Monthly Archives: April 2012

What and who are we?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Doc Searls

Out in the marketplace — that place where we do business as buyers and sellers — what and who are we, as individuals? Here’s a graphic that might help frame the what question: It’s a Google Ngram that plots the prevalence of two terms … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Events, problems, Santa Barbara | 11 Comments

Lives and times

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Doc Searls

Music was a huge part of my life when I was growing up. It’s still big, but not the same. My life today does not have a soundtrack. As a kid my life was accompanied by music from start to … Continue reading →

Posted in Awesome, Books, Broadcasting, Fun, music, Past, Personal, Places, radio | 4 Comments

At last

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Doc Searls

Amazon is now shipping my new book, The Intention Economy. Yes, the Kindle version too. They even have the first chapter available for free. You can “look inside” as well. Thanks to Amazon’s search, you can even find stuff that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkman, Books, Cluetrain, Future, Harvard, Places | 8 Comments

Aerial map mashing

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Doc Searls

Thanks to Jeff Warren (also here) of GrassRootsMapping and  Public Laboratory, I now know — and am highly turned on by — the possibilities of mapping in the wild. That is, mapping by the 99.xxx+% of us who are not … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Aviation, Awesome, Geography, Life, Personal, Photography, Places, Research, Science, Technology, Travel | 3 Comments

Portraits of New York from altitude

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Doc Searls

On my way back from SXSW a couple weeks ago, I got some terrific shots of many things, including portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky (including mountaintop mining), Virginia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Trenton and Providence. Most of those aren’t uploaded … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Awesome, Geography, Personal, Photography, Places, Travel | 4 Comments

NCAA basketball is now officially the NBA’s farm system

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Doc Searls

I enjoyed watching the Kentucky-Kansas NCAA Championship game last night, but not nearly as much as I have earlier finals, such as the Butler-Duke game two years ago. That game was in doubt even during the final second, when Gordon … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | 6 Comments