April 3, 2007 » Shopping with John McCain
Speaking of authenticity and listening (or lack thereof), check out Eugene Chan‘s sharp commentary on Senator John McCain‘s recent shopping trip in Baghdad. Sad, very sad. (M3L)
April 2007 Archive
April 3, 2007 » The Evils of Networking
I’m lucky to know lots of great people. I enjoy that feeling of connectedness, and most of us could probably use more of it. That said, a sure way to make me cringe is to call me a “networker,” or worse still, ask me how to “network.” (M38) I hate “networking.” I don’t think [...]
April 3, 2007 » Authentic Empathy and Trust
The Kathy Sierra fiasco seems to have reached a nice conclusion. There was plenty of thought-provoking discussion and some personal bridging between the parties involved. Perhaps this will catalyze a higher-level discourse on the Web. Even a microscopic improvement is better than nothing. (M2X) I don’t know the parties involved personally, although in this [...]
April 3, 2007 » Spreadsheets 2.0 and Transclusions
A few weeks ago, I had dinner with my old HyperScope buddies, Brad Neuberg and Jonathan Cheyer. We talked a bit about this Office 2.0 madness, and how a lot of these Web-based applications were disappointly uninteresting. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a lot of really nifty hacking going on behind the scenes to make [...]
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