Wouldn’t the world truly be a better place if it did work like a musical? Who doesn’t appreciate a crowd breaking into spontaneous song and dance? Hat tip to Judy Breck of Smart Mobs for point this out.
Tagged FlashmobThe following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. Hat tip to Annabelle Mark who is a constant source of this type of material
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
The answer by one student was so ‘profound’ that the professor shared it with colleagues, via [...]
I’m just now on the tail end of dealing with accumulated bitrot in my Windows Vista tablet PC that is my primary computing environment. Most of it has gone smoothly, although the process can be tedious. Why you should need to reinstall the OS at periodic intervals remains a mystery to me.
Most of my [...]
This has been making the rounds. Most of the commentary has been along the lines of the future of executive life and work. Feels to me more like an accurate version of the consulting life as it’s always been.
via Doc and Euan among others.
UC Berkeley took its time, but clearly shows excellent judgment and intelligence in awarding danah boyd her Ph.D. at long last. We’ve known how smart danah is here for some time.
Well done, danah!
OMG. I have my PhD! OMG!!!!!
PS: I will post my dissertation in January when I return from vacation.
dissertation phd
OMG. [...]
We could all benefit from this level of energy and commitment
With a hat tip to Espen for finding and sharing this.
Just managing some administrivia for bloglines. Please ignore
Today is my seventh blogiversary.
Over time, we’ve seen a proliferation of tools and services that give us ways to connect and interact. Today we have Twitter, Friendfeed, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more. All are ways to improve our chances of connecting. As you can see in the sidebar, I maintain some presence on most of them.
This [...]
I’ll be heading to San Francisco at the end of the month to participate in the upcoming “Social Media Strategies” conference being held there on October 29th and 30th. If you’re interested in joining me, here’s a sign-up link that will get you a discount on the registration fee:
I’m planning on talking more about the [...]
Paul Myers and I were colleagues back in Boston back in the early 1990s. Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, LinkedIn, and RSS we reconnected and I came across his excellent blog and found this little gem this afternoon. I suspect that your politics might influence exactly how funny you find this, but I think [...]
