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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Watching improv
I’m planning to see my friend Sue Walden guest improvising with the team of Crunchy Frog tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at The Wheatsheaf 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1DG. Details here.
14 March 2007
Self-organising
Sukumar at PSFK reports Merill Lynch have asked their Financial Advisors (FAs) to organize themselves into teams of 2-4 FAs to manage the client relationship. Interestingly these teams are formed
2 December 2005
More Space
I’m excited to be part of the More Space project dreamt up by Todd Sattersten. The idea: 10 bloggers each contribute a chapter to a book. We get 10 000
6 January 2005
Death of a Salesman
I went to see Death of a Salesman in London on Saturday. It was a great production with Brian Dennehy tremendous as Willie Loman. I’ve not seen it on stage
31 May 2005
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