Seth Godin comments on the world class violinist ignored by commuters in the subway. His conclusion (I think): we all ignore because in our world of natural suspicion we rely on marketing to flag what is and isn’t valuable. True, I guess. What scares me too, is the possibility that we wouldn’t have even been… Read More »
This week’s WSJ.com column (behind a subscription wall, I’m afraid) is on how we need to get ready for the day when chatbots go out and do our bidding for us. Literally, possibly, but if nothing else to go out and do the pre-flirting bit of online dating. clipped from online.wsj.com Expect a future where… Read More »
A useful service for those of you who have “found a favorite girl (or boy) among the many bars, nightclubs and other of places of entertainment in Thailand” and are “thinking about starting a more serious and lasting relationship or already giving financial support.” Good luck with that. clipped from www.thai-spy.com As part of this… Read More »
Joi Ito neatly sums up what Twitter really is: The U.S. dudes finally getting what has been going in the rest of the world for several years: the Internet is all around us, whether it’s the web or SMS. clipped from joi.ito.com Twitter was funny for me because it was like the whole “laptop crowd”… Read More »
My colleague Walt Mossberg writes a scathing piece about preloaded Vista machines; definitely worth a read. I’m trying installing Vista on a virgin machine, and the experience isn’t much better so far. clipped from ptech.wsj.com I have set up many computers over the years, so I wasn’t shocked that the out-of-box experience was less than… Read More »