Non-ambient findability

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

This:

Reminded my of Bruce Sterling’s 2006 ETech talk, which you can read here (I tried to find it on one of Bruce’s properties but couldn’t), and hear here.
“I no longer hunt anxiously for my missing shoes in the morning. I just Google them.”

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Peter Kim, I just don’t get it, either

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

 Peter Kim of Forrester reports on Twitter usage amongst US adults
Our data shows that 6% of US online adults use Twitter regularly. (from Being Peter Kim: “I just don’t get it.” [i.e. Twitter])

That is patently insane.  I suppose it depends on how you define “online adults,” but even with a very restrictive definition (like, say […]

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Everything is a platform!

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Speaking of (web)comics, this is too true, and too funny.

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I Fear the Boot

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Last week I found DM Of The Rings
 
a webcomic spoofing the Lord of the Rings plot as it would be if it were a D&D campaign.  It’s been a long time since I’ve played D&D (literally since 1st edition AD&D - never even player 2nd edition, though I did play a little Basic D&D […]

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