Heads
In a conversation with a longtime friend, I just sent an email message that was fairly clear on some points […]
Business, Consciousness, Economy, Sustainability
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And now for something completely Python
The Monty Python crew was as wild and chaotic as the show would make it seem; it’s a miracle that
Business, Economy
A.I.G.: great story, wish it was fiction
Michael Lewis does a great job telling the story of A.I.G. and how it failed, bringing down the global economy.
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Ginsberg: “everybody’s got a bodhisattva tendency”
Around 1969 I sent a short poem and a letter to Allen Ginsberg but saw my letter as neurotic “peter
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Joyce’s Ulysses
I not only read, but studied at length, James Joyce’s Ulysses, academically a “serious novel” though Joyce said, in 1922,
Design
Thames Town
Thames Town is part of Songjiang New City, in Shanghai, China. Modeled on traditional urbanism, it’s “only one enormous block
Business, e-patients, Technology
Data glitches: how to get right with your customer
My friend and colleague e-Patient Dave deBronkart explains how misinformation from a customer service agent for Verizon led to a
Community, Consciousness, Social Media
Safety first
(Wrote most of this on the road earlier this week…) Had an unintentional overnight stay in Providence RI September 11,
Consciousness
More on Multitasking
Gary Chapman Facebook’d me a link to a New York Times article on the multitasking study I wrote about. Ruth
Business, Technology
Change your partners, Skype to my Lou
Silver Lake Partners bought a majority interest in the VOIP technology company Skype from Ebay. Phil Wolff shows how ownership
Consciousness
Stop multitasking
Stanford has released results of a study suggesting that “the minds of multitaskers are not working as well as they
Media, Social Media, Technology
Talking about the old daze
Joe Matheny invited me to have a conversation with him on his Internet radio show at Alterati, The GSpot. We
Business, Futures, Sustainability
Doug Rushkoff on Life, Inc.
For the last week and a half, I’ve been leading a discussion with Doug Rushkoff about his new book, Life,