A beautiful thing is neverA beautiful thing is neverperfect. perfect. bostonian bostonian 17:49:16, Fri Aug 3, 201217:49:16, Fri Aug 3, 2012

The 'Net is a waste ofThe 'Net is a waste oftime, and that's exactlytime, and that's exactlywhat's right about it.what's right about it.

——William GibsonWilliam Gibson

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Be still and know godBe still and know god

I guess one reason is that many publishers don't seemI guess one reason is that many publishers don't seemto want to actually collaborate with each other.to want to actually collaborate with each other.I think there are a lot of more or less unfortunate thingsI think there are a lot of more or less unfortunate thingscoming together on this.coming together on this.Doing linear scans over an associative array is likeDoing linear scans over an associative array is liketrying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.The best way to observe these in action is to considerThe best way to observe these in action is to considerthe rhetoric of an 'information guru' or 'a technologythe rhetoric of an 'information guru' or 'a technologyevangelist.evangelist.

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Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Share collaborative bandwidthShare collaborative bandwidth

Do today what you want to postpone untilDo today what you want to postpone untiltomorrow.tomorrow.

Under the agreement, Google would receive Under the agreement, Google would receive percent ofpercent ofrevenue while publishers and authors would get therevenue while publishers and authors would get therest.rest.The new aesthetic inevitably raised questions around itsThe new aesthetic inevitably raised questions around itsnovelty, historicity, ontological basis,gender bias,novelty, historicity, ontological basis,gender bias,politics.politics.The pace of change in Silicon Valley is breakneck; inThe pace of change in Silicon Valley is breakneck; inLos Angeles not so much.Los Angeles not so much.Information gurus want us to believe that the only thingInformation gurus want us to believe that the only thingthat matters is information.that matters is information.

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Real programmers canReal programmers canwrite assembly code inwrite assembly code inany language.any language.

——Larry WallLarry Wall

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Listen. What do you hear? Listen again.Listen. What do you hear? Listen again.

For a successful technology, reality must takeFor a successful technology, reality must takeprecedence over public relations, for Nature cannot beprecedence over public relations, for Nature cannot befooled.fooled.If this works for Google, why not for telecoms, ISPs andIf this works for Google, why not for telecoms, ISPs andmobile operators?mobile operators?A big part of this interview is about what I call 'TheA big part of this interview is about what I call 'ThePolitics of Content'Politics of Content'We will go someway in exploring why these trends haveWe will go someway in exploring why these trends haveoccurred in the next chapter.occurred in the next chapter.

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In conclusionIn conclusionBenchmark robust life-hacksBenchmark robust life-hacksSynthesize robust web servicesSynthesize robust web servicesSeize user-centred applicationsSeize user-centred applicationsand remember: Don't let your daughter-in-law eat yourand remember: Don't let your daughter-in-law eat yourautumn eggplants.autumn eggplants.

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