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McCracken vs. the Kraken 19 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
I’ve spent the summer writing and I’m impressed with how diverse writing is as an experience. Sometimes, it’s like being the captain of ship. You are in charge. You have navigational informatio...
A secret artist in our midst 6 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
I live in a little Connecticut town called Rowayton. We were briefly the Oyster capital of the world. We also played midwife to the first business computer. But nothing much has happened in the las...
What are we looking for in those FB photos? 5 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
In an article called The Machine Zone in The Atlantic, these breathtaking stats about on-line photos are revealed: "Facebook is the single largest photo sharing service in the world. In 2008, when th...
Full Disclosure at The Economist (an open question for John Micklethwait) 1 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
The Economist is a pleasure to read for many reasons but what it gives with one hand, it sometimes withholds with the other. Who, we wonder, is the author of this wonderful laugh-out-loud bit of bo.....
Difficult Men. Gifted Women (Young writers, start your engines) 30 Jul 2013 | 11:28 pm
I just downloaded the new book by Brett Martin. It gives an insider's view of how cable transformed television with shows like The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men, Deadwood, The Shield. (This transforma...
Automated anthropologist (some thoughts) 24 Jul 2013 | 07:57 pm
Roughly a week has passed since my experiment in San Francisco and some thoughts are in order. For those who are new to the enterprise: On July 16, I installed myself in SF and invited people to send...
Greg Parsons on the new world of work 23 Jul 2013 | 12:52 am
Here's the video for an interview I did with Greg Parsons in Chicago on June 11. The event behind us was NEOCON, the design event that happens each year in Chicago. It was an impromptu interview so ...
The Automated Anthropologist (details here) 16 Jul 2013 | 07:13 pm
Today, Tuesday, July 16th, I will be in SF doing what every people tell me to do. It's an experiment, a culturematic. Starting at 9:00 West coast time, I will be in Union Square ready to act on yo.....
Advice to an aspiring anthropologist 4 Jun 2013 | 09:33 pm
This morning I got a note from someone who wanted to know whether a master degree's in anthropology would be useful to his career as a consulting anthropologist. Here's my reply: Jim, Thanks for you...
Witness De-Relocation, a new game for summer. 3 Jun 2013 | 11:49 pm
Here’s a game that will give you hours of fun. Play it with friends and family! At the beach! Three steps: 1. Assume everyone you meet is in witness relocation. Everyone. 2. Come up with the “real st...
