"The irony is that Web 2.0 has been heralded as the dawn of a new era of community and togetherness. Through the financial eyes of a venture capitalist, this may appear to be true. For the rest of us, what this means is that community is now available to manipulate, choose and consume." - William Davies; The Cold, Cold Heart of Web 2.0I think I ( Read more... )

I've been gone for over six months now, which is long enough to get some inkling about a place. America's not exactly the land of milk and honey, but it's not the land of sour milk and a punch in the face either ( Read more... )

Sick for the second time in as many weeks. The first barrage of germs must've knocked out my immune system and let in bacteria which are causing havoc with my insides. So much so that coughing up $100 for a visit to the doctor seemed to be a bargain, despite my lack of enthusiasm for doctors or paying for things which I think should be free ( Read more... )

As somewhat of a non-people person, my first instinct on arriving in a new place is to figure it out from the architecture and landmarks. Planning, plotting and mapping each place gives me a plan of the area. Huge cities are heaven, organic growths in concrete and steel with a perfect system emerging from chaos among the individual inhabitants ( Read more... )