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Nostalgia via YouTube and Some Problems of Distributed Problem Solving
Yesterday I wrote about Stephen Hawking’s recent call for space colonization. Today I want to link what I said to some things …
Jul 6, 2006
3 min read
Musings
Let Me Off the Planet
At the beginning of “An Inconvenient Truth” Al Gore shows the audience two iconic Apollo images, Earthrise and Blue Marble. I remember …
Jul 5, 2006
5 min read
Musings
On Independence
It’s the fourth of July and America is celebrating Independence Day. I can hear people setting off fireworks. The windows are …
Jul 4, 2006
1 min read
Observing
On Neophilia
“My mind’s distracted and confused..” for some reason that snippet of Simon and Garfunkel popped into my head this evening as I …
Jul 3, 2006
3 min read
Musings
Emusic Rocks! - a long tail success
I was listening to Siamese Dream today by the Smashing Pumpkins while out running errands. It’s a perfect piece of early 1990s …
Jul 2, 2006
3 min read
Musings
Coase's Penguin and Crowdsourcing
A few weeks ago there was a reading group discussion at SI about a couple of articles on Cyberwork. I wasn’t able to attend, but …
Jul 1, 2006
6 min read
Musings
June 2006 Readback and Update
So what have I been writing about during the past month. June was the month when I decided to return to regular blogging. So far …
Jun 30, 2006
2 min read
Recaps
The "More Education" Blinder
The March-April issue of Foreign Affairs contained an article by Alan Blinder on “Offshoring: the Next Industrial Revolution?” He …
Jun 29, 2006
5 min read
Musings
Weather Watching
I confess to being a weather nerd for a long time. I remember play acting as a weatherman back in elementary school. This was when the …
Jun 28, 2006
1 min read
Musings
Vestigial Design and the Everyday Sound Environment
The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority has changed the sound of the ‘stop requested’ bell on their buses sometime in the …
Jun 27, 2006
4 min read
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