a blog about information
Have you read Neil Postman? You should. I first read Amusing Ourselves To Death in 1986 and have enjoyed re-reading it a number of times. Writing this post has reminded me to complete reading the rest of his books, there are still a couple I’ve yet to devour. I took a detour towards Postman’s oeuvre … Continue reading “A built-in, shock-proof crap detector”
We attract a different type of person—a person who doesn’t want to wait five or ten years to have someone take a giant risk on him or her. Someone who really wants to get in a little over his head and make a little dent in the universe. We are aware that we are doing … Continue reading “Making little dents in the universe”
Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts I’m committed to writing about filters; I started with the principles of filtering, and will proceed to blow up each of the principles in as much detail as makes sense at this stage. Earlier I looked at network-based filters, and then spent time on routing. … Continue reading “Filters: Part 4: Publishing responsibly”
In earlier posts towards the tail end of last year and early this year, I committed to writing a number of posts on filtering. The background is simple: soon, everything and everyone will be connected that includes people, devices, creatures, inanimate objects, even concepts (like a tweet or a theme) at the same time, the … Continue reading “Filtering: Seven Principles”
Where do you go to, my lovely? Peter Sarstedt, 1969 Where do the children play? Cat Stevens, 1970 Where have all the flowers gone? Pete Seeger, 1955 Platforms are a bit like Jabberwocky: to paraphrase Alice, they seem very pretty, but they’re rather hard to understand. I chose the songs above for a number of … Continue reading “Where do you go to, my lovely? A look forward to platforms in 2014”