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Four Pillars: Of trains and planes and automobiles…. and the internet

July 8th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Four pillars

Mitch Ratcliffe pointed me at this letter, posted via Doc Searls, which gave unusual meanings to the word “unlimited”.
And it reminded me of an experience I had, nearly two decades ago, travelling on British Rail as it then was.
I was looking forward to a game of golf with some colleagues of mine from Data General. [...]

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Four Pillars: Life on the Edge

July 8th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Four pillars

David N Wallace makes a very important point. It is much more than a coda to Doc’s piece and my follow-up post, and deserves its own space, not just on his blog, but on mine as well. So I reproduce it here:
Now I know about the edge, I live there. On the edge, the fringe [...]

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