October 2011
Why class societies are rule, not exception →
When classes suffer, they should all suffer alike.
Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy →
Groups coalesce for:
• sex
• a common enemy
• defending a religiously held ideal
Rules:
• small groups work better than large groups
• large groups require a strong government
• groups will self-segregate into smaller groups. Permit this.
• “The core group has rights that trump individual rights in some situations.”
• “It’s pretty widely understood that anonymity doesn’t work...
September 2011
“The downside of going for size and scale above all else is that the dense,...”
– A complete rejection of the typical VC funded, silicon valley company. Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
“People who work on social software are closer in spirit to economists and...”
– Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
“I questioned whether some of the ‘business ideas’ we were creating were related...”
– What It’s Like to Learn Journalism from Jeff Jarvis - Business - The Atlantic Wire
“There is an ongoing refrain from some that any increase in Taxes will have a...”
– Things Our Federal Government Should Do and more.. « blog maverick
Finding Narratives →
Like most photographers, I am perpetually behind on editing and cataloging my work. Over the past month I’ve made a serious push to go back and make sure I look at every frame I take. It’s led me on an interesting journey, leaving me to find narratives in my own work that I didn’t know existed. An entire portfolio – Love Song to Youth - was created after letting one summer of images marinate in my...
“The truth is … we’ve all been in this together—the press, politicians, and...”
– Murdoch And The Vicious Circle vindication for conspiracy theorists everywhere. Here’s the thing: if they admit to this, what are they covering up?
“Then there’s the baby boomer generation. Guardians of the state, they have left...”
– Profiles of the Jobless: The ‘Mad As Hell’ Millennial Generation - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic
“Though Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton often speaks publicly on the...”
– Political Repression 2.0
“The question we have to begin to ask ourselves is not how do we employ all the...”
– Douglas Rushkoff - Blog - CNN.com: Are Jobs Obsolete?
“MG Siegler wrote on his personal blog, “The market will decide. All this...”
– Arrington’s TechCrunch Moves Even Startle Trade Mag Editors - Technology - The Atlantic
“Felix Salmon counters: “Anyone who goes OFF record has an agenda. And those guys...”
– But is it journalism? (Damnit) « BuzzMachine
“In the future responsive design will become progressive enhancement: design the...”
– Responsive design and JavaScript - QuirksBlog
“It is my view that the rise of politicized religious fundamentalism (which is a...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“Another chestnut is that millionaires and billionaires are “job creators.” US...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“Democrats ceded the field. Above all, they do not understand language. Their...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“Ever since Republicans captured the majority in a number of state legislatures...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“The media are also complicit in this phenomenon. Ever since the bifurcation of...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“…every routine procedural motion is now subject to a Republican filibuster....”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“Holtz said Cisco Systems now had relationships with 30 “independent...”
– ‘Every firm a media firm’ is the new mantra | Stuff.co.nz
“Their response is basically “it’s fine to break the internet to evil rogue...”
– Protect Ip stories at Techdirt.
“What we need is a recognition that our reliance on surveillance technology...”
– Political Repression 2.0 - NYTimes.com
