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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Cutting off the head of the rock star metaphor

Friday, August 29, 2008

I’ve seen the phrase “rock star software developer” one too many times. This trite and misleading metaphor needs to die. By decapitation if necessary.
In my opinion, the key ingredients of being a rock star are mediocre talent, a massive publicity machine, and an insatiable ego. These are not qualities that I want [...]

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Scattering your attention for fun and profit

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I value my attention; I’ve been paying attention to my attention for quite a few years actually. In this fantastic article from The Atlantic, Nicholas Carr connects together some disturbing trends about Google and the Web in general.
When the Net absorbs a medium, that medium is re-created in the Net’s image. It injects the [...]

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