According to knowyourmeme, poker face is a “4pane exploitable series illustrating mostly awkward and sometimes embarrassing social situations, who always responds with a blank expression and a caption that reads “poker face”. This post is not about the meme. In other news, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta had a hit song with that title. Which gives … Continue reading “Musing lazily about tells and poker faces”
Some time ago I had the opportunity to go fly fishing for the first time, in the Provo, near Salt Lake City in Utah. It was an exhilarating experience, just what I needed at that particular time in my life. I hope to repeat the experience soon. Beginner’s luck meant that I caught quite a … Continue reading “Musing lazily about catch-and-release and its application in the digital world”
There’s been a lot of kerfuffle about “journalism”, both in the press as well as in the blogosphere, over the past few years; much of it has been focused on some sort of polarised debate, suggesting there are two camps, one called mainstream media (MSM) and one called citizen media (CM). This is a flawed … Continue reading “Musing lazily about what journalism means today”
I’ve been digging around the works of S.R. Ranganathan for some time now, triggered by reading David Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous just over a year ago (as reported here). Regular readers may remember Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science: Books are for use. Every reader his or her book. Every book its reader. Save the … Continue reading “Musing lazily about library science and the web”
My wife and I have been married nearly 24 years; a long time ago, when she was pregnant with our first child, I remember her saying “You know something? It’s amazing just how often you notice pregnant women just because you’re thinking about pregnancy”. I’m sure psychologists have a term for the condition, some sort … Continue reading “Musing very lazily about copyright”