January 2009
13 posts
The End of Solitude →
A flawed but intriguing essay on the nature of solitude in the modern age. Intriguing, because he takes the typical complaint about modern social networking — i.e. that we’re all becoming narcissists, and competing to amass the hugest collection of faux-friends — and tips it on its side: The real problem, Deresiewicz argues, is that we’re becoming incapable of enjoying...
“if we had one more dog, you’d be able to precisely triangulate on each...”
– Superb tweet by Heather Champ.
“Many of you are staring at your laptops, multitasking. Although you will only...”
– From “Autistic Social Software”, a wonderful speech/essay by Danah Boyd.
“I think it’s funny that people call ego searching just that. In general it...”
– Great observation from Robert Scoble
“Um so as soon as I get to airport my @botanicalls plant asks for a drink of...”
– When plants have cyborg appendages that let them call you on the phone.
“A whopping 70,000 questions poured into Change.gov over the past week, in...”
– An interesting essay pointing out how Obama’s open-to-the-public Web 2.0 flava is now posing some political difficulties for him.
THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER →
“New word of the day: “makesensical.”
– Wonderful tweet from michelet
“Why Apple didn’t just build the iPhone with a replaceable battery....”
– TALKING BUSINESS; Baseballs, Batteries And Bad Ads - New York Times
November 2008
1 post
“are we more authentic or less authentic now that we always have to be on the...”
– A great tweet from Rebecca MacKinnon
October 2008
15 posts
“My new favorite insult is ‘to go innumerate.’ As in “New...”
– A great Twitter update from maximka.
A very fun thread wondering precisely what the... →
“An April 2008 poll by SurveyUSA estimated that at least 18 million American...”
– That’s a really great statistic. 