Random Articles

• Putting My Wife on ICE After the London Bombings, Jen said people were should make an ICE (short for ‘In Case of Emergency’) listing in our respective phones. It took about 10 seconds to update her speed-dial label my Treo. Thanks to Iconoculture’s ‘Who You Gonna Call’ article for reminding me of it.
• I Needed That. “So build something that you use all the time, and, unless you’re really weird and different from everyone else, you’ve got a potential winner.” - Tim Bray.
• RE: How Do People Find The Time To Watch Television?  “…for the first time, society forced on an enormous number of people the requirement to manage something they’ve never had to manage before…which was free time. And what did we do with that free time? Mostly we panicked and spent it watching TV.” - Clay Shirky A nice reminder on what is actually active and social: “People
• Make Me “I’m what’s next baby! I don’t need them to tell me that, and I sure as hell ain’t gonna pay them to tell me that.” - Chuck Olsen Which would you choose; Paying money to site quietly in a chair while someone reads PowerPoint slides and makes your chosen profession sound lame, boring, pointless. Chasing soap bubbles in
• Micro-vicious Circles After 3 years, nearly 1500 updates, exploration from many angles, numerous conversations, and wastebaskets full of crumpled analysis, I’m proud to say, I grok Twitter. Like I’ve never grokked it before1. I also know why Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook, et al, are better* than WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, etc. And it’s completely the blog-engines’ fault. They’re some