A WiFi mesh network for the Haj
There is something absolutely exotic about this set-up. Maybe it’s the medieval setting, maybe it’s the history of the Hajj, or maybe it’s bec...
Category: The Narrative
Among other random news, Six Apart spins off Livejournal
I was in California this week and stopped by, as usual, to say hello at Six Apart. Lots of things have happened since I last saw them, some that I knew already,...
Anyone have social graphs from Twitter?
I would love to see the stats on the numbers of direct, @, and general twits mapped against the total followed and followers per Twitter user. I think the tight...
Do you like apples? Them’s a lot of apples
One thing I like to point out regarding the mobile space is the scale of things. Here we have numbers (below) on just one device from Nokia. And it’s one ...
Bookplates in the modern world
Some friends and I were talking about bookplates (see link below to definition). My friend’s father had one, full of personal symbolism, on a few very old...
Book by Craig Venter – A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
Well, I was wondering when someone would write a book about Venter (who deserves a Nobel, a few times over). Turns out he wrote one himself. I think I gotta get...
Stephen Johnston in Vodafone Receiver #19 on: Thoughts on 3.0 – this time with added You-nicorn
Stephen Johnston has contributed an article to Vodafone’s Receiver mag (see link below). Cool (way to go, Stephen). He pegs the current discussion around ...
Ah, con-men exist in every medium
I also got a shoulder tap about some shady dealing (see link below) from an online publisher. It not only bugs me that this gives other publishers a bad name an...
Ty Burr says ‘Blade Runner’ is better than ever, in The Boston Globe
So far, Ty Burr has never disappointed me. What he likes, I do. What he doesn’t, same here. Now he mentions the latest Blade Runner release (see link belo...
Do community tools mix with scientific papers?
I’ve been doing some reading on Open Access Publishing, providing free public access to scientific papers. The two publishers I know the best are Public L...