Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Once upon a time, blogs were conversational hubs. Posts were written to be commented, trackbacked, circulated, debated. Blogs were places you would go to. Strolling through cyberspace, you would visit A, follow a link to B, and engage in a conversation with C. Along the way, communities were created, friends were made, important discussion happened....
I’ve just finished reading Hugh MacLeod’s How to be creative (available at Changethis.com together with other interesting stuff). It felt like the first a ray of light after the eclipse. It made me happy after going to the gym, playing sudoku for hours, and eating dark chocolate failed. Hugh MacLeod is the author...
Talking about not going to conferences, it’s really amazing how much good information one can find online without moving from her chair. So, you would have liked to attend the 7th IA Summit in Vancouver, but didn’t have the money or the time? The Summit is not even finished yet and the debate on...
After starting to panic because nobody was visiting or commenting my blog (except for my few loyal friends and the usual spammers), I realized why the blogosphere has been so quiet lately. This week all the cool kids are in Austin, TX, at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (also known as SXSW Interactive)....
Shopping online is usually a solitary experience. It’s all between us and our computer. Electronic payments, automated messages, automated delivery, and the goods show up magically at our door (usually when we are not home) without any apparent human intervention. It’s convenient, efficient, anonymous, sterilized, and creepy. But in the world of The Long...
(Also titled: My all too real existential angst as eruditely expressed by Milan Kundera) The Unbearable Lightness of Being is obsessing me lately. I wonder why: I had not read or thought about this book in years. Yesterday, I took the English copy we own from the bookshelf and started reading it. [My Italian...
