posts | Kris Smith has read these articles about "posts" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "posts" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpSXSW Wrap Up- March 19, 2008 It's been nearly a week since I arrived back home and I've recuperated enough from the festivities, work and recording to make this post. Never mind that I saw Billy Bob Thornton and his band play, I was working angles! What I can say is that it was an event that was really about connecting with nerd brethren. My BlogTalkRadio cohorts and I recorded tons of content and did multiple live shows. But at the core of all of it was connecting with people that we typically only interact with...http://www.croncast.com/rss/1501/SXSW-Wrap-Up_amd-bloghaus_austin.php Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse- March 16, 2008 Photo: SkyscraperSunset.com Phillyist was one of the first outlets in Philadelphia to report on the proposed American Commerce Building, a skyscraper that would tower 525 feet over their current tallest and could join the ranks of the world&39;s tallest skyscrapers. The plans would include publicly-accessible gardens, a 26-story hotel, and several floors of retail spaceIncluding, we hope, metaphysical coffee.SFist watched one of its contributors interviewed on the local news about his...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chicagoist/~3/252678239/week_around_the_30.php New RSSMeme Widget Embeds Blogs' Shared Item Statistics- March 15, 2008 Not to be overlooked on the day of ReadBurner's return to the Web, RSSMeme creator Benjamin Golub introduced a new widget for blog owners who would like to display how often their posts have been shared via Google Reader. The new functionality is powered by Golub's RSSMeme service which, like ReadBurner, shows the most popular items shared, but also offers advanced functionality that ReadBurner does not, including enabling blog owners to track their own feed popularity and shows popular tags...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LouisgraycomLive/~3/251837401/new-rssmeme-widget-embeds-blo... Workplace Experiments- March 5, 2008 At our company-wide get together last December we decided that 2008 was going to be a year of workplace experiments. Among other things, we discussed how we could make 37signals one of the best places in the world to work, learn, and generally be happy. Here's are a few of the things we've implemented so far: Shorter work weeks Last summer we experimented with 4-day work weeks. People should enjoy the weather in the summer. We found that just about the same amount of work gets done in...http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/893-workplace-experiments |