clock … watching time, the only true currency

I started noting which books I read here for three reasons. Saw other people doing it, and I liked the idea. Subtle way to tell people who I am, without crossing the line I have in my mind about what’s not appropriate to share with the entire world. A way as memory fades to avoid [...]

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When I learn about people doing interesting things in their spare time, I sigh. When I can IM folks building an interesting business at 12:30am their time, I shake my head. When I look at my rarely shrinking list of side projects I’d like to get to, I slump. Except for occasional early morning bouts [...]

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Here I am blogging away, however infrequently, feeling like I’m (almost) on the cutting edge. Until, this afternoon, a friend showed me a mashup he’s been working on with a few friends. Guess we’ll have to wait for the Wired Magazine “Jargon Watch” (Nov 2005) to make it official, but here’s the preview of some [...]

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I’m an uncle again, thanks to Isabel and Cort. Congratulations!

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I was reading Tim Bray’s brief notes on Wikipedia, which end with this observation about one possible fund-raising option. They are also considering book-publishing as a source of income; imagine the Wikipedia History of Rock & Roll or Wikipedia Compendium of TV SciFi Lore. Two thoughts erupted. First, talk about putting copyright and the collaborative [...]

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