So.. this is interesting. The Economist this week has a leader story / special report on California.  You can buy it (One click buy PDF, which includes all graphics, etc), but you may be able to read (more…)
Unrivaled Genius on Netflix Watch Now. Greatest film ever?
My review of this Netflix play now film. “Example 30 Minute 23.976 Remote Content” – not sure of the Director’s name. I doubt the film will be there long, so I need to keep the review here for posterity. You (more…)
Tiburon Time Lapses… happy sailboats and more
I wasn’t going to throw words into this little box and hope they float. It isn’t my business to dilly or dally, but it isn’t my business to blow air into words like a balloon and watch them emptily bob (more…)
Death and Social Networks
Death & Social Networks I have dealt with death on forums and social networks. When life energy fails or tragedy befalls…. it’s not an active moment online; Accounts don’t close, there are no (more…)
Dolphins, Teleportation, Time Travel, and Extra-Terrestrials: *THE EVIDENCE* *THE PROOF*
I have proof these people have no evidence. I also have evidence these people are rational proof. Â But a conference in Hawaii in June sounds lovely. Double Occ… could you imagine? Who are you rooming (more…)
A meaning for one life; thank Fulghum.
If all that is too hippy, too arcane….. self awareness of people ingesting my words quite a bit after my last breath, the earnest humanistic love trumping self shame from sounding so giddily loving and portently 3rd person, me.. a voyuer watching your reaction while long past into shadow….
Data is Now. Aggregate data overload, and unlocking it for the future.
You can find so much here at DATAVIS. This, I believe is the most significant and accessible way for people to understand what is happening here… it’s not just visualizing, but mapping data with controls (more…)
Why gory “Enjoy the Plants” pinpoints the problems with Google’s rapidly failing algorithm
The point is, if you search a totally benign term: “Enjoy the Plants”, with or without quotes, and click on the first link – —— you will find something wholly unrelated to plants. *THIS (more…)
User reviews going away?
Whether user reviews will “end” isn’t the question… it’s how they will exist and change over time.
User interaction, from reviews to social nets, will power the semantic web. It’s the future. It’s not going anywhere.