Yearly Archives: 2008

Remote work follow-up: Gossip

In reading Peter Morville’s Ambient Findability I came across something on the topic of gossip that related to an earlier post of mine, Losing nuance: Working remotely. It’s this: “Despite huge investments in information and communication technology, we still rely … Continue reading

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Ambient findability … huh?

How does my mind work? This post is a good example of how the process of writing is, for me, the process of understanding. It was only in writing this post that I arrived at what I really was looking … Continue reading

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Top five things to love about New Brunswick

(I wrote the following a few days ago. The next day, we woke to about two feet of snow. Much shovelling ensued. Today, a day or two later, it’s snowing again. So I was sorely tempted to reconsider number 4. … Continue reading

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The season of lists

They are common throughout the year but as December winds down and we approach Christmas, and especially as we near New Year’s Day, lists really get into high gear. They have always been hugely popular on the web, really hitting … Continue reading

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Marketing, social networks and people

“Members of social networks want to spend time with friends, not brands.” The sentence states the obvious but you have to wonder sometimes if the obvious isn’t the hardest thing to see. It’s from the Randall Stross article in the … Continue reading

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