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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links for 2011-08-20
Police got the wrong man: Salford teen charged with Miss Selfridge arson during Manchester riots is cleared | Manchester Evening News – menmedia.co.uk I think we're seeing how some people's
20 August 2011
Our Social World
I’m taking part in Our Social World on Friday September 9th in Cambridge. There’s an interesting collection of speakers and topics including Hugh who argues “marketeers are going to have
18 August 2005
JWT rethinks
Nick Wreden has been looking at how ag agency JWT have been reviewing their approach. They have some interesting ideas including “the audience is the new client”. There’s also a
24 March 2005
Whose language?
Andrew Sullivan spotted this extraordinary video on YouTube: In my language. In it an autistic woman lets us into her world. In the first half we see her engaging with
26 January 2007
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