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Archives for March 2009
The Curse of Insight
Posted on March 10, 2009 Written by
{{myquote|In the Kingdom of the Blind, the one-eyed man would be crucified as a lunatic with ‘visions’.}}
– From a Twitter discussion with Andrew Keen
Daylight Losings Time
Posted on March 6, 2009 Written by
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Daylight Savings Time for 2009 will consume 7 months and 24 days.
“Standard Time” will resume on November 1, 2009; and will continue for 4 months and 13 days.
I think I’m on to something…
Nipped in the Buds
Posted on March 5, 2009 Written by
{{myquote|The words ‘Bland’ and ‘Tasteless’ are synonyms when applied to baby food, but antonyms when applied to comedy.}}
About Face
Posted on March 4, 2009 Written by
Now, here’s an interesting little piece that has flown under the radar.
Facebook’s upcoming front-page overhaul (sure to cause weeping, gnashing, conniptions and consternation) will have a subtle twist to the status line.
It will no longer force you to write in the third person tense.
The current status message kicks you off as such:
No matter what you intended to write, it always starts with you. This made things awkward for those who would cross-post between Twitter and Facebook, because Twitter is rather open-ended and more of the Tweets are intended as direct conversation and reply.
The new status line (as advertised below) will be prompted with a simpler question:
What’s on your mind? Clear, direct, and not necessarily as narcissistic in that the focus must be on you.
It will be interesting to see whether the Perenially Indignant Facebook Hordes will choose this alteration for their chief beef, or it will be allowed to slide into adoption. Personally, it’s a much bigger deal than most would initially guess, because it alters the author’s mindset. It may even change the tenor of what people communicate in Facebook status messages.
Defining Moments
Posted on March 2, 2009 Written by
{{myquote|Why be a part of history, when you can aspire to be apart of history?}}