I know a bit about a lot of things but I can’t really claim to be an expert on any level except in the area of stringing words together. Although I have had positions that involved technical work (audio engineer, radio ad producer, a degree of coding for web sites), I’ve only managed to keep [...]
“Why am I always the one who must be the thief?” – Bob Dylan – A recent internet dust-up about Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan provided a certain amount of insight into people, the web and art, but the insights aren’t what many people believe. The insights were two and neither terribly remarkable: 1) most [...]
by Bill on April 20, 2010
We use metaphors and similes every day. The web is built on them. The web itself is a metaphor. Well, it began as a metaphor. Given the meanings of web, I suppose it is an actual web. So I guess it isn’t a metaphor. As you can see, thinking about metaphors and similes can muddle [...]
The internet is full of epigrams, aphorisms and quotes. I used a few in my post yesterday. You see them every day in tweets and status updates. They’re all over the place. Why is that? What are they for? They’re signage. That’s the simple answer. They’re wayfinding information. As with anything, excess turns them into [...]
by Bill on March 24, 2010
When talking about genders we inevitably employ broad and loose generalizations. We know there are differences (the obvious biological ones). We think there are differences in thought because it often seems that way though we’re never quite sure because sexuality and relationships often cloud the issue. In the case of a subject like “women and [...]