Tuesday, December 04, 2001




Viridian Note 00283: Geeks and Spooks. by Bruce Sterling [bruces@well.com]

Key concepts: cryptography, information warfare, imaginary products, American national security

[Privacy Digest]

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Fun to read and thought provoking -- what more can you ask for?

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What I was saying was that the fact that... 
 My friend and neighbor George points us to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, done in PowerPoint. Funny as hell. Don't miss the Making of... page. I wrote my own harrangue about PowerPoint three years ago. I still agree with everything I said there, although we've sold and moved away from the dream house I described in the piece. Still miss it, too.
[Doc Searls Weblog]

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Also don't miss Doc Searls harangue. I've used it as part of an effort to turn consultants into better storytellers. Anything that helps people get rid of artificial crutches.

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Unwinding Cisco's Not-So-Simple Beginnings [Slashdot]

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This leads to a thread of material on the origins of Cisco, for those of you interested in following up on the complexities of technological innovation.

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