The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work.
– Miikka Ryokas computer science student quoted in the NY Times.
Hat tip: John Winsor
The underground will never work
A nice example of terrible prediction.
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Pointless, again
Grant and Tom both dispute this article by Lance Ulanoff: MySpace, Second Life, and Twitter Are Doomed. Ulanoff begins: Don’t get too attached to MySpace.
YouTube and the end of the world as we know it
I guess that “It will lead to chaos” counts as a high-energy varitation of “it will never work” which means this item becomes my second
It’ll never work
Inspired by a post by Earl Mardle I’ve added a new category to this blog, It’ll Never Work. I’ll use it to flag stories about
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On the edge of failure
Alexis Soloski suggests we shouldn’t be too bothered if the star of the show is replaced by an understudy. And it’s often been my experience that understudies perform as well
28 March 2012
Winer on Dean
I agree with Tony Goodson: What a great piece by Dave Winer on Howard Dean and American Politics and the control of the media… The man is interesting like him
8 February 2004
Genuine conversations
Raymond Tse has been on a training programme in communications. This got me thinking about the quality of blog conversations. Certainly there are more voices. The intent is there with
9 February 2005
Dissatisfaction guaranteed
The book, The Power of Discord, prompts some ideas about dealing with dissatisfaction.
2 April 2021