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Posts about Business

What’s on Your List?

So me and six thousand of my friends are participating in National Blog Posting Month right now, which means we’ve…

Launching a Magazine the Un-Dumb Way

Dave Eggers, on launching magazines: With Might, we did it the dumb way. We thought we had to do 100,000…

A Geeky Take on the WGA Strike

So if you’re missing your Jon Stewart, you probably know that the WGA is on strike. That means, unless this…

NaBloPoMo Q&A 4: The Web Biz

Zazzy asked: I’m studying web development. Do you have any tips for crossing that hump between moderately-talented-amateur to professional (or…

Google Now in Vaporware Business?

First Google announced Open Social, which is going to solve all the problems you didn’t know you had with social…

No Spectators

It’s difficult to remember now, but there was a time when companies looked at the internet and made a ponderous…

What I’ve Been Up To: K9 Safari

I’ve been working hard for the last few months, though you wouldn’t know it from looking at my site. I’m…

The Columbo Technique

Or: There are no dumb questions, just dumb permalinks. So there was this big Apple event, and Steve Jobs took…

Don’t Be Poopy, Apple

I am an Apple fanboy, and I have been for almost 20 years. But even a fanboy has to take…

Clue Unit Interview

A few weeks ago I had a great conversation with Jake, Lee, and Chris for their Clue Unit podcast about…


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Hi, I’m Derek. I live in San Francisco. I’m the cofounder of Fertile Medium and editor of Fray. I sometimes post things to Flickr and Twitter. My dog’s name is Bug. More.







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