Extend the Conversation
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in over your head » Conversation starters, not conversation pieces
mtl3p: distributed audio-comments
In the Cluetrain Manifesto, Locke, Levine, Searls, and Weinberger argue that markets are conversations and the need to tare down corporate firewalls preventing conversation. Humans are social animals, with the ability to think of ideas and exchanges unlike […]
Sex effort worthwhile
McMaster Daily News | Sex: It’s costly but worth it. Just ask a microbe.
Obviously this does not apply to “high maintenance” relationships with people, probably quite the opposite, but it is interesting to see how nature is constantly trying to make itself better. Too bad more people don’t do that.
Investment information source
If you are an investor, you know how important timely and accurate information can be. So why not get the info from the source, via RSS? Check out Level 12, it lists all the filings to the SEC. Although US based, many Canadian investors will find relevant information because many of the […]
Matthew Good Podcast
Go subscribe to the Matthew Good Podcast. Smart guy with a clue that can express his views clearly, makes for good podcast content. [If only i could make myself SMRTer and speak in full sentences, i’d have a killer podcast]
That last phrase reminded me of a line from Dalton McGuinty’s talk today at […]
Seriously, who cares…
Grammy Cat-Fight: Madonna Vs. Mariah Carey - Movie News - Playfuls.com - Fun & Entertainment
the wife says to me: “So get this, Madonna is opening the Grammys tomorrow, but Mariah wanted to do it. So Mariah is pissed and won’t walk down the red carpet. Madonna heard this an she’s not going to […]
Economic “disruption” looms
CBC News: Global imbalances pose threat of economic disruption: Dodge
Disruption is putting it mildly. The global (or at the very least the western) economic forces are going to crumble with the implosion of the american empire. The Empire is now over streched militarily and fiscally, and with not changes insight until January of […]
HOW TO: Rock a tiny minority boat
CBC News: Opposition targets Emerson, Fortier appointments
After a flawless campaign, that presented nothing (except policy) for its opposition to validly attack, (a] we all know that policy does not win elections, but who presents their policy better. b] The Libs attacked decade old quotes of one person, instead of reflecting on the conservative party’s […]
Microsoft Does Not Care About You (Again)
the consumer (not customer - you consume their software much like you consume a Happy Meal. Customers have relationships with sellers, consumers take what ever a producer shoves in their mouth, like McDonalds or Microsoft)
Read: InformationWeek | Security | Microsoft Won’t Issue Advance Kama Sutra Fix | January 31, 2006
Hot on the heals […]
State of the Onion
matthewgood/mblog >> Blog Archive >> Captain America To Save The World
I have given up wasting my time writing about the misinformed, deluded, and oppressive bubble of a world that our “bestest friends to the south” live. Since I share most views about this with Matthew Good, go read his take on […]