Monthly Archives: November 2010

Name that car

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Doc Searls

The Kid has been scanning archival family photos and I’ve been uploading them to Flickr (where I have now passed 39,000 shots in that one site alone). Many of these photos are well over a hundred years old. Most are … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, history, Past, Photography, Research, Travel | 6 Comments

Public radio still rocks

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Doc Searls

Lately, thanks to the inexcusably inept firing of Juan Williams by NPR brass, and the acceptance of a $1.8 million grant from George Soros, NPR has tarred its credentials as a genuinely fair and balanced news organization. Which it mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, infrastructure, Journalism, Politics, problems, Quote, radio, Technology, VRM | 5 Comments

Balk Friday

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Doc Searls

Yesterday’s paper came late. Guess it was too heavy. The thing weighed about four pounds, most of which was advertising for sales today, Black Friday, the first day of the Christmas Shopping season. Buy Now and Save! Celebrate the birth … Continue reading →

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I was saying…

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Doc Searls

Two new and worthy posts over at the ProjectVRM blog: Awake at the Wheels and VRM as Agency. Featured are Zeo and MyDex.

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Obama’s About page, in a podcast

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Doc Searls

If you can park your politics (whatever it might be) long enough to listen with an open mind to a one-hour podcast, please dig Reading Obama’s Mind: Pragmatism and Its Perils, an interview by Chris Lydon of James T. Kloppenberg, … Continue reading →

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Research assignments

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Doc Searls

I’m looking for two things here. First is the percentage of advertising devoted to “branding.” I’ve read 90% somewhere, but I need more than hearsay or partial recall. In fact, I’m in the market for any hard numbers on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Research | 6 Comments

IQ and Caste

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Doc Searls

Smart people SLEEP LATE yells the headline of this opinion piece in the Winnipeg Free Press. It begins, Sleep is a fundamental component of animal biology. New evidence confirms that, in humans, its timing reflects intelligence. People with higher IQs … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, Journalism, Life, News, problems, Quote, School | 11 Comments

The World Live Library

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Doc Searls

My great uncle Jack Dwyer worked in the shipping and steamship business through the first half of the last century. He also took a lot of pictures, including my favorite family photo of all time. (I’m the kid with the … Continue reading →

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Bread and Circuits

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Doc Searls

I lost my Sprint data thing and my smartphone is getting dumber by the second. (In fact, I’m on my way to trade it in.) So the only way I can get online from the road right now is by … Continue reading →

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Rethinking network neutrality

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Doc Searls

For whatever reasons, network neutrality has become more of a political football than a technical principle. Lately, however, its advocates have come up with some original new approaches that may de-politicize the matter to some degree, and cause progress (or … Continue reading →

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