Comments on: Eye of the beholder http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191843 JP Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:08:18 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191843 Nice to see you back, Hazel. I'm still championing the "wrong" team, but today I expect there will be a few more people of the MCC ilk supporting India! Nice to see you back, Hazel. I’m still championing the “wrong” team, but today I expect there will be a few more people of the MCC ilk supporting India!

]]> By: Hazel http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191829 Hazel Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:47:53 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191829 I think that it is *very* important to think about the links -- where the information came from -- and to acknowledge the debt when you get put on to something interesting or useful. My problem is that in many instances I forget how I added X to my reading list in the first place. Having said "thank you" that's it. I will, however, always remember you putting me on to a knitting pattern I wanted simply because it was an unlikely result of my questioning your championship of the "wrong" (i.e. not the MCC) cricket team. I think that it is *very* important to think about the links — where the information came from — and to acknowledge the debt when you get put on to something interesting or useful. My problem is that in many instances I forget how I added X to my reading list in the first place. Having said “thank you” that’s it. I will, however, always remember you putting me on to a knitting pattern I wanted simply because it was an unlikely result of my questioning your championship of the “wrong” (i.e. not the MCC) cricket team.

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191558 Stephen Smoliar Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:17:41 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191558 Funny, I just took an on-line job interview which, among other things, required me to exercise my skill of searching the Internet in order to answer some of the questions! Funny, I just took an on-line job interview which, among other things, required me to exercise my skill of searching the Internet in order to answer some of the questions!

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191437 JP Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:20:48 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191437 For those who are interested, Stephen was referring to George A Miller's seminal essay, The Magical Number Seven. If you haven't read it before, it is worth taking a look at the essay, which can be found at: http://www.musanim.com/miller1956/ Alternatively, you can read up on the paper, and about Miller himself at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two For those who are interested, Stephen was referring to George A Miller’s seminal essay, The Magical Number Seven. If you haven’t read it before, it is worth taking a look at the essay, which can be found at:

http://www.musanim.com/miller1956/

Alternatively, you can read up on the paper, and about Miller himself at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191368 Stephen Smoliar Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:28:58 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191368 A ten-part collection of posts definitely deserves a summary! However, I have to take issue with Balaji, on the grounds that any questions about what Facebook is or is not are likely to be a sideshow. When someone puts out as much stuff as you have, what matters most to the reader is what the author expects him (or her) to take away from the reading experience. What are the things you really want us to remember as "lessons learned?" Also, even though you are summarizing ten posts, I suspect that the summarizing list of "things" should respect Miller's magic number (which, I know, was ignored by both the Ten Commandments and the Cluetrain theses)! A ten-part collection of posts definitely deserves a summary! However, I have to take issue with Balaji, on the grounds that any questions about what Facebook is or is not are likely to be a sideshow. When someone puts out as much stuff as you have, what matters most to the reader is what the author expects him (or her) to take away from the reading experience. What are the things you really want us to remember as “lessons learned?” Also, even though you are summarizing ten posts, I suspect that the summarizing list of “things” should respect Miller’s magic number (which, I know, was ignored by both the Ten Commandments and the Cluetrain theses)!

]]> By: Balaji Soowmyanarayanan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191305 Balaji Soowmyanarayanan Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:40:43 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191305 Interested. And don't forget to include 'What FB is not' somewhere. Interested. And don’t forget to include ‘What FB is not’ somewhere.

]]> By: Andy M http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191269 Andy M Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:22:16 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191269 Most definitely interested. On the subject of pavement art, have you seen any of Julian Beever's work?http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm Most definitely interested. On the subject of pavement art, have you seen any of Julian Beever’s work?http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

]]> By: Ric http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/comment-page-1/#comment-191088 Ric Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:10:54 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/20/eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-191088 interested ... interested …

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