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We’re fallible
To be human is to be imperfect. We die. We make mistakes. Sometimes we run from our fallibility by being decisive. But doubt is the natural human state, and decisiveness — more addictive than anything you might shoot into your veins — is often based on a superstitious belief in the magic of action. David [...]
Elitist charts
Maybe charts are only elitist when I’m not on them? Richard MacManus, Read/Write Web
From the history of press releases
[Ivy] Lee‘s policy of press relations also can be seen in his use of the handout, or press release as we call it today. Lee made more extensive use of the handout than anyone before him, and frequently suffered the wrath of the press for doing so. But Lee made the press release respectable. His [...]
What’s in a link?
When the data being measured has inconsistent structure rules, any ranking metric is inherently flawed. In blogs, there’s no consistency for what a link means, no consistent social norms for blogrolls, no agreed-upon links norms. Metrics inherently squish out this nuance and force all of the square pegs into the round holes. danah boyd, the [...]
Education ? training
Education and training are different things. The first is a foghorn and the second is a dialogue. David Tebbutt (in a comment on Bazaarz…)
Tony Pierce: Blogosphere welcome and instructions
this is what i hope from the new generation of blogs that were created in the last twenty minutes that its taken me to get it together and write this post: you will have the courage to write your blog out of honesty, transparency, openmindedness, and creativity. tell us what you really think. dont hide [...]