uncertain | less | different
Don’t get too excited - this might not work …..
While I might not disagree at a global level - I bet that it isn’t true if we only looked at America.
A veritable smorgasbord of alphabet soup …. two long reads on RSS and PDF
Amazon’s Ring videos viewed in cybercrime hotbed
Please file under ‘FTW’
‘WSJ: The iPhone may become Obsolete like the Walkman and the Polaroid Camera
Filed in the duh category … don’t all products become obsolete? Isn’t it really only … when … and on that I think WSJ might have made their predictions a little too early.
🔗 3 Ways To Be Smart On Social Media
”One of these studies showed that commenting on a post, instead of pressing the like button, could improve the mood of the person who made the original post. In one such example, a respondent in the study described how personalized comments, even trivial ones about funny cat videos, can result in feelings of support.”
Someone’s been watching Micro Blog!
The Unending Chasm, and How to Survive It
Apparently launching s new company / product / solution / … is not as easy as it looks … who knew?
Over in VRM Land … there has been recent discussion drawing parallels between online and physical privacy.
”The fact that we wear clothes as we parade public spaces demonstrates our intention and desire for privacy.”
Dele Atanda
You can find Dele Atanda here.
It is a concept that I have heard Doc Searls espouse on occasions … I disagree.
If you really want to test it … try walking out into the streets of London and New York .. naked … and check the response.
We might THINK that the clothes are there to protect our privacy … but isn’t there a stronger argument that they are there to ensure we fit into some kind of societal norm … and please don’t even think of varying the kind of clothes … the apparent freedom of clothes is actually a very specific framework of what is allowed - and not.
Don’t dress like your children, wear a tie to work - unless you are a woman - in which case no ties allowed, but please ‘be sensible’. Let’s dress down on Fridays - not in flip flops and sandals - ‘business casual’ only. Down at the seaside - men - feel free to expose your nipples - women - hold fire … and please wear a headscarf in St Peters but don’t wear a hajib on a French Beach … go to England for heaven’s sake.
What do you think?
You know that writing / blogging / publishing debate that crops up from time to time ,…
”In WordPress 5.1 all references to Blogging will be replaced with the word Publishing.”
Looks like somebody was caught by surprise …
Who would not want to read Alan Jacobs Newsletter - with gems like this buried within …
”John Locke says the mind is like a cabinet; Joseph Addison compares it to a drawer of medals; Francis Bacon calls it a repository; Robert Hooke calls it a workshop. The thing to notice is this: Locke was a bibliophile, Addison a coin collector, Bacon a collector of curiosities, Hooke a laboratory technician.
Is there any wonder, then, that people today think the mind is a computer?
// @ajay
Isn’t that a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron, a generally messed up statement of blaaah?
if anyone is interested in joining mighty networks
I am aiming to start a village in there focussed on flipping the ‘business / people’ equation … bottom line moving the dialogue
from CRM to VRM
from Task to Passion
from work/life balance to PPP
Etc
”We need an agriculture system that supports small family farms and ranches, not one that rewards chemical companies intent on destroying our planet and poisoning our food. And we need to protect our public lands and waters because they are all we have left.”
What’s wrong with this sentence ….
”Now, the race is on to see which Kentucky bourbon town becomes the Napa Valley of American whiskey.”
Seems Right To Me
OK Alan. Enough. The Vinyl is not going ANYWHERE!