May 31, 2009
May 27, 2009
May 23, 2009
On the Question of Cognitive Surplus…
Hugh MacLeod just posted about Dreck Intolerance. I know sh1t about Madison Avenue but the Clay Shirkey video below is so utterly, totally f**king on-the-nail. Transcript is here.
That is why I record stuff on Sky+ and FF through the ads and why I am sitting now with gapingvoid, twitter, Live Writer and my blog dash open with the TV off instead of sitting slack-jawed in front of another repeat of MI2. That’s why I’m re-discovering creativity I’d forgotten I had.
Once you learn that you can break the brainwashing-tube shackles, you come to really, REALLY resent it’s influence. Watch this…….
May 18, 2009
On a Passing…
Friends, colleagues and family gather.
Memories pooled – in thought if not in voice.
All focussed – for a moment away from the ordinary,
Onto the special.
We all know the one who has passed,
But there is less sadness here.
There is celebration and appreciation –
Memorial rather than catharsis.
Later, a quiet dignity contrasts with youthful exuberance
As voices can raise and conversation resumes.
