Posts under ‘Random Notes’

Doc Searls — blogger’s blogger, journalist, author and deep thinker about how the world is changing and how we can be more effective participants — turns 60 today. It wasn’t so long ago that 60 reflected a fairly old age, or something verging on that. No longer. It’s a passage — David Weinberger calls Doc […]

I’ve been using Facebook mostly to get a feel for its possibilities, not as a place to do business or keep all that close track of anything. I logged onto the site today and found four messages from people who either already knew my email address or who could have easily found it. I’ve responded […]

Our country, right and wrong.

Viagra reduces jet lag in hamsters.

Google Press Center: Press Release: Google announces free in-home wireless broadband service — “Dark porcelain” project offers self-installed plumbing-based Internet access. If anyone knows of a site collecting the best such gags, please note it in the comments.

At the generally fantastic DLD Conference in Munich, where the future of media and communications are the major subjects, the first speaker of the morning gave a demonstration on how not to make a good impression. Andy Wood, CEO of a company called Image Metrics, gave what can only be called a sales pitch for […]

It’s New Year’s Day in Japan, where I am today. Happy 2007 to all. (Photo by mjzitek; published under a Creative Commons license)

Whatever our faith or belief, let’s all work toward a better world. Happy holidays. (Note: The picture is from Vermont, just outside of Montpelier.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

At an Internet conference in Hungary during the past (too brief) several days, I met several people who would be standouts in any culture. Their intelligence and curiosity about the world reminded me of something my brother, Wiley, and I have talked about from time to time: Call it the Hungarian Greatness Quotient, perhaps. Here’s […]