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Mar
11

An Invitation to the Future

> The popular image of the visionary is someone with a clear view of the future, but empirically it may
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Aug
30

Jeff Jarvis, Google Me, and the Future of the Internet

Note from October 2014: Google Me was the precursor to Google+. With the latest discussion surrounding the end of the
4 min read
Mar
24
Living in the Immersion Age Now

Living in the Immersion Age Now

We are still a solo being, but we have collected together in multiple tribes, with connections between the tribes being apparent to others, or only to ourselves.
5 min read
Mar
22

Immersive Age versus Information Age

In the Immersive Age, information is always there for us, and the amount of information is behaving like a volcano.
4 min read
Jun
05

A Friend MIA

Recently, the charger for my laptop started to die on me. It wouldn’t hold a steady current that would
4 min read
Feb
20

Thought for the Day: Technology

Today, I was reading the Business section of Monday’s NY Times (I was too ill to finish it last
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An Invitation to the Future

> The popular image of the visionary is someone with a clear view of the future, but empirically it may be better to have a blurry one. — Paul Graham, Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas [http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html] This past week could be deemed the Week of the Future. It’
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A Friend MIA

Recently, the charger for my laptop started to die on me. It wouldn’t hold a steady current that would allow my laptop to stay powered up – I knew I was going to have to get a new one before this happened because the cord from the charger to the
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Thought for the Day: Technology

Today, I was reading the Business section of Monday’s NY Times (I was too ill to finish it last night) and came across several articles talking about the technology sector. I zeroed in on one article in particular. To sum up the article, it’s about the ongoing battle
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