Monthly Archives: November 2001
Now this is a cool church. Sunday services in a coffee house. Bible study with a mug of Peet’s. Sounds like a religious experience to me.
If you’re an environmental scanner like me, you’re always looking for a good content aggregator. Backwash.com is interesting. It’s kind of an “About.com” meets “Blogger.com” thing — web logging organized by personality type. It features “channels” of collaborative weblogging organized … Continue reading
Now, I’m not saying that the Pilot G2 Gel pen is not still my favorite, but I acquired a Uni-ball Vision “free-ink” pen and it’s pretty fine. I think I gotta go try a Vison Elite. Yeah, baby. I loves … Continue reading
Salon has a gratifyingly clear-eyed response by an Australian woman to anti-American sentiments since 9/11 — America the scapegoat This isn’t syrupy glurge like that famous and oft-forwarded Canadian essay. This takes a square-shouldered stance toward American weaknesses and strengths … Continue reading
I might have to stay home and watch Good Morning America on Monday. Seems that Diane Sawyer let it slip that ‘It’ may finally be revealed. I’ve been holding out a lot of hope for Dean Kamen’s secretive project. If … Continue reading
Are you pro-choice? I am. Mathematically, that is. (via SciTech Daily)
An anthropological analysis of coolhunting — Chronicles of Love and Resentment. I’ll have to look inot this Generative Anthropology stuff. All Human Desire is Memetic? Interesting. Seems like there might be something in the intersection of this, systems dynamics, and … Continue reading
We’ve been discussing the differences between “Coolhunting” and “serious” futures studies on this futures discussion list I’m on. So in my subsequent investigations I came across this pretty good poem: The Coolhunter, by Mark Lewman. (warning: the language and imagery … Continue reading
The latest trend — Trendspotting. Everyone wants to know “what’s next,” apparently. Why aren’t they asking us futurists? Cause just cause you know how to do futures don’t necessarily make you hip. “Serious” Futurists discuss weighty issues like global energy … Continue reading
Every software development outfit has that one guy who’s a bit too into Japanese Anime. Ours, a guy named Walter, was nice enough to turn me onto Cowboy Bebop: The Music. I’ll probably never see an episode, but I’m gonna … Continue reading
I did it. I finally got an Amazon wish list. I needed one for Secret Santa. It’s long, but not because I’m greedy. This way if I tell someone about my wish list before, say, a birthday or something, ther’ll … Continue reading
I’m going thru pamie withdrawals. Where are you pamie? Well, here’s pamie replacement candidate number one — Mighty Girl. She’s funny.
I’m a Secret Santa. This sounds like fun. I just hope a deadbeat doesn’t draw my name… In my opinion, this kind of thing is what the web is best at — connecting people in new and innovative ways. I … Continue reading