Andy Oram looks in his crystal ball
and decides we need to get rid of email. Andy, email is practically the only thing about the Internet that people who don't live and breath [it] come close to grokking. The world doesn't need
Y-A Ginsu knife. see also :
Email Overload: Exploring Personal Information Management of Email ( via
peterme)
"This is quite possibly the most inherently wrong thing in the world today."
via
more like thisLeoCAD
"is a CAD program that uses bricks similar to those found in many toys (but they don't represent any particular brand). Currently it has a library of more than 1000 different pieces..." mmmm....bricks.
Philip E. Agre : The architecture of identity, Embedding privacy in market institutions
"[This] article considers the ideas about human identity that have been implicit in the development of economics and computer science. The two fields have evolved along parallel tracks, starting with an assumption of perfect transparency and moving toward a more sophisticated appreciation of
individuals' private informational states. Progress in the analysis and resolution of privacy problems will require that this evolution be taken seriously and continued."
William Safire
"Look at yourself, dear reader. Are you a narrowband person, cribbed, cabin'd and confined in a strait gate -- or are you the sort whose mind ranges far out over the amber waves of corn? By rejecting the 'verie euill thoughts of the wicked,' you, too, can mega-merge yourself into a broadband person."
painting monkey girl
"This is worth the hassle of fetching the plug-in, please see
this URL and select 20th Century."