Archive for the 'books' Category
Eluding Connections
I’ve had my iPhone 3G for nearly 6 weeks now. I’ve been reflecting on the impact such a capable device may have on human nteractions. This post isn’t about the iPhone so much as it is about portable computers (if you want my thoughts on the iPhone device, I’ve shared some on Angry Kent).
Norman Maclean’s [...]
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Tags: books, iphone, kentgoldman, mobile
Monday Mourning
This morning a friend of mine learned some sad news. A long-time confidant of hers succumbed to cancer. When he was first diagnosed at the age of 19, he was given six months to live. Instead, he lived six years, another quarter of his short lifetime. While I never knew this young man, we have [...]
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Tags: cancer, cornice, iraq, kent goldman, shantaram
Who Owns the Future?
It turns out that Clay Shirky has made quite a bit of impact on me the past few months. It was his post on the television habits that jump started my renewed commitment to reading books. And of course, as part of that syllabus, I included his new work, Here Comes Everybody on the nexus [...]
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Tags: books, communication, internet, organization, sociology
