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Linkers, thinkers and stinkers from a different perspective

April 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

Jeremy Ruston of Tiddlywiki (who used to work with me) pointed me towards this Jason Kottke post, referencing Greg Knauss as well.
Between them they go for a referential/experiential split for what I termed linkers/thinkers, and, by inference, define the stinker by leaving him out of the equation altogether. Kottke extends the simile to compare the writer/editor [...]

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La la la I’m not listening….so please read it

April 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

You’re right, I’m way too old to claim I’m listening to Andy and the Other One. So I won’t. I just wanted the hook to write about lala. Here’s what Bill Nguyen has to say about it, verbatim from the site:
The founders of ‘la la’, John, Billy, Anselm and I are devout music fans and [...]

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Searlsian motion

April 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

Nolind Whachell, by commenting on one of my recent posts, started a slew of Searlsian-motion snowballs here; I have no idea where they’re going to end up.
You should take a look at Nolind’s site. I’ve gone ahead and linked to it.
First, Nolind reminded me of a quote from Dave Winer that I’d seen while on [...]

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