While the title is misleading, “Microsoft to keep track of instant messages” might be one of the biggest advancements in communication technology in a long while. Email gave us access to an archive of past communications, but having a record of all informal messaging is like a complete memory prosthesis. The thought of having a [...]
my friend dan put up a page about his experience with a mullet. to our collective dismay, it’s gone.
Intellect thrives on sleep, but oversleepers die early. Does that mean that academics die early? I’m in the wrong business.
NYTimes: Is weblog technology here to stay or just another fad? Yet another weblog analysis focusing on the financial sustainability of weblog software companies. Weblogs are not a technology trend, they are a social phenomenon, and as such are not controlled by the state of the economy. As long as people feel the need to [...]
The verdict: monster trux. but only when the birthday boy cuts his hair to have an ironic mullet for the occasion. I guess that if Ming Tsai had grown a mullet, or even worn a mullet wig while cooking our dinner, it would have been a more contentious battle.
Researchers map the social network of comic book characters: “A closer look reveals the Marvel Universe’s artificiality… The Marvel network is only very weakly clustered – about 1.5 times more than a random network.”
Who’s the most central hero in comic book history? Captain America.
Last night: Blue Ginger, a sumptuous meal cooked by celebrity chef Ming Tsai in person (host of “East Meets West”)
Today: Monster Jam at the Worscester Centrum with celebrity trucks Gravedigger and Robosaurus (eats trucks for lunch).
180&; of culture swing in less than 24 hours. The verdict to come: which is more enjoyable? Eating a remarkable [...]
A source that I often cite for statistics about information overload is the How Much Information? survey which was completed two years ago at the School of Information Management and Systems at Berkeley. If you’re looking for proof that we’re headed for a Borgesian end, look no further than these scary stats.
Perusing the executive summary [...]
Stanley Milgram’s seminal paper ‘The Small-World Problem’ (Psychology Today, 1967) tells the tale of the first social network study. Milgram had the brilliant idea to send packages to distant parts of America (Wichita, Kansas and Omaha Nebraska) with the instructions to try to move this pacakge to a target individual in Sharon, Massachusetts. The results [...]
ok, I’m back! the conference was great, with more social networking than you can shake a bad pickup line at. in order to inspire networking, they even had a liquor-laden hospitality room open all night hoping to generate some new weak ties. I had the most excellent time I’ve ever had at a conference, thanks [...]