Monthly Archives: December 2021

Wayne Thiebaud, influencer

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Doc Searls

Just learned Wayne Thiebaud died, at 101. I didn’t know he was still alive. But I did know he had a lot of influence, most famously on pop art. Least famously, on me. Many of Thiebaud’s landscapes were from aerial … Continue reading →

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Rage in Peace

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Doc Searls

The Cluetrain Manifesto had four authors but one voice, and that was Chris Locke‘s. Cluetrain, a word that didn’t exist before Chris (aka RageBoy), David Weinberger, Rick Levine and I made it up during a phone conversation in early 1999 … Continue reading →

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The gentle lawgiver

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Doc Searls

This is about credit where due, and unwanted by the credited. I speak here of Kim Cameron, a man whose modesty was immense because it had to be, given the size of his importance to us all. See, to the degree … Continue reading →

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Remembering Kim Cameron

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Doc Searls

Got word yesterday that Kim Cameron had passed. Hit me hard. Kim was a loving and loved friend. He was also a brilliant and influential thinker and technologist. That’s Kim, above, speaking at the 2018 EIC conference in Germany. His topics were The … Continue reading →

Posted in Identity, Obituary, Personal | 13 Comments