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Monthly Archives: March 2009
A call for IIW participation
The Internet Identity Workshop , aka IIW, started as the Identity Gang way back in ’05, and has since grown (thanks more to Kaliya and Phil than to yours truly) to become a fixture event in the calendars of many … Continue reading
Looking over St. Louis
Got these shots of St. Louis and the convergence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers while flying to Austin by way of Chicago two Fridays ago. You can see the Gateway Arch, right of center, Busch Stadium, the Edward Jones … Continue reading
Posted in Geology, infrastructure, Photography, Places, Sports, Travel
Tagged 2008_03_13, aerial, bos-ord-aus, Busch Stadium, Canon Powershot 850is, City Museum, eads, Eads Bridge, Edward Jones Dome, Gateway Arch, Illinois, infrastructure, Martin Luther King Bridge, mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Photography, Poplar Street Bridge, St. Louis, ual, united, united arilines, windowseat, windowshot
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Can journals live on subscriptions?
Some do. My long-time favorite magazine is The Sun. I bought one of the first issues Sy Safransky sold on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, in 1974, and found myself writing regularly for the magazine for several years after that, … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, problems, VRM
Tagged Chapel Hill, paychoice, subscriptions, subscrtiption, Sun, Sy Safransky, The Sun, VRM
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After the advertising bubble bursts
Thesis #74 of The Cluetrain Manifesto says, “We are immune to advertising. Just forget it.” We wrote that in 1999, when everybody thought that advertising was going to be THE model for businesses on the Internet. The crash came less … Continue reading
Posted in Berkman, Business, Ideas, problems, VRM
Tagged advertising, EmanciPay, Eric Clemons, micro-accounting, microaccounting, micropayments, music, paychoice, public radio, radio, techcruch
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Sounds of place
We were driving somewhere the other day when the kid asked if he could play around with the iPhone for awhile. Among the podcasts I subscribe to is The Best of YouTube — although, as with most of the too-many … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Journalism, Past, Travel
Tagged "Doc Searls", accents, Beanshooter, greensboro, North Carolina, piedmont, Sling Shot Man, YouTube
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Fasting and foods
I haven’t eaten today, and it’s well past noon. I spent much of the last couple hours enjoying a long Skype call with Stephen Lewis, who is currently in Turkey, and whose latest post dilates deliciously on an old Mimas … Continue reading
A capella wonderful
Whatever else you’re doing, tune right now to WERS. If you’re not in Boston, here’s the online stream. The show is All Acapella, and it’s freaking amazing. There is so much outstanding a capella music being made right now, by … Continue reading
Collateral casualties from blog spam bomb
I just deleted a heap of blog spam comments. I think I may have hit one or two legit ones in the process. If so, forgive and try again.
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An open response to OMNI hotels
Just got a survey from OMNI hotels, inquiring about my stay there during SXSW in Austin earlier this week. Here’s what I wrote under “Please provide more details on the missing amenity in your guest room. “: The wi-fi … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, VRM
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There is no try, cont’d
Props to Joe Andrieu for pointing out the Cult of Done, for which I am constitutionally disqualified, but wish I were not. Why? Because I: 1) Bite off more than I can eschew, 2) Keep more balls on the floor … Continue reading