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Who saw him die? I, said the Fly With my little eye, I saw him die. Cock Robin (nursery rhyme) The Fly was lucky. My little eye isn’t doing too well. How come? Apparently the blogosphere has died and gone somewhere over the past few years, and I missed it. Completely. I did not see … Continue reading “I, said the Fly”
As a family, we love fancy dress parties. My son’s at one right now; we go to at least one a year; if there isn’t one to go to, then we try and host one. I guess it’s something they put in the water where we live. We like wacky themes. For example, when my … Continue reading “Ruminating about costumes”
Over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed that my reading has become more and more heterogeneous and spread out; there has been a perceptible shift away from an A-list approach to a Long Tail, avoiding the “hit culture” implied by A-list approaches. During that same period, there have been a number of articles about … Continue reading “The importance of publish-subscribe”
A few days ago, @shannonpaul referred to something @kdpaine had said, discovered via @kanter. And it was this: “the word “reputation” is so 1990. today it’s all about relationships” Maybe it’s the Calcuttan in me, but I guess I’ve always thought that way. For me, it’s always been all about relationships. Relationship before conversation before … Continue reading “Thinking lazily about reputation and relationships”
So everyone’s preparing for hard times. Markets down, property down, jobs down, prices up, uncertainty everywhere. As your parents might have said, a proper recession, like they used to have in the old days. At times like this, some people are tempted to feel sorry for themselves, on the basis it will somehow make them … Continue reading “Keep the change!”