If you cannot---in the long run---tell everyone what you have been doing, your doing has been worthless.
---Erwin Schrödinger
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The point of this blog: get to know me.
It's been almost a year since my last post. I've written dozens of articles since then, and have decided not to publish each one.
I've decided against blogging, as is commonly practiced. Blogging, like other phenomena I've watched evolve from Internet technologies, is IMHO largely a waste of human time (but perhaps not of computing resources).
Don't get me wrong: I'm a shameless consumer of material served up "fresh" by the blogosphere. And yes, I know about "crowdsourcing" and the "tipping point" and all the business value that many people tout that blogging can bring. Not interested.
Valuable or interesting content doesn't just spontaneously originate. Almost all useful content begins with (or is attributable to) an intelligence---generally a human being. I'm interested in connecting with the *source* of any information, not some facsimilie. I'm after inter-personal, real-time human interaction, preferably not asynchronous e-mail/post replies.
So instead of fueling Web noise claiming to "give back to the community", and instead of blogging for some perceived benefit (or personal fulfillment---*gasp*), I want to turn this blog into something that will help you to get to know me---to get some sense of the person I really am.
My plan is to share quotes that have profoundly influenced my work, attitudes, and activities throughout years of pondering. After all, we are all born with almost no knowledge, and we adopt (and adapt to) that which we learn from others.
If you enjoy the quotes, and you might like to work with me, consider picking up the phone or dropping by my office for a chat. By the way, if you were curious about the assertion "perhaps not of computing resources" above, I'm afraid you'll have to speak with me directly for clarification.
I've decided against blogging, as is commonly practiced. Blogging, like other phenomena I've watched evolve from Internet technologies, is IMHO largely a waste of human time (but perhaps not of computing resources).
Don't get me wrong: I'm a shameless consumer of material served up "fresh" by the blogosphere. And yes, I know about "crowdsourcing" and the "tipping point" and all the business value that many people tout that blogging can bring. Not interested.
Valuable or interesting content doesn't just spontaneously originate. Almost all useful content begins with (or is attributable to) an intelligence---generally a human being. I'm interested in connecting with the *source* of any information, not some facsimilie. I'm after inter-personal, real-time human interaction, preferably not asynchronous e-mail/post replies.
So instead of fueling Web noise claiming to "give back to the community", and instead of blogging for some perceived benefit (or personal fulfillment---*gasp*), I want to turn this blog into something that will help you to get to know me---to get some sense of the person I really am.
My plan is to share quotes that have profoundly influenced my work, attitudes, and activities throughout years of pondering. After all, we are all born with almost no knowledge, and we adopt (and adapt to) that which we learn from others.
If you enjoy the quotes, and you might like to work with me, consider picking up the phone or dropping by my office for a chat. By the way, if you were curious about the assertion "perhaps not of computing resources" above, I'm afraid you'll have to speak with me directly for clarification.
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