Random Articles

• Going Long Realism is just idealism stretched over time. - Thomas P. M. Barnett There really isn’t much a of ‘short run’. It quickly becomes yesterday. The long run, on the other hand, sticks around for quite a while. - Seth Godin
• Camp Shoppy? So, Camp Snoopy is leaving Mall of America. I think the Mall has a huge opportunity to develop their own cheesy mascots - like the Olympics does. Problem is, they need a new name as well. Hmmmmm. Here’s an easy fix: Turn the ‘n’ into an ‘h’ and the second ‘o’ into a ‘p’.
• Theres Always More Than One Way “Don’t ever allow yourself to believe that there is only one way to make ideas real.” - Scott Berkun Stated more traditionally, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.” The great thing about roadblocks is they force an evaluation of goals. For example, you’d like to publish a book and are continually rejected by publishers.
• Apophenia - Seeing Patterns that Don’t Exist I first heard the word ‘apophenia’ in Moira Gunn’s interview with William Gibson almost a year ago. Since then, it’s meaning has come to mind more than a couple times - though I had forgotten the word itself. In each instance, I’ve Googled for what bits of the word I could remember - yet came up
• Web 2.0 is a Second Chance At Fulfilling the Web’s Promise The promise of the web has always been frictionless communication, ease, speed, and joy. Yes, the term “Web 2.0” is “a big, vague, nebulous cloud of pure architectural nothingness”. The lack of it’s specificity is a problem. I’ve also heard the cynical: “Web 2.0 is Javascript.” Five years ago web developers failed at fulfilling the web’s promise. It’s