The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work.
– Miikka Ryokas computer science student quoted in the NY Times.
Hat tip: John Winsor
The underground will never work
A nice example of terrible prediction.
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Pointless, again
Grant and Tom both dispute this article by Lance Ulanoff: MySpace, Second Life, and Twitter Are Doomed. Ulanoff begins: Don’t get too attached to MySpace.
YouTube and the end of the world as we know it
I guess that “It will lead to chaos” counts as a high-energy varitation of “it will never work” which means this item becomes my second
It’ll never work
Inspired by a post by Earl Mardle I’ve added a new category to this blog, It’ll Never Work. I’ll use it to flag stories about
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173 Drury Lane
I’ve just launched a new blog – 173 Drury Lane a place to talk about Sainsbury’s – with my friends Freddie Daniells and Max Blumberg. Over coffee a couple of
7 February 2005
Understated benefits of blogging et al
Euan thought this was good and so do I: 5 Social Computing Benefits that Adoption Rates Don’t Show
20 April 2008
Is branding dead?
Hugh Macleod has been saying that Branding is Dead and Doc Searls agrees. Robert Scoble disagrees. Well it all depends on what you mean by branding, and it means different
23 October 2004
Off again
I’m off to New York again to attend Performing the World over the weekend. Should be a lot of fun.
12 October 2005
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