Monthly Archives: January 2019

#RectangleBingo

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Doc Searls

This is a game for our time. I play it on New York and Boston subways, but you can play it anywhere everybody in a crowd is staring at their personal rectangle. I call it Rectangle Bingo. Here’s how you … Continue reading →

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Idea: Woodstock vs. TED.

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Doc Searls

So I just read about “a 50th anniversary Woodstock celebration that would include TED-style talks.” Details here and here in the Gothamist. This celebration doesn’t have the Woodstock name, but it does have the place, now called the Bethel Woods Center for the … Continue reading →

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The new together

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Doc Searls

I want to point to three great posts. First is Larry Lessig‘s Podcasting and the Slow Democracy Movement. A pull quote: The architecture of the podcast is the precise antidote for the flaws of the present. It is deep where now is … Continue reading →

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Venus, Moon, Jupiter and Mercury in the dawn’s early light

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Doc Searls

Walked out on the front deck this morning and grabbed a photo set of the Moon between conjunctions with Venus (that was yesterday), Jupiter (tonight and tomorrow) and then Mercury (Saturday), before passing next to the Sun as a new … Continue reading →

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