bluno.orgoccasionally fully formed thoughts by bernie mcginn

Read.  Then re-read.

Life lessons: I’ve done everything from stocking shelves at a natural food co-op, to baking bagels at Brueggers and bussing tables. Then I realized that jobs suck, but if you could get up at 6 a.m. and bake your own breakfast, that is very satisfying. I learned the value of giving people little delights [while working at the bagel shop]. Those small details and experiences are the reason why people like luxury cars. They are full of those little delights. You can do the same thing with any business. With a Web and iPhone app, I try to find new and tiny ways to delight my customers. They may not notice, but it helps drive goodwill and makes your product remarkable.

via Instapaper Founder Marco Arment’s Journey From Bagel Jockey to Publishing Pioneer | Fast Company.

Read.  Then re-read.

Life lessons: I’ve done everything from stocking shelves at a natural food co-op, to baking bagels at Brueggers and bussing tables. Then I realized that jobs suck, but if you could get up at 6 a.m. and bake your own breakfast, that is very satisfying. I learned the value of giving people little delights [while working at the bagel shop]. Those small details and experiences are the reason why people like luxury cars. They are full of those little delights. You can do the same thing with any business. With a Web and iPhone app, I try to find new and tiny ways to delight my customers. They may not notice, but it helps drive goodwill and makes your product remarkable.

via Instapaper Founder Marco Arment’s Journey From Bagel Jockey to Publishing Pioneer | Fast Company.

In honor of this rainy 4th of july morning, and hoping for a good thunderstorm while back in Nebraska., (via Laughingsquid)

Scouting NY has the scoop on an amazing building in NYC.  Sounds like the buiding will be restored, thankfully.  Check out the rest of the pictures.

Well done documentary film about commercial mural painters in NYC:

UP THERE on Vimeo on Vimeo

BYOBW 2010 set on Flickr

Another Easter, another Big Wheel race.  This time, a really wet one!  The rain didn’t prevent a good crew of riders from donning costumes and sliding down Vermont street (the real crookedest street in San Francisco) on plastic toys of all kinds.

Stella and I got a good spot at the side of a curve where riders were sure to crash a lot, which makes for better pictures, of course. (Don’t worry, Stella was well out of the way of the danger.)

It’s really silly, stupid event, but it’s one of those things I’ve latched on to here in San Francisco. See you there next year.

Previous BYOBW reports:

2006

2007

2008

2009 (I guess I didn’t write about it last year?)

(image via : Look At This Fucking Teabagger)

A good read from Paul Krugman : Going to Extreme

In the short run, Republican extremism may be good for Democrats, to the extent that it prompts a voter backlash. But in the long run, it’s a very bad thing for America. We need to have two reasonable, rational parties in this country. And right now we don’t.

And, another good read from the Times : Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right

“It’s either you’re with us or you’re the enemy,” he said.