Bruce Sterling’s State of The World 2009 is one of the most amazing things I’ve read online in a long time. It touches on politics, economics, environmental/global warming, humans/social topics, and The Commons/Copyright. Some of it was really scary, some really exciting, some really interesting. All of it, however, was different to anything else I’d [...]
Everywhere, I’m bombarded with either advertising or sterility. Where’s the real? Where’s the human? Where’s the living? This post looks at both sides under the microscope, with photos along the way. It also offers answers to bunk reasons, and puts forward alternative scenarios.
Most shopping centres now have TV’s above escalators playing ads that no one [...]
About 2 years ago I stopped consuming formal media. I turned off TV, for good, I turned away all news papers and placed my trust in the power of the internet. I knew that if something was important, the blogsphere would speak, and I would be exposed to it quickly1.
This message was re-confirmed last year, [...]
Seth Godin in Small is the New Big, talks about following policy in a post titled A Wake Up Call about Wake Up Calls.
Before going to work out, I called to cancel my wake up so the ringing phone wouldn’t bother the neighbors. The receptionist then asked, “Would you like me to cancel the follow [...]