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Four Pillars: Thinking about social software

July 23rd, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

You may have seen this story already, about a Bezos investment vehicle putting an undisclosed sum of money in 37signals, a firm that resolutely repelled all funding boarders before.
My post is not about Bezos or about 37signals, but about the comments this story has attracted.
Soon, we are going to have to figure out the answer [...]

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Four Pillars: On snowballs and seeds and digital rights

July 23rd, 2006 · 7 Comments · Four pillars

We spent the weekend with my mother-in-law down in Chichester. She lives in a wonderful flint cottage, quintessentially English in every respect. Including its garden.
Of late she’s been thinking of moving home, mainly to switch from living on four levels to living on one. She’s a talented artist and sculptor, and is very meticulous in [...]

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