http://cohere.cirne.com Consistent Whole Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:06:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TwitterMap A number of blog entries have criticized Twitter as being an over-hyped fad. The mistake in this reasoning is seeing Twitter only in the realm of stationary computers whether desktop of laptop. Within that constraint Twitter is only a limited Web 2.0 version of IRC. With people ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2007/03/16/why-twitter-is-significant/ This may be heretical, but I question if social is a foundation for the current networked capabilities. It's a nebulous term that is often promoted as the raison d'etre of Web 2.0. However it looks to be the result of innovation and participation, rather than a ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2006/02/22/is-social-the-new-eyeballs/ I was recently at the Geek Entertainment TV turns 1000 event which was fun. I said "Hello" to a group of guys and asked them what they thought of the party. One of them declared that it's just like the dot.com bubble all over again: People partying, ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2006/02/19/trappings/ * Desires race beyond the capacity to realize. After coming out of two dot.com's (GomoTech & HelloBrain) erasures in 2002, I pursued the somedays. You know: "Some day I'm going to become pianist", "Someday I'm going to build my dream house", "Someday I'm going to sail ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2006/01/17/change/ /* Images are wrapped in divs classed "flickr_badge_image" with ids "flickr_badge_imageX" where "X" is an integer specifying ordinal position. Below are some styles to get you started! */ .flickrimg { border: 0px; padding: 5px; margin: 3px 3px 1px 3px; width: 65px; height: 65px; background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid #ccc; opacity: .6; } #flickr_badge_uber_wrapper {text-align:center; width:600px;} #flickr_badge_wrapper {padding:10px 0 10px 0;} .flickr_badge_image {margin:0 10px 10px 10px;} .flickr_badge_image ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2005/12/11/super-superhappydevhouse6/ "The Medium is the Message" or "In a culture like ours, long accustomed to splitting and dividing all things as a means of control, it is sometimes a bit of a shock to be reminded that, in operational and practical fact, the medium is the message. This is merely to say that ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2005/12/09/mixing-up-media/ I've been reading 37signal's Signal vs. Noise weblog which I find useful for challenging potential Web 2.0 hyperbole. Also recently I listened to the IT Conversations podcast by James Surowieki: "Independent Individuals and Wise Crowds". Surowieki speaks about studies that show the advantage of a diverse population ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2005/12/06/noise-to-signal/ When the supr.c.ilio.us blog became active, I delighted in it. Here was biting humor for an industry that sometimes...often takes itself too seriously to the point of doing some ridiculous things. On the other hand, the sting of the dot.com bust is still with many of us. ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2005/12/03/snark/ The next point is not a simpler, more intuitive web -- AJAX and such -- but being untethered from the desktop and laptop. This is where the iPod is pointing to and the challenge ahead. It is the ability to work anywhere without having to give full attention ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2005/12/01/untethered/ My prior post, Your Plazes in the Sun, led me to think about the result of technology seamlessly integrating with people. The outcome is people leveraging each others capabilities for their purposes. People will be able to dynamically associate and collaborate for achieving ends bypassing the long drawn ... http://cohere.cirne.com/2005/11/28/leveraging-capabilities/