August 17, 2004
How to Get Famous: Take a Shortcut

There's no shortage of ways to game the system

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March 25, 2004
Spoofing Toothing

It was asking for it

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August 22, 2003
A Blogger In Their Midst

When you're sandbagged by a blogger, what do you do, hotshot? What do you do?

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August 12, 2003
Flash Mobs Considered Harmful

Great, you all know how to use e-mail. Now go home

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July 08, 2003
Was ist das Deutsches wort für "Quidditch"?

Harry Potter, 5 pages at a time

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June 23, 2003
The First Killer App for Microfinance

PayDemocracy: microfinance in action

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June 18, 2003
New York's "Flash Mobs"

New ways to waste time

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June 04, 2003
Howard Dean Cashing In From Microfinance

The Washington Post is reporting that Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean has raised $1 million from contributions made online through...

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April 29, 2003
Ideas for an "e-Party"

Over on his blog, tech VC Ross Mayfield is discussing ways to drive the recent discussions about emergent democracy and...

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April 04, 2003
A Big Leap Forward for Digital Projection

Looks like Microsoft has cut a deal to provide digital projection to 53 movie theatres using Windows Media technology. I’m...

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March 14, 2003
Dance Dance (Tech) Revolution

Looks like the MIT Media Lab is working on something interesting — cheap networked sensors to allow dancers to actually...

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March 13, 2003
Dee Hock on Emergent Democracy

More on the “emergent democracy” meme… Dee Hock, the founder of Visa and a leading thinker in the “chaordics” movement,...

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February 12, 2003
Reach Out and... Ahem... Touch Someone

Hey, another online dating story — Match.com and AT&T Wireless are launching a service to let people find compatible matches...

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Watch Out, Guys -- They're Comparing Notes

Anyone out there who’s single (like your humble editor) knows that the dating scene in most places isn’t like anything...

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December 17, 2002
Collaborative Grading: Success or Failure?

Alexander Halavais has an interesting post on his blog regarding an experiment in collaborative grading using “karma points” similar to...

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December 16, 2002
Sharing Good Ideas

If you’ve got a good idea, don’t keep it to yourself — share it with the world through one of...

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December 13, 2002
Caught: Mac Addicts to the Rescue

Here’s an anthill of a different type. Jason E. Smith of New Orleans, a proud Mac user, found himself taken...

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If that's too hard to understand... well, I'm sorry. There's only so much I can do. I'm not a therapist, and I'm not a miracle worker. (Unless you consider staying employed in this economy a miracle.) I wish I could help you work through your delusional belief that I'm speaking for anyone else but myself. Honestly, I do. But in the end, that's a monkey you'll have to get off your back on your own. Sorry.