This is from the very curmudgeonly Neil Postman, giving a talk in 1998 - at 5:53 in this video (which is part 4 of 7):
“And as for the term community, by the way, as it’s used on the internet, you should examine that very carefully, because it’s almost being used in the way opposite [...]
I discovered the hard way that Facebook status updates are limited to 420 characters. This is somewhat less bad than Twitter’s 140 characters, but it only tells you after you’ve written it all and hit submit. And, with the cranky mood I was in, I said “fuck it.” Nevermind all the privacy [...]
Born to Run is Christopher McDougall’s account of some quirky ultra-marathon trail runners, the Tarahumara of Mexico’s Copper Canyons, and the modern reemergence of barefoot (and nearly-barefoot) running. It’s a very enjoyable read, starting with the author’s foot problems, and continuing with his search for the near-mythic Tarahumara tribe and this legendary figure known [...]
January 31, 2010 – 3:07 pm
2009 was good to me. I enjoyed the first year of my job at Airwave. In some ways, it was a big adjustment for me, but I found it very satisfying — the organization works well, it’s given me a chance to improve my abilities as an engineer, and I’ve learned a lot. [...]
In January, I took a new job, working at Airwave (A division of Aruba Networks) on the Airwave Management Platform (AMP). We follow extreme programming methodology fairly closely (including pair programming), and I’m really enjoying it, though it makes for intense days. (But better intense than excessively long days.) It’s really good [...]