The Pea – Part III
I’m trying out a little game I thought up. The game is to retell a fairy tale or children’s story while omitting one of the major characters. This is the Princess and the Pea… so long as you don’t count … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Distance on the Internet – Part II
Part I looked at how we might think of distance on the internet, working from the concept of physical distance applying its principles in a digital network. It got as far as Google, but it ignored linking. Arguably, the straight … Continue reading
There, I fixed it.
Cute.
The game is this:
Pick a great line, and work it into a piece of business correspondence so that it doesn’t sound silly or out of place. This week: “We’ll always have Paris.” If you can slip that one past your boss, a) You’re … Continue reading
Distance on the Internet – Part I
A few thoughts on how far apart things can be in a virtual world. I’ve previously said that distance doesn’t exist on the internet, and that the internet doesn’t have any corners. This is true in some ways, but less … Continue reading
Seth Godin – Social Networking
“Networking is always important when it’s real and it’s always a useless distraction when it’s fake. What the internet has allowed is an enormous amount of fake networking to take place.” The internet can be used to build real relationships. … Continue reading
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All secrets are revealed
Doggone! I guess now that everything is out in the open, there’s nothing left but to skip town.
The Pea – Part II
I’m trying out a little game I thought up. The game is to retell a fairy tale or children’s story while omitting one of the major characters. This is the Princess and the Pea… so long as you don’t count … Continue reading
What is “Internet Distance”?
Hmmm… Illinois doesn’t want sex offenders to use social networking. Actually, the state is making it a felony for them to do so. “The idea was, if the predator is supposed to be a registered sex offender, they should keep … Continue reading
Smart Birds
Surprisingly smart.