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Source: WikipediaTodd noted today that he tends to post less frequently when he’s doing the more interesting things.

It seems to me that the really great bloggers (and successful self-promoters) do the opposite of this interest to post inversion pattern. The more interesting things are in their lives, the more these people take the time to share their excitement and good fortune with others.

Wise words from the big man. Otherwise, you end up with posts like this one. Sadly, I don’t see my behavior changing any time soon, as I’m addicted to work and have more highly prioritized spending time with Jen and the kids, seeing shows, learning the bass, dieting and getting into shape. Might I suggest following my Twitter feed?

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Dude, this whole thing was started by LOLcats! It’s like lamenting that the phrase “time to make the doughnuts” trivializes the importance of work. Welcome to the elastic language, amigo.

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Had breakfast with Joe Greenstein from Flixster and we talked about the future of web destinations. I agree with Fred Wilson– it’s the data, stupid.

That data gets far more interesting when attached to people. Why settle for the results of Yahoo Term Extractor, when we can attach highly structured data from sources like Flixster, iLike and Shelfari?

Once we turn people into highly structured lists of what they produce and consume, the sky’s the limit (privacy issues aside). I imagine that’s where the semantic web guys are headed. Maybe the lifestream folks will get there first.

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Update: Just reread this post and I want to clarify that I am in no way calling Joe an idiot.   Good job, Eric.  Way to make the friends

Between March 6th and today, I:

• Sat on a panel and then spoke about MyBlogLog at TechStars (with laryngitis)
• Spent six days in Austin @ SXSW (with laryngitis)
• Lost a shoe (temporarily)
• Danced with Heather and Jon (look to your right)
• Heard an absolutely killer mix by Flosstradamus at the People-Powered Party
• Celebrated Jen’s birthday at the local pub
• Brought on a founding CTO
• Closed funding on my new venture, Gnip
• Recovered from laryngitis
• Twittered 75 times

It’s not an excuse, just an explanation.

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I know a lot of smart people who refuse to fly Southwest Airlines because they believe the “cattle call” slows down boarding.  Odd, since Southwest has the fastest turnaround of any air carrier in the US, and I’m guessing the best track record for on-time departures.

So I was surprised this week to see that they’ve added a more granular boarding order to their classic “A / B / C” process.  It seemed like boarding took longer.
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Trent Reznor told his record company off last year. Six weeks later, he released a collaboration with Saul Williams online, allowing people to download it for free and asking them to pay $5 if they liked it. He was disappointed with the results. Yet today the new NIN album is online, available for free, along with a variety of other options.

One wonders if we online entrepreneurs suffer a lack of hubris (sure we’ll fail, but whatever) or an excess (I’ll ultimately get it right). Either way, I’m excited to see the experiments that Trent and others roll out next.

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Tuesday - Thursday: TechStars For a Day in Boulder, Colorado

Thursday - Tuesday: SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas

If you want to hook up, my cellie is 413 [dash] 687 [dash] 8098

I’ll have my new Moo cards.

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