May 2008
27 posts
Al Gore & I aren't proud of this
Nashville ranks high on lots of lists that make me proud. However, being ranked as having the sixth worst per-capita emission of C02 is something I’m not proud of. I’m going to take some steps personally to reduce my contribution to our being on this list.
“Walled gardens are inherently inadequate in a networked world.”
– Doc Searls
How'd I get so cool?
It took me a moment to figure out why my Last.fm account was suggesting through my ‘recently listened tracks’ that I am way more hip than anyone who knows me will attest. The key to my hippness, I realized, was my clicking on Taylor McKnight’s “radio station” on my office computer and forgetting to log-out before leaving work. Thanks, Taylor. You’re helping me...
WatchMUTO is a wall-painted animation by BLU — and just about the most incredible thing you’ll ever see. (via Vimeo)
Death spurs headphone debate →
When I saw this headline, I thought it might pertain to a recurring problem. It turns out, the death in question was tragic — a helicopter crashing onto a person walking to his mailbox — but I don’t see how such an accident can spur a headphone debate.
“What happens to the Republicans in 2008 will likely be dictated by what...”
– This is a quote from Peggy Noonan. The same Peggy Noonan who was Ronald Reagan’s and George H.W. Bush’s speech writer and who helped “save” the re-election campaign of George W. Bush in 2004. Source: Declarations - WSJ.com
What if they threw a recession and no one showed...
From Recession? Not So Fast, Say Some - WSJ.com:
“A couple months ago it seemed like we were on the abyss,” said Jay Bryson, global economist with Wachovia Corp., referring to the seizing up of credit markets and the collapse of Bear Stearns. “Things have changed….The numbers we’ve seen recently haven’t been as bad as we were led to believe just a few months...
“Why does Clinton keep running? … She has no alternative. Just as sharks...”
– Quote by Roger Simon writing on Politico.com, “Hillary wins — does anybody care?”
WatchDoc Searls pointed to this video and said it was Obama’s path to election. After looking at it, it’s a great metaphor for the pathway to anything in life that is truly meaningful. (Video: El camino del Rey)
“Notwithstanding the playful, even clever, writing of the editorial, it was...”
– Quote from the Chicago Tribune’s Public Editor — Horse analogy impolitic, unsettling, May 9, 2008
“Things like this article in today’s NY Times remind me why I’m...”
– ‘Mad Pride’ Fights a Stigma - New York Times
“Those who registered smallbusiness.com or creditcards.com understood the...”
– I ran across this quote on a weblog while reviewing some website traffic stats. I’ll file it under the category, “If They Only Knew.”
From: What’s Domaining and Why It is important
“Scientific discoveries must, in some sense, be inevitable. They must be in the...”
– Annals of Innovation: In the Air by Malcolm Gladwell; The New Yorker
WatchOkay, I’ll confess. I’m a sucker for this kind of video.
