm

Maybe ten years is too long a period of time to plan for. So how about seven?

Seven years from now, what will you have to show for what you're doing right now?

If your answer is, "not much," perhaps you should consider a new plan, one that might generate a different answer, or, at the very least, be a more fun way to waste seven years.

via => Seth Godin.