One of my favorite lines in history was a response to the Economist article in the letters section of the magazine. That organic is ridiculous, and “something as prosaic as buying an apple denotes your social class and education level”. Pro-Organic people were so dogmatic. Oh well… they’ll brush it off and not learn any lessons. That’s what liberals always do.
Privacy Wednesday! Al-Qaida are playing video games to mask their planning, & a Minority Report PreCog Style Santa Cruz pre-crime caper!
For a friend… I need to develop my stance on privacy a little more. Â I think that my stance is that it is vital to address what it is, it’s nature, and how it is part of something much bigger and more (more…)
Netflix’s Rate Hike, and what they really mean
Netflix is speaking in tongues, and speaking in code. One friend was floored, one friend mused that Netflix (more…)
The End of Facebook and the Coming Social Media Bubble
So… your point on my Fishbits FB was sanguine (he said “why do you talk so bad about FB while posting so much?). Â However, where you said I had posted 20 some odd posts since early June, I hadn’t actually (more…)
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the paradox of choice = mind blowing surprising science of motivation where good ideas come from BEWARE – online filter bubbles coolest statistics you’ve ever seen robot (more…)
Apple is worth 2x as much as Google
Wow. http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/05/05/apple-now-worth-5x-more-than-in-2006-and-nearly-2x-as-much-as-google/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RoyalPingdom+%28Royal+Pingdom%29 Wild. (more…)
Something thoughtful for Post 400 – The Filter Bubble
Filter ethics. This is the most important thing regarding Facebook & other online communities that very few people are talking about. Â I note here (June 2010) that hidden streams destroy any legitimacy (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…)