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]]> David Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:00:16 +0000 Tour de Taza http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5ebff63aae01e90a9eca9db152d Oddly enough, it was pretty much open to the public, advertised on facebook and all that – http://www.facebook.com/TazaChocolate – hope you can catch the next one!

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]]> David Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:01:02 +0000 Three mile desert of Chinese food on Mass Ave around Harvard http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb79881ae11e90a9ecc62aeace It’s true, Frank. It’s all pants compared to that. When are we going back to Peach Farm? http://www.limeduck.com/2008/08/20/keen-on-peach-farm/

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]]> David Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:41:47 +0000 23 social media things for your next software marketing announcement http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0000d4931f8092d71e90a9ec82aeb5df 30. Hold a BBQ tweetup about it. Social media experts find free food irresistible. They will come from near and far, devour all you offer, and then blog about your product.

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]]> limeduck Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:28:14 +0000 Three mile desert of Chinese food on Mass Ave around Harvard http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb79881ae11e90a9ec727bb0d5 Thanks Kmart, I was wondering when somebody would bring up GBBCC. I don’t really consider it a restaurant but I have heard that they serve some excellent vegetarian food. This link seems a bit out of date http://www.ibps.org/boston/GBBCC/eng/default.htm but I’m pretty sure they do a monthly dinner thing.

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]]> David Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000 Three mile desert of Chinese food on Mass Ave around Harvard http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb79881ae11e90a9eca1b8a4f1 Great point, Kaz – with the demise of Anise, Mu Lan is the undisputed queen of Kendall Square Chinese, but it didn’t fit my headline meme. I blogged about Mu Lan not that long ago:
http://www.limeduck.com/2009/04/26/occams-fortune-cookie-at-mu-lan/

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]]> David Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:54:31 +0000 limeduck http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb4e65316f1e90a9ec762302a0 Update, a bit late: Bowl & Board in Davis, and I think everywhere, is kaput.
http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/somerville/2009/10/06/goodbye-bowl-and-board/

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]]> David Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:01:51 +0000 North Shirtwaist Station? http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5ebb52aa4301e90a9eca5b4f609 And whatever that was it was finished by 8 this morning and egress was again unfettered.

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]]> David Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:20 +0000 North Shirtwaist Station? http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5ebb52aa4301e90a9ecdf709387 Well, whatever that was all about, it was still chained up at 5 this evening. Go figure.

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]]> David Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:06:58 +0000 limeduck http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb6f4064021e90a9ec7b6dc0d5 Hi Jen

I’m not sure why you’re complaining about bloody beef on my post about the vegetarian alternative. I suppose you have a beef with the folks at Wrapro. I’ve had fine service there on several occasions, but then again, I have never tried to return anything. On the other hand, if you’re still eating ground beef on a regular basis, pregnant or not, I think you might want to have a look at an article in the New York Times about ground beef that was published a week or two before your comment: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html I’m just saying.

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]]> David Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:59:05 +0000 limeduck http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb27c867591e90a9ecc3cf585f Dear Fluid: I’m thinking you would look like less of a corporate tool if you added something to this thread besides an advertisement. Maybe tell us why branching logic is important? Show some value or original thought and I’ll post your link.

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]]> David Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:26:26 +0000 Notes on used books, notes in used books http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb6e5fcf041e90a9ecad346b10 I will have to check that out. And the bathrooms at Hungry Mother are wallpapered with the pages of an old cookbook!

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]]> David Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:04:20 +0000 limeduck http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb1a1e54ef1e90a9ecc35d2edf Hey Sandy: I am the “reviewer” here also known as the “author” of this “blog.” I write about stuff that I “like” and sometimes “dislike.” Grow an apostrophe and tell our readers more about what you thought about the work at the ICA. -David

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]]> David Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:38:39 +0000 limeduck http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb27c867591e90a9ec25896a6b Good catch Mickey. What I erroneously called “branching logic” is in fact “skip logic” which craftly people have been known to use to similar effect. http://www.surveymonkey.com/HelpCenter/Answer.aspx?HelpID=234&q=branching It still underscores my point – you get a lot from SurveyMonkey for the money, but some of us would love to pay more and get even more.

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]]> David Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:28:30 +0000 Kindle vs lumber at podcamp http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb13ceb7401e90a9ec38caa39c Readers, Len also wrote me a nice email, which I’ll quote here and then comment on.

David, I’ve been thinking about the line you quoted from the Amazon
TOS for blogs. On the one hand, it seems reasonable that I would be
granting a right and license to distribute my blog without
restrictions, because that’s the purpose of making my blog available
on that platform. But I wonder if you are seeing a risk that I’ve
missed. For instance, if someone wanted to publish my blog (I just
saw Julia and Juliet last night, which maybe got me thinking about
this). Would my granting of these rights to Amazon preclude publishing
I might want to do later. It does not seem that I am giving away my
rights to my writing.

I’d be interested in more of what led you to find that language “a
dealbreaker.”

Thanks again, Len, for an interesting session at podcamp. To the best of my knowledge, the “non-exclusive” part means that we grant Amazon the right to distribute our blog without impairing our right to give others that right or to retain it ourselves. So we could then sign a similar agreement with somebody else as long as that agreement is not exclusive.

What tripped my wire was the “irrevocable” part. It looks to my un-JD’d eye that this word means that I can never undo what this agreement does. If one day I decide that I want to sell my blog in a different store or take it off the market entirely, it appears to me that this wording would allow Amazon to keep distributing it anyway.

Weighed against the possibility of double-digit annual earnings, I figured that risk was too high. Maybe I’m missing the boat, time will tell.

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]]> David Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:19:59 +0000 Kneidlach, kreplach http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5ebe1ef842c1e90a9ecbee1d1c2 Ever so true, but since you can’t eat just one, I figured the singular was moot.

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]]> David Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:42:48 +0000 Short Z http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/000216e62c3097ef1e90a9ecc0f66677 ZZZ? As long as there’s still only one Z in the game, the only way to play ZZZ is by using both blanks (zero points) and the sole Z, pretty hard to justify even with the Z ending up on a multiple score spot or competing another word. Like many old fogeys, I think the OSPD jumped the shark after they took the dirty words out in the 3rd (?) edition.

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]]> limeduck Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:37:28 +0000 Goog line extension http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eba8b4652d1e90a9ec07e9da85 Thanks for the tip! The Diversity Trip - I like the sound of that. I’m not sure I like the route, but I like the idea. More geek points for Google, but I think their coding of the different types of MBTA routes might be a little off. The Green line goes underground downtown so the distinction is not that useful on this particular trip example.

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]]> David Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:27:22 +0000 Five things I won’t miss about Davis square http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb981f71b91e90a9ec06f8d571 I didn’t want to point fingers since I was too busy using them to keep my nose closed, but I think you’re probably right. That smell is epic. Deafening, even. Gagtacular. Has anybody ever complained to the city?

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]]> David Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:46:06 +0000 The half-life of a cafe scrabble set http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb1325c7a31e90a9ec00bcbbfc It’s true, Rose, OCD can be used for good as well as for evil.

I agree that we need more data and I hope that alert limeduck readers will write in with updates on their favorite local scrabble sets. You can bet that I’ll post updates as I learn more about the properties of scrabble sets in the wild.

While I agree that the decay isn’t likely to be linear, I think the shape of the curve will go the other way, at least at the end: as a set gets more visibly compromised, it’s more likely to be completely discarded or raided by people who figure it’s already useless - scavengers looking to repair their own sets or crafty hipsters looking to make cufflinks from their initials in scrabble tiles.

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]]> David Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:06 +0000 Pushing the cafe boundaries at Bread & Lily and Sofra Bakery http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb41a9c8e81e90a9ecdcaccecb @ProfessorN - you must have quiche blindness, we can all see it fine. And fine, it is!
@Kristen - there you go ruining a perfectly good lede with facts :P
@Jeff - well, I had a nice map, but Kristen went and ruined it with her “factual geography”
@Clownface - it takes a dry man to make a moist chicken

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]]> David Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:37:56 +0000 limeduck http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb873ec2dc1e90a9ec1b45e80e Nope. I haven’t heard anything else from LinkedIn about my application, and as of this comment, they have the same ten apps they had in January. They might still be reviewing new apps, but it seems more likely to me that this program is on hold at best. Good luck.

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]]> David Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:26:57 +0000 Food blogger business models and zero calorie cupcakes http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5ebd14951611e90a9ec06f999aa Looks like I misestimablated Ken, as he says, “I am forever indebted to Linsey Herman, the brains behind Cake and Commerce and the organizational genius who made last Thursday possible.” http://www.cakeandcommerce.com/ Sorry about that Linsey, and great to see you again at Bread & Lily (subject of a soon to be written post!)

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]]> David Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:23:25 +0000 Farmers market marketing dos and don’ts http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb8c5530341e90a9ec97f34707 Hi Cathy, and thanks for the comment. It’s good to know somebody is thinking about buying local food.

I’m assuming (and we all know where that can get us) that the owners of these small farm businesses want to grow them. I don’t really mean that they want to get huge and turn into factories, but that they want to live well and send their kids to good schools. If that’s true, then I really believe they should invest in at least the bare minimum of marketing - something with their information on it that you and I can take (or not take) that will help us spread the word about these businesses, which we both really want to succeed and continue to offer us great stuff. Both my purchases last week were given to me in plain white paper bags, which I recycled. I’m thinking a rubber stamp or sticker would be a small addition that would be just as recyclable.

It’s Wednesday again, what will you buy at the Davis Sq farm market today?

PS folks interested in learning more about the economics of running a small farm business might want to visit the Federation of MA Farmers Markets http://www.massfarmersmarkets.org/ or Julia Shanks Food Consulting http://www.juliashanks.com/

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]]> David Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:35:10 +0000 The state of the twitter economy http://www.backtype.com/limeduck/comment/0001c5eb1bec2d431e90a9ec6745baf2 Hi Lynne

You may be a member of a growing class of Twitter users, the silent tweetjority, if you will. It turns out you can learn a lot from Twitter without tweeting, such as your business intelligence project. In fact, you can do most if not all of that stuff without even joining Twitter. You’re also on the verge of discovering the dirty truth about the follower economy: many people (and robots too) follow you only in the hope of being followed back. It’s the circle of jerk, if you know what I mean.

Recent turgid research by Harvard Business School http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/06/new_twitter_research_men_follo.html has some sexy info about gender differences but for me the headline of note is this buried lede:

Among Twitter users, the median number of lifetime tweets per user is one.

Hmm.

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