A nice example of terrible prediction.
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.
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Works in practice only
The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work. – Miikka Ryokas computer science student quoted in
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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Spam plugin
Geeks only update: I’ve installed the Ccode plugin to frustrate comment spam. It seems to work a treat; not one spam comment reached my filters since installation and it’s more
1 April 2007
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Ig Nobel Prize Winner: If The Peter Principle is Right Then Organizations Should Randomly Promote People – Bob Sutton Research suggesting choosing leaders seems to diminish group effectiveness, compared to
6 October 2010
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Opinion: views on the news on Stuff.co.nz: Why KR needs a flushing toilet One kiiwi perspective on the author of Lovemarks. Hat tip: Declan Ellitott. (tags: branding marketing newzealand) —–
11 April 2006
Community
Another good post from Alan Moore highlighting several interesting articles. The Guardian’s Aleks Krotoski says With the public in charge, reality rules. A few months ago, I was dumbstruck when
10 December 2005
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