a blog about information
I like thinking about things. Savouring them as I roll them around my head, tasting them, mulling over them. Ruminating. Masticating. I like thinking about things in themes. What do I mean? Let’s take an example. A recent Harvard Business Review article asked if we should Invest in the Long Tail. Apparently, research had shown … Continue reading “Motive and opportunity”
There was a strange story making the rounds a few years ago: apparently someone had thought up the idea of etching images of house flies on public urinals; boys being boys and men being men, they “took aim”. And suddenly “spillage” was reduced by lots and lots. You can see the story here. When I … Continue reading “Lazy Sunday thoughts about design and repair”
As a child and as a boy, I’d heard about the Battle of Wounded Knee, about Sitting Bull and about Big Foot, but as seen through the eyes of cowboy comics illustrators. My real knowledge about the battle didn’t amount to much as a result. Today, reading newspaper reports about Tiger Woods and the US … Continue reading “Musing about Wounded Knee and Wikipedia and the US Open”
I’m sure there are better ways to decompose social networks, but in my simple mind, there are only a small number of fundamental components: directories and address books (you need to find the person or group you’re looking for) profiles and CVs and suchlike (there has to be some way of describing the person or … Continue reading “Wondering about status messages amongst other things”
I’ve written two posts about capillary conversations so far (linked for your convenience here and here), and they seem to have elicited a reasonable level of comment and question. Three questions seem to repeat themselves: How often should I tweet? What should I tweet about? When should I take the conversation offline? These are not … Continue reading “Thinking about capillary conversations and choice”