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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Thoughts on networks
Roland Harwood has written a nice post about working in networks. Short on jargon, long on common sense. Viv and I often riff on Roland’s mantra: conversations then relationships, then
11 April 2011
Jennifer’s back, and this time it’s personal…
Jennifer Rice took a long break from blogging and has come back refreshed. I’m finding myself nodding along with what she says here about changing her blog to put more
25 September 2005
Technology for being better at being human
Roland at NESTA highlights this great 10 min video of what happened at SiCamp I think this gets across how SiCamp managed to get geeks and non-geeks together, and how
9 May 2008
Summer Season…
When I moved to Cambridge last year, my dream was to get a place where I could have people stay. All through the winter I sat in the house wondering
9 April 2013