Monthly Archives: July 2009

I appreciated Aaron Swartz’s recent piece on his month offline, and mostly wanted to note it here for later recall. In the past 12-18 months, I’ve done a lot of similar – though less extreme – reflecting and made several … Continue reading →

I like this short piece. It’s provocative. Now back to regularly scheduled programming, which means a likely end to the flurry of posts.

I suspect I’d quite enjoy this paper, titled “Narcissism and Social Networking Web Sites.” It’s behind a pay wall, and I’m cheap, so I haven’t read it. But by title and abstract, sounds like it might be one building block … Continue reading →

I had a very odd experience yesterday, in which the Internet played a transformative role. I’m not sure how ready I am to go into details, but perhaps there will be more in the future. I was called in for … Continue reading →

A friend tonight brought up airport security without any prompting by me, but boy was it good timing given last night’s post. Said friend had the worst airport experience I’ve heard yet, and I’ve had my own share of unpleasant … Continue reading →