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Derek Powazek - You Already Have A Green Thumb

Good news: You have a green thumb. Advice for anyone who's ever said they can't keep a plant alive. http://powazek.com/posts/2352 I’ve been growing indoor plants since my first dorm room. They look...

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Derek Powazek - Fertile Medium

A bit more about what we're up to. http://powazek.com/posts/2391 Heather and I have been avid Flickr members since the very beginning. So when Yahoo bought them and they started hiring, Heather was...

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Derek Powazek - Death to User-Generated Content

Lest anyone think I like the term: http://powazek.com/posts/448 “user-generated content.” I’m serious. It’s a despicable, terrible term. Let’s deconstruct it. Link - Trackbacks

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Derek Powazek - I created this “content” on my iPad

I created this “content” on my iPad. http://powazek.com/posts/2401 Here’s a quick list of what “creating content” has meant over the course of human history. Link - Trackbacks

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Derek Powazek - How To Save A Newsweekly in 5 Easy* Steps

How To Save A Newsweekly in 5 Easy Steps http://powazek.com/posts/2415 Newsweek is for sale. While sad, it’s also an amazing opportunity to reinvent what a newsweekly could be. And it got me thinking....

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Smart. “How To Save A Newsweekly in 5 Easy* Steps”. Derek Powazek on how web...

Smart. “How To Save A Newsweekly in 5 Easy* Steps”. Derek Powazek on how web and print can work together against apathy. http://j.mp/drKTey Smart. “How To Save A Newsweekly in 5 Easy* Steps”. Derek...

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Derek Powazek - 48 Hour Magazine Pocket Doc

Caved and purchased a copy of @48hrmag after perusing @malcolli's copy and watching this awesome pocket documentary: http://ow.ly/1PAB1 Derek Powazek lives in San Francisco and loves it, is the editor...

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Derek Powazek - How Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Is Crowdsourcing Done Right

Because I couldn't stop thinking about it. New on powazek.com: How Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Is Crowdsourcing Done Right. http://bit.ly/cewLYt One of my favorite NPR shows is Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me....

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Derek Powazek - Why Everything Sucks, Why That’s Awesome, and How It’s...

Why Everything Sucks, Why That’s Awesome, and How It’s Changing Us - http://powazek.com/posts/2454 I think I’ve finally figured out why everything sucks. And it’s actually kind of awesome. Link -...

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Top Ruby Article: Why Everything Sucks, Why That's Awesome, and How It's...

Top Ruby Article: Why Everything Sucks, Why That's Awesome, and How It's Changing Us: http://bit.ly/c7Kytz Top Ruby Article: Why Everything Sucks, Why That's Awesome, and How It's Changing Us:...

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Derek Powazek - Your right to comment ends at my front door.

"John Gruber is to online comments as Steve Jobs is to Flash." http://powazek.com/posts/2463 John Gruber of Daring Fireball posted a response to critic who took him to task for not having comments on...

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Derek Powazek - They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly

They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly http://powazek.com/posts/2489 Psst! If you’re interested in plants, check out Plantgasm, my gardening Link - Trackbacks

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Top Ruby Article: They Don't Complain and They Die Quietly:

Top Ruby Article: They Don't Complain and They Die Quietly: http://bit.ly/cpR9e5 Top Ruby Article: They Don't Complain and They Die Quietly: http://bit.ly/cpR9e5 Link - Trackbacks

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Derek Powazek - The iPhone 4 Camera Rocks

The iPhone 4 Camera Rocks http://powazek.com/posts/2503 The iPhone 4 is the first decent cellphone camera I’ve ever owned. I’m just stunned by the image quality. Link - Trackbacks

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Press the Magic Button

On my “one strike” rule for Twitter/Flickr and why you shouldn’t be offended when someone blocks you. http://powazek.com/posts/2522 My “one strike” rule for Twitter/Flickr and why you shouldn’t be...

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Derek Powazek - Yochai Benkler on Why Now’s Better

Yochai Benkler on Why Now’s Better: http://powazek.com/posts/2554 Yochai Benkler, when asked the usual asinine internet-as-echo-chamber question by Brooke Gladstone on this week’s On the Media, said...

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Derek Powazek - Thoughts on Designing for iPad

I wrote up some thoughts on designing for iPad. http://powazek.com/posts/2583 I’ve been designing for websites for 15 years now, and designing for print for even longer. For the last few months, I led...

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Derek Powazek - Thoughts on Designing for iPad

7 Thoughts on Designing for iPad http://j.mp/cFqk52 I’ve been designing for websites for 15 years now, and designing for print for even longer. For the last few months, I led the design of MagCloud’s...

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Derek Powazek - I’m Not Pro-Gay Marriage, I’m Pro-Equality

I’m not Pro-Gay Marriage, I’m Pro-Equality - http://powazek.com/posts/2599 In February 2004, as Heather and I were planning our wedding, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom decided that he could no longer...

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Derek Powazek - Twitter’s “Who to follow” Feature, aka WTF

I decided to stop kvetching about Twitter on Twitter and write a blog post instead. http://powazek.com/posts/2616 Twitter is currently testing a new feature with about 25% of its members called “Who to...

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Derek Powazek - Ten Tips on How To Be A Driver in San Francisco

Something I've been meaning to write for a while: How To Be A Driver in San Francisco - http://powazek.com/posts/2656 [EMBED] I grew up in a small town somewhere in the sprawling mess of spaghetti...

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Derek Powazek - San Francisco Values

San Francisco Values: http://powazek.com/posts/2686 The people behind proposition 8 put out a new ad last week for some reason. In addition to the usual manipulations and outright lies they’ve employed...

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Derek Powazek - Design for Serendipity

A new post on Serendipity: http://powazek.com/posts/2732 - Please do let me know what you think. I’ve spent the last few years talking to magazine publishers, editors, and bookstore owners about the...

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Derek Powazek - Twitter for Adults

Just posted: Twitter for Adults. http://powazek.com/posts/2754 Congratulations on getting a Twitter account (or having one for a while)! You’re now taking part in the biggest social experiment in human...

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Derek Powazek - New Powazek Design

More on the new design. http://powazek.com/posts/2793 So as you may have noticed, there’s a new design here on the ol’ dotcom. As much as I loved the previous blue design, I wanted to do something with...

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Derek Powazek - People, We Can Do This

People, We Can Do This (video of yours truly) http://powazek.com/posts/2805 A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of performing at Muni Diaries Live, an evening of personal storytelling about the crazy...

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Derek Powazek - All Media Is Social*

"All media is social because human beings are social. The only difference is that it happens faster now." http://bit.ly/hd6GA2 One of the side effects of being in the business I’m in is that I hear...

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Derek Powazek - MagCloud Mini-Documentary

"MagCloud Mini-Documentary" http://bit.ly/epdURP This short documentary is a great look at what MagCloud is up to, in the words of a few of the people working on it, including yours truly. Link -...

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Derek Powazek - Grief and Shame

Grief and Shame. http://t.co/zH4pPJs When I was a kid and learned about the political assassinations in the ’60s, I was shocked. I asked my dad, “How could this happen?” He said, “It was a different...

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Derek Powazek - On The Network Manifesto

On The Network Manifesto permalink. http://t.co/ZfynUuj I’m thinking about starting a podcast or something called “On The Network” to counter all the idiocy I hear in traditional media about the...

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Derek Powazek - How to Turn a Fan into an Enemy in Under 140 Characters

How to Turn a Fan into an Enemy in Under 140 Characters http://t.co/dE7tU47 Because I’m a media dork, I’ve listened to NPR’s On The Media since its debut. It’s the first podcast I listen to when it’s...

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Derek Powazek - Original Blogger Identity Design

Original Blogger Identity Design: http://bit.ly/pTzK7j The news that Google may be retiring the Blogger identity prompted me to go through my archives to find the original Blogger designs I did for...

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Derek Powazek - “Nobody Uses Their Real Name” and Other Outdated Notions

Community management is the process of making decisions with good intentions and then cleaning up after the explosion. http://t.co/8Y44uC2 Or: A Personal Reflection on the Past, Present, and Future of...

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Derek Powazek - Thanks Steve

Thanks, Steve. (From 2005.) http://t.co/ChceaKwT Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who dropped out of college after six months, gave a commencement speech at Stanford recently. Here are my two favorite...

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Derek Powazek - Our Generation’s John Lennon

Steve Jobs, John Lennon, and what their differences say about their generations (and ours). http://t.co/OLe57Ekj The other day I was talking to my uncle. He’s my dad’s age, a boomer. I was struggling...

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Powazek: Just a Thought: Design for Selfishness

"If the medium really is the message, the internet's core message can be summed up in one word: Share." -- Me, in 2006. http://t.co/XajZNwJr Derek M. Powazek: Author, Designer, Troublemaker, Person....

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Derek Powazek - Swan Swan Hummingbird

Solving a lyrical mystery that's been percolating for over two decades. http://t.co/6jR6ySn9 #REM In 1986, when R.E.M. released Life’s Rich Pageant, I was 13 and not nearly cool enough to know about...

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Derek Powazek - Flickr: Domini Domini Domini, You’re All Christians Now

Flickr: Domini Domini Domini, You’re All Christians Now http://t.co/IV89ggny There’s an old Firesign Theater sketch called “Temporarily Humboldt County.” Some Native Americans are sitting around...

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How To Spot A Liar:

How To Spot A Liar: http://t.co/zwFL6IVp How To Spot A Liar: http://t.co/zwFL6IVp Link - Trackbacks

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Derek Powazek - What If Social Networks Just Aren’t Profitable?

Consider this a thought experiment: What If Social Networks Just Aren't Profitable? http://t.co/Jb1rj0w5 In What If on 12 July 2012 tagged Business, Facebook, Metafilter, Social Network, Tumblr,...

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Derek Powazek - Someplace Else

Peace. http://t.co/XxI9yytK A few weeks ago on a sunny Saturday, Heather and were walking around the Albany Bulb. It’s a man-made blob of “land” created from nearly a century of dumping trash in the...

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On Seeding Communities

On Seeding Communities http://t.co/5h3r5Sjb On Seeding Communities http://t.co/5h3r5Sjb Link - Trackbacks

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Derek Powazek - Startups Are All About Timing

On startups, timing, and what we're building in there. http://t.co/xpdMR36o When people talk about startups, they mostly talk about the idea. Somebody thought of something new, started something up,...

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Derek Powazek - Introducing Cute-Fight

Do people do that? Introducing Cute-Fight. http://t.co/9Gt4e4u8 I’m on the phone with my dad, telling him that I’m winding down all my paying clients in order to work on a website idea. I’ve convinced...

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Derek Powazek - Starting Up: The Love

"One way of looking at entrepreneurship is this: What will you look forward to doing every morning?" http://t.co/MYkH03op We’re working feverishly on Cute-Fight right now, so I’m thinking about...

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Derek Powazek - Starting Up: Nobody Go Near A Bus

When is that last time you felt completely irreplaceable at your job? http://t.co/AWky7ETo We’re working feverishly on Cute-Fight right now, so I’m thinking about startups. This is one of those...

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Derek Powazek - Alphas Are Experiments

Alphas are Experiments! Here are three things we've learned building @Cutefight so far. http://t.co/bBkRdbju Cute-Fight is currently in private alpha. That means the whole site is locked behind a...

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Derek Powazek - Cute-Fight: We Love Your Photos

If you're not getting the @Cutefight newsletter, here's what's new: Lots! http://t.co/KFOfG87g We just released the biggest update to Cute-Fight since launch and we’re pretty excited about it. New...

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I’m Not The Product, But I Play One On The Internet

Next time someone says “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” to you, send them here: http://t.co/Hn7gRTV7 I don’t know who said it first, but the line has achieved a kind of...

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If You Don’t Know How A Startup Will Make Money, Neither Do They

If you don’t know how a startup will make money, neither do they. http://t.co/OarDqqQi Yesterday I posted a discombobulation of the “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” truism....

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