Kevin Purdy

Not the exact same dialer my father carried, but pretty close. (Via PhishMe.)
Note: This post inspired by Gizmodo’s feature on what our dads taught us about tech.
My father didn’t enjoy gadgets for gadgets’ sake. He bought fish from Nova Scotia, Iceland, Florida, and other places a long way from our home in upstate New York. [...]

“What’s your Twitter handle? Are you looking for VC money? On Foursquare? HELLOOOO?!?” (image via Wikimedia Commons).
Over a long weekend in September 2007, and right before I sent an overly earnest pitch letter to the editors at Lifehacker, I created this web site so that I might appear impressive, experienced, and engaged in the wider [...]

A single ShackBurger, crinkle-cut fries, and a glass of their own ale. This was a great moment to have a G1 camera handy.
I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya. Long time, like, since before the national health care debate started. Long time like, I still lived in Rochester. Long time [...]

Not my real income/spending, but, damn, Mint.com makes self-reflection look sexy.
I’m really enjoying my guest stint on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, public radio for New York City. When someone, be it a host or caller, forces you to actually talk about something you write about every morning in short bursts, it brings a [...]

Of course, this serious-looking piece of hardware is made in Germany.
I’ve been on two different WNYC morning radio shows in the last month or so, talking up Lifehacker-type topics and describing how I watch TV (without cable) and get things done (when I can).
First up, an appearance on The Takeaway with John Hockenberry to talk [...]

Wrote notes to organize thoughts on blogging. Proceeded to talk about cats, iPhone cameras, magnets.
I was lucky enough to be interviewed at Rochester’s local NPR affiliate, WXXI, for its weekly Mixed Media segment. You can hear my 13:48 of audio fame in a full, streaming podcast; the version that plays on actual air waves (July [...]

Maybe the vegetarian meal on Ajira Airlways is some kind of curry dish? That’d be sweet.
Personal blogging is hard when you’re updating another blog at least five times per day, and often more. As I put it to my editor recently, it feels like my Who Cares Filter is completely closed up by the time [...]

Want to help me round this out? I’m not a Buffalo/Rochester native, but a (nearly) 10-year veteran; this is just a quick thumbnail I dashed off. Leave your track suggestions in the comments, and I’ll update the playlist embedded above. Click the upper-right corner button for a bigger view.
What am I looking for? Songs that [...]

Thanks to Kevin Lim for shooting and posting, and to BarCamp Buffalo for letting me try out an alpha-level presentation on the late-night crowd.
I’d intended to run through three areas early-morning bloggers can use to sprint through material and write faster, but ended up focusing on one app I could easily keep in the 10-minute [...]

Thanks for letting me try out my n00b-level presentation skills on you! As a reward for your patience, here are links to the stuff I discussed, glossed over, or mentioned:
The Big Kahuna
• Firefox – Like you really needed this link. Pass it on, though.
Add-ons
- These you may find a bit more unique.
• AutoCopy – Never [...]