Alex Wright and the history of information systems over the past few billion years
I got through another amazing Long New Seminar (long dog walks are great for that). This one was by Alex Wright, author of ‘Glut: Mastering Information Th...
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Elated with Saffo seminar
I finally listened to the Saffo’s Long Now talk on forecasting. What really excited me is that he said some things that I’ve been thinking about. I ...
Paul Saffo on the Rules of Forecasting
Saffo to me was always some sort of weird wizard who thought and saw differently than others. I’ve met folks who channel the future, and it’s always...
Response to Christian’s post: Fragility of Digital Life
Christian Lindholm has a rough end of year, electronics-wise (link below). Machines acting up, licenses expiring, and data at risk. It brings up an running disc...
Following a thread on freedom, openess, and the evolution of business
I don’t know how I came to find them, but I was listening to two talks from d.Construct 2005, a grass-roots Web 2.0 (splutter, ahem) conference held in No...
Third thought for the day (way off topic): Are electronics a passing fad?
I was listening to Danny Hillis’ talk for the Long Now Foundation, a foundation he created along with Stewart Brand and Brian Eno and other really interes...