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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Speak Schmeak: The truth about 7% – 38% – 55% Stumbled on this today useful background on the most overused "fact" in training. An Innovation Challenge: Learning From Failure «
30 March 2011
Great blogging
Patti Digh posts infrequently at 37 Days but what she writes is always deeply thought provoking. Today’s – Love Unlovable People is no exception.
18 April 2005
Ways with words…
Thanks (again) to the eCustomeServiceWorld Newsletter for this: Some more metaphors and analogies in student essays submitted to English teachers for grading. I think a few of these are actually
21 June 2004
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