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What I’m thinking about

Posted by Gavin Baker - September 30, 2009 - awesomeness
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I’ve been using posterous as my way to save thoughs, ideas, statements, pictures, etc that I like. Until I figure out a sweet way to pull my posterous into this blog – I’d recommend you check it out at http://gavinbaker.posterous.com/

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Read More Arts, Children, facebook, ideas, Music, Poster, posterous, thoughts, twitter, WordPress

Bringing it back. Acoustic. And Wonderful

Posted by Gavin Baker - August 29, 2009 - awesomeness
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I saw this video from a tweet by Jason Calacanis and I love it!  This is PS22 Chorus a group of 5th graders up in New York.  Check them out here http://ps22chorus.blogspot.com/ .  In addtion to Eye of the Tiger, they also do “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey, “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga – quite [...]

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Read More Arts, chorus, Dance, Don't Stop Believing, Jason Calacanis, Just Dance, kids music, Lady Gaga, Music, New York, nyc, ps22 chorus, United States

They call it Open Bar, I call it awesome!

Posted by Gavin Baker - February 15, 2008 - awesomeness, companies
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So like many companies, at Abunga.com we use 37signals Basecamp as our online project management tool  – both internally to manage projects, vendors and interns, but also externally with our design firm. So we were juggling two accounts – and I was thinking, why can’t we combine these somehow, and then those smart people, they [...]

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Read More 37signals, abunga.com, basecamp, business, Chicago, fabric interactive, Hosted, Management, online collaboration tools, open bar, open id, Project and Program Management, project management, slack management company

It’s not my job

Posted by Gavin Baker - July 23, 2007 - awesomeness, brains on fire, communication, customer service
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I was sitting at our local Panera last week at a booth right next to the soft drinks. It’s not really a clutch spot for an uninterrupted lunch, but if I hadn’t been there I wouldn’t have noticed a very interesting trend. There is a floor mat right under the drinks, and the corners kept [...]

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Read More Boston Market, business, Cash register, Employment, Panera, Panera Bread, Soft drink, United States

What an experience

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 22, 2007 - awesomeness, customer service, ing, ing direct, knoxville, online, phone, savings, user experience, ux
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I just got off the phone with a customer service rep. Now, prepared to be shocked. IT WAS THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE I’VE EVER HAD. Yes, it was that good. I’ve been searching around for a new bank account and a friend mentioned ING Direct. It turns out they offer 4.5% APY on savings [...]

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