This is an excellent question. Thanks, Steve.
First, do you truly think it is possible or useful to have a balance between
Faber, Sapiens, and Ludens?
Then what would it be?
My vote would be for a Taoist approach, responding to the needs of the moment
with the appropriate way of being.
Rather
IN the long run it is more profitable, and much less arrogant.
Tory Hughes
victo...@toryhughes.com
505-301-9142
On Feb 15, 2015, at 10:39 AM, peggy miller highlandwi...@gmail.com wrote:
Steve Smith and Marcus wrote of GMO's and their concerns related to how we
seem to construct only
,
sustaining or intelligent activities.
Mebbe we get the god we deserve.
Mebbe we get the belief we have faith in.
Whence can cometh growth?
Tory
Now!
On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:30 PM, Victoria Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com wrote:
So any belief other than one's own is a delusion?
How convenient
I've used Pages for years, and find it very responsive, comprehensive and
robust- do all my graphics, flyers, desktop publishing, etc etc with it. In the
iWork suite. There are lots of smaller apps as well for selected idiosyncratic
goals although I don't use them. Comic Life, or TypeTwister,
Every US president since George Washington has issued executive orders, and Mr
Obama has not stood out in the modern era for the number he has signed.
In his six years in office Mr Obama has issued 183 executive orders, compared
to 291 across George W Bush's eight years and 381 for Ronald
Damn.
Yep.
Tory
On Apr 5, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote:
Holy Cow! Nailed it.
-- Owen
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Tom Johnson t...@jtjohnson.com wrote:
I think this guy pretty well nailed it. So what can we do?
-Tom
Ah….
This and Steve's preceeding note are the most useful, humane comment so far in
this thread.
Thanks, Robert.
Tory
On Apr 25, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Robert Holmes rob...@robertholmes.org wrote:
Steve's post made me think of the Roger McGough poem Let me die a youngman's
death:
Let me die
Jeees Louise.
… I've been trying so hard to curb my addiction to taking time to respond to
the continuously intriguing things that show up at the Friam…. but I must say,
Doug, that the phrase violently disinterested is a classic, even for you.
And as long as I'm at it, Sas, I laughed out loud
, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Victoria Hughes
victo...@toryhughes.com wrote:
Jeees Louise.
… I've been trying so hard to curb my addiction to taking time to respond to
the continuously intriguing things that show up at the Friam…. but I must
say, Doug, that the phrase violently disinterested
signing off for today, pleasure to bounce ideas back and forth as always.
Tory
On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:44 PM, glen g...@ropella.name wrote:
Victoria Hughes wrote at 03/26/2013 11:27 AM:
1. The discussion also references non-European, non-white-male models for
awareness, reality, conceptual
Hello all-
Mebbe the amassed brain and experience power here can help me:
Do any of you have a good lead on an effective image-sorting program that sorts
by visual characteristics?
I have thousands of images, many of them different sizes and duplicates of art
photos: so a single object in a
This from Rob Breszny, (whom some of you may secretly read without ever
acknowledging it)
Sapiosexual is a relatively new word that refers to a person who is
erotically attracted to intelligence. Urbandictionary.com gives an example of
how it might be used: I want an incisive, inquisitive,
Fascinating. The future got here before we did.
On Nov 8, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
Awesome article, Steven. Congratulations!
-S
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Gentlemen and Ladies-
There is a big question in this endless and reiterative loop about
faith and science that no one mentions.
So I will. Seems to be one of my functions.
To wit:
Even our brains have two primary and differing sections, the
hemispheres: for best health and growth of the
(A post script to my frustrated rant replying to this thread (not to
this post, Roger))
None of what I said precludes the table pounding and the whiskey.
Need to go on record about that.
Tory
On Sep 26, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
http://www.nature.com has provoked its own
It's your honesty I've always loved about you, Steve.
I'm going with the weasel.
T
On Sep 26, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
Tory -
Why is the idea of two differing but synergistic approaches so
challenging to so many on this list? Or are you arguing for the fun
of the game?
I'm
, Victoria Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com
wrote:
Russ wrote, in part-
Faith, I would say (in fact I did earlier)
is believing something that one wouldn't otherwise believe without
faith.
Believing that the everyday world is the everyday world
doesn't seem to me to require faith.
Russ
I remember. Hard to forget, and I can still see the illustrations. It
was already Not PC when I saw it. But I read it anyway, I believe in
the library in Manila at the American Church, which was really a
gigantic community center for expats. They also had all of the Wizard
of Oz books,
Actually these elements that negotiate your behaviours are encoded
neuroelectrical and neurochemical subroutines, not with volitional
consciousness to decide or not decide- so 'belief' is perhaps not the
most accurate word for Ms Stem's motivation. If she had to think and
decide,she'd be
LadleRatRottenHut! Be still my heart.
Brilliant in sooo many ways... Yonder nor sourghum stenches shut ladle
gulls torque wet strainers!
You know, HL Chace wrote/rewrote a number of those. All are beloved
and collected by word-y and book-y people. And of course locally our
own Robin
Perhaps one could rename or subset the meeting as FRIPM.
Meet at Sas' and finally combine the whiskey, the cast of characters,
and the table-pounding.
After October 10.
On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
Yikes. I might just have to break tradition and attend an actual
Fripm October 12.
When worlds collide.
On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:39 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
Worksforme.
On Sep 24, 2012 9:34 PM, Victoria Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com
wrote:
Perhaps one could rename or subset the meeting as FRIPM.
Meet at Sas' and finally combine the whiskey, the cast
Russ wrote, in part-
Faith, I would say (in fact I did earlier)
is believing something that one wouldn't otherwise believe without
faith.
Believing that the everyday world is the everyday world
doesn't seem to me to require faith.
Russ, with all due respect for the enjoyment I get
Good points, Mike. I see aggressive authoritarianism as a
developmental stage. This behaviour did not start in the 20th century,
it starts as humans develop a sense of individual self.
Not just societies ( or religions ) but all human effort - from an
infant growing to adulthood to our
Re Doug's last comment:
It's about power and control. A justification for them. They are
using 'religion' as a potent, unquestionable label to justify their
behaviour. Much like fundamentalists from all 'religious traditions'
Technically, the word 'religion' derives from 're-linking', as
Religion is not inherently bad. It is the use of it for mundane power
that is the problem.
All religious traditions began with a prophet / visionary / mystic who
urged tolerance, peace and self-awareness. Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha...
In most cases, that person's initial followers began to
Exactly.
Thanks, Roger.
On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
The Fixation of Belief, Charles S. Peirce, Popular Science Monthly,
November 1877.
http://www.peirce.org/writings/p107.html
I was going to paraphrase another part of this, but looking at it
again I realize my
and Islam. Both of which
require faith as a prerequisite of membership.
But yes, I'd enjoy drinking whiskey with you and, if I may suggest,
Steve S. to discuss further.
--Doug
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Victoria Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com
wrote:
Doug -
You are defining
You have such a way with words, Doug.On Aug 19, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:Or, possibly it's due to the growing education of the masses, and theattendantdawning realization that Romney believes that godis a space alien who lives on the crystal planet Kolob. And that he baptizes dead
Pamela- Congratulations! See you there, and looking forward to it-ToryOn Aug 1, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote:Save the date:Pamela McCorduck will read from her new novel,Bounded Rationality,atGarcia Street Books,Saturday, August 25, at 2:00 p.m.Bounded Rationalityis the second novel in
Wow!
Great link, Owen. Startling and eery, but we'll get used to lusting
for it very quickly, like everything else.
Tory
On Jun 5, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Whoa! A deforming touch screen so that you can have real keyboards/
buttons!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18302158
At the tender age of 10, Swedish boy Linus Hovmoller Zou has had his
name put on a research paper published in The Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society.
Using his Sudoku expertise, he helped his father Professor Sven
Hovmoller
http://www.santafe.edu/news/item/lecture-most-human-human/Recommended. Santa Fe Institute tapes these community lectures, lucky for us. Usually engaging and thought-provoking. This one is also funny. For locals: they're held at James A Little Theater- sign up for SFI email list. Tory Hughesunusual
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Be interesting to hear why your ordination has meaning to you. That it
does is obvious, and your willingness to engage in FRIAM about it
implies there's an aspect of having it that you may not have
mentioned. Yes? No? Maybe?
Tory
On Mar 23, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
I used them last year in a show of my jewelry: each necklace had a descriptive tag with price, length, etc, and a QR code that took you to a page on my site where you could read the background story on the inspiration behind the piece, see photos of it worn, and purchase it through Paypal. Was a
Any watermark or copy protection on this format?
Thanks,
Tory
On Feb 15, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote:
We've just finished a website to sell an eBook (Kindle or EPUB) for
an author in town, Josh Gonze, see the streetsofsantafe.com.
Visitors buy the ebook ($11.95) via
Thanks all, this is quite helpful. I particularly like envisaging my
readers secretly copying my book so others can read it and ultimately
generate financial success à la Rowling. Nice visuals. I'll share,
when it happens.
Tory
On Feb 15, 2012, at 12:17 PM, James Steiner wrote:
On Wed,
re my last note-
Financial success for me.
Success for my readers in whatever category they choose.
( For those of you who want to query my vague pronoun references...)
On Feb 15, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
Thanks all, this is quite helpful. I particularly like envisaging my
Easier to interpret the sabertooth in the underbrush, and procreate thereby.From a visual maker's perspective, the human compulsion for pattern recognition leads to much of the engagement of art, in all forms.Tory Tory Hughesunusual objects and unique
Thanks, Owen. Good model.
Tory
On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Some more info:
http://www.thinkbelieveact.com/solveforx/
.. and here's the leaked image of 10 points used for speakers. Its
tiny but your browser can zoom in on it to the point that its quite
readable.
Cool. Must be the subliminal messages we send through the mesh networks.
On Jan 11, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
According to http://sopaopera.org/NM/ both our senators and our
congressman support SOPA and PIP.
-- rec --
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Victoria Hughes victo
What a great solution- the mesh network. Communal, reasonable, relying
on interpersonal responsibility. How feasible is this actually? This
model - what without knowing the jargon I'd call distributed or
partnership effort, each person doing a small part of the task, and
numbers making the
Matt is right, in that scripting is the new literacy, and a growing
form of artistic expression. Tech-savvy artists are creating apps and
developing sites to put their art into the world. Whether its Matt
Inmann creating his work and coding his site at The Oatmeal or young
app developers
to an automated system. Thus the algorithm.Tory Tory Hughesunusual objects and unique adornmentsfor women and menwww.toryhughes.com On Dec 22, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Parks, Raymond wrote: On Dec 21, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote: Well actually I was sorely tempted at the Verizon
Hello all you friamistas -Come over for a visit next week, great field trip, refreshments et al.I have a nice studio at 1519 Upper Canyon,same studio compound as Orlando Leibovitz's.Quarter mile south of the hiking trails, the nature conservancy, etc.I'll be in my studio (directions below)next
St Johns is closed, to confirm.
On Dec 22, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
If? Where?
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FYI re TMOBILE:
I have just had the latest in a round of totally unsuccessful
interactions with T-Mobile.
I have a Galaxy S2.
I have only had phone service with them for three months:
however I've had to deal with constant lousy coverage and unexplained
gaps in service,
I've replaced the
is good enough if you get real 3G. If you really do
love watching videos on your phone, maybe you should consider the
trade-offs. BTW YouTube works fine w/ 3G.
I can go on forever, but better stop here,
-- Owen
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Victoria Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com
Best statistics question ever
Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:25 AM PDT
By way of Raymond Johnson, the best statistics multiple choice
question ever written on a chalkboard. Try not to think too hard.
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Ah Nick, you are a treasure. I have no info: very busy with a
professional watershed event and my place in it, so I watch and honk
as I drive by but choose not to participate. IF I had info, you would
definitely be getting it!
Tory
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Milagro
Hello all-
In case this helps any related issues:
I posted re: my computer not holding my modem's password after I
uploaded the iTunes update, and having to manually go deep into system
preferences to add it in each time my laptop slept or shut down.
• The fix, given to me by my ISP:
1.
Would this also answer why since I upgraded iTunes last night, my
system network can no longer remember my password for signing on to my
own wireless - and can't hold the password when the computer goes to
sleep or shuts down? OS 10.5.9
So no emails, right, nor internet access despite a
I've just gotten T-Mobile and am having problems in many areas. I'd
love to know what you find out. If you have specific things I can
research, let me know. I know even less about what I don't know than
you do, so direction is useful.
Tory
On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
Oh joy.
On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Parks, Raymond wrote:
On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
I've just gotten T-Mobile and am having problems in many areas. I'd
love to know what you find out. If you have specific things I can
research, let me know. I know even less
Great teaching style, use of simple accessible graphics, and what,
over 2400 topics about math, science, finances, and more. Video format.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
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Subject: Cannon Air Force Base low altitude training flights
On Sept. 14th Cannon Air Force Base released their Environmental
Assessment,
claiming their proposed low-altitude repetitive night flights
will have no impact on on the public or the environment
in northern New Mexico and southern
Probiotics, reduced anxiety, and thoughts about the weird, wrong
perception that we exist separately from our bodies, somehow.
Date: September 17, 2011 12:18:17 PM MDT
Subject: The Psychology Of Yogurt
Source: Wired Science » Frontal Cortex
Author: Jonah Lehrer
My latest WSJ column uses a
of the mind that makes the mind-body problem
a problem?
Nick
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On Behalf Of Victoria Hughes
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:09 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
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Cool.
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On Sep 10, 2011, at 8:51 PM, joseph spinden wrote:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904900904576554063768827104.html?KEYWORDS=climate+jolis
--
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
-- Supreme Court
State University, Los Angeles
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Victoria Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com
wrote:
Cool.
Tory
the development and nature of computational
models of brain activity.
Tory
On Sep 9, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
In neither place does one get the stunning views of the Jemez and
the Sangre de Cristo’s we get at St. Johns.
From: Victoria Hughes [mailto:victo
How many people usually meet for Friam?
Tory Hughes
www.toryhughes.com
The Creative Development manual
On Sep 7, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
We had wedtech today at Tesoro, as usual, and stopped into the Lucky
Bean coffee shop cafe which has taken over the old Borders
I agree. The issue has been getting attention from various levels at
those levels.
Now our dilemma / opportunity is cultivating a willingness to see the
interconnections, from which humane lasting solutions can be drawn.
Thus my reference to the implications of Krakauer's last talk.
As I was
Stephen's email re today's talk.
From: Stephen Guerin stephen.gue...@redfish.com
Date: September 6, 2011 10:05:58 AM MDT
To: Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net, kordy Smythe m0o...@yahoo.com
, Greg Sonnenfeld gsonn...@gmail.com, Scott Wittenburg scottwittenb...@gmail.com
, Peter Robert
I'd couple this with the Ulam talks.
After further understanding the global cultural pressures we've taken
on when we plunged gleefully over the edge into the digital
revolution, we need to add that to the mix.
Cracking up, cracking open.
Our tools make our revolutions possible and increase
Wow.
Fabulous trip. First time I've ever wanted a motorcycle. I enjoyed the
variety of scenery /geology you traveled across.
Thanks for sharing.
Tory
Tory Hughes
www.toryhughes.com
The Creative Development manual
On Aug 29, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
The finished trip
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is
nowhere.
attributed to various philosophers, beginning with Empedocles
a non-dual rephrase... whose center is everywhere and
circumference is now here.
or even be the hologram you are, babe.
On Aug 19, 2011,
BBC News - Animal's genetic code redesigned
The first few sentences-
Researchers say they have created the first ever animal with
artificial information in its genetic code.
The technique, they say, could give biologists atom-by-atom control
over the molecules in living organisms.
One
Hm. I was a corporate kid whose family was transferred globally every
three years. I came back to the US to go to college (did not do the
Junior Year Abroad option) stayed in that same town for 8 years after
graduating, then began to move again; around the US this time, every
year or two,
Like many of us, I have been reading a wide range of opinions online
about this, and had been looking forward to the discussion here.
So what's the sense here?
My nickel: despite the gloom and doom, the prophecies of the final
demise of the middle class, the unbelievable behaviour by the
Hm. Mebbe a Wedtech on understanding and applying cell phone
technology...
But seriously: a question for Owen and all those who might know-
This afternoon I inadvertantly ended up with Google voice mail
(thought I was getting something slightly different: I'm not familiar
enough with
Oh you all are going to have a field day with this one, I can see
already.
Howabout
how many Friamistas does it take to change a lightbulb?
The mind boggles.
Tory
On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
Another might be: Why does water swirl the way it does going down
the
Looks like a heck of a lot of fun.
First ever electronics show-and-tell over google+ hangout was a
success! « adafruit industries blog
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Not all people or cultures would agree that fame and lack of privacy =
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
Privacy is a curious thing, especially
those who do not have it - the rich
and the famous - desire it.
Those who have it - the poor and the
nameless - do
A great example of creative action; intentional and potent.
So those who sign up have self-selected to be in a group of folks
wanting specific things from their social networks, rather than those
wanting- or tolerating - the wider, scattershot approach of FB etc...
Our interests are much
You mean no one has posted this yet?
MENSA INVITATIONAL
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers
to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1.
I just signed up, am on the list: is there a quicker way to get an
account?
Went to Jochen's page, looks nice and clean. Of course pictures of the
Maldives beaches are helpful. Does a trip there come with the G+
account?...
Tory
On Jul 8, 2011, at 7:07 PM, James Steiner wrote:
I'm in it
http://www.xefer.com/2011/05/wikipedia
On Jul 7, 2011, at 8:03 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
Owen Densmore wrote at 07/07/2011 06:39 PM:
Good lord, how? Is it as empirical? Does it create as provably
valid
models? Or is it simply as worthy an area of study as science?
Well, as I said,
Pradeep, Steve-
Really enjoyed this information as well as the presentation style.
Thanks for the re-post of the link.
Having done some welding, I was particularly impressed by the video of
the cutting torch- it's an amazing sensation to watch that closely
without squinting behind the mask.
And a grand bottle it was, too. Now there's a tangent, a great bottle
of Bourbon.
Thanks, Sas, for the excellent summer get-together! Wonderful
conversations at our table about art, science, observation, cognitive
processing, perception, awareness, h, all the big ones.
Consciousness.
Ahem.
Thus working in a studio setting.
Don't think I am not observing the clamorous silence
in response to my post inviting you over to experiment with
what you think will happen,
what does happen, and
how you made it happen.
VEH
On Jul 4, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Hello all-
I am following this thread with interest because of similarities
between gedanken experiments and the classic creative processes: an
idea, whether potential scientific theory or potential visual/
multimedia theory is clarified, then attempted in the mind, possible /
probable
Be there within the hour. Want anything? TJ's is on the way.
Tory
On Jul 2, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
Nick, Peter -
It is good to see the curmudgeons with their curmudgeons out. Maybe
we can get Doug to flail (swirl?) his too! grin and I think we
have a few others here as
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Speaking of which:
A pie chart of what happens on line in 60 seconds:
60 Seconds - Things That Happen On Internet Every Sixty Seconds
[Infographic]
Search engine Google serves more that 694,445 queries
6,600+ pictures are uploaded on Flickr
600 videos are uploaded on YouTube videos,
I'd like to ditto a part of what Nick is saying to SG: Despite the
brevity of your presentation at Notions of Time, your way of showing
and telling has stayed with me clearly. I notice turbulence, and
gradients, and the visual with the plastic bottles neck in neck or
head to head was
Interesting way to parse an 'us versus them' situation.
From my study and work with creatives, Dionysians are the classic
artist type: great ideas, spontaneous behaviour, courting risk and
adventure, off on their own and near an edge. Edges are interesting,
because change happens there,
at 10:30 AM, Victoria Hughes
victo...@toryhughes.com wrote:
Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and
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A book by Nathan Yau who writes for FlowingData, Visualize This
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In fact, one could draw a parallel in my just-posted query between
physics on the science side, and fundamentalist Christians on the
other side. Both have a tendency, carried to extremes by some
proponents, of claiming omniscience. Perhaps that Omni is the clue.
Omni - science. Thou shalt
I am having parallel conversations with several colleagues in the
publishing business.
One today wrote:
People used to get into the book business because they loved
books!
Those people still exist and I work with many of them, but
they’re often being managed by executives who
Good thing we have all clarified by example, eh.
On May 21, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Sorry, everybody: When I made my comment about WordPress being
nerdy, I was confused.
N
From: David Collins [mailto:collida...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:31 PM
To:
ho ho ho.
Too true.
Although personally I prefer 'compulsive communicator'.
Victoria
On May 17, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Eric,
I would not advise anyone to start a blog who didn’t have a genuine
case of logorrhea. It’s like, gee, wouldn’t it be nice to have a
daily
Note:
If you get hosting through HostMonster or BlueHost or any of those,
there's no fee for domain registration. GoDaddy will charge you for
registration, usually 11.99 a year, plus all sorts of other small duck-
pecks that add up.
( I have several accounts with GoDaddy and for
of warding off predators more effectively. Is it
still there in some form, just beneath the surface, waiting for the
Emperor to exploit? Hmmm, there's a paper in there somewhere.
On 5/15/11 8:16 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=Q-uQWNd540I
Interesting perspective on the role of the librarian versus collection
of print books.
The future of the library
What is a public library for?
First, how we got here:
Before Gutenberg, a book cost about as much as a small house. As a
result, only kings and bishops could afford to own a
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[[4]mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Victoria
Hughes
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:26 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] What evolves?
A couple of other questions then:
What
A couple of other questions then:
What is devolution? Is that a legitimate word in this discussion, if
not why not, etc
and
Does evolution really just mean change, and if so why is there a
different word for it?
ie:
If evolution means 'positive sustainable change' who is deciding what
is
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