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Easy to smirk at this, but I had many moments of disturbing recognition (my fave part is the MC Escher bit.. Weird Al is utter nutter genius without a doubt). I know we’ve all seen it 10^3 of times already, but I had to: in celebration of all things geeky to get in the mood for tonight’s geekmeet.
… I think I’m in trouble. GeekDinner tonight and I am suffering the effects of overclocking my processor - bioware not keeping up. It’s ridiculously easy to go into a temporal warp in front of a screen and unless you have a spouse who keeps you in check (LOL for Stii!! Belinda told me about YOU bru)
.. you too could become a sleepcamel.
I learnt the term a few years ago from an ex-Micro(not-so)softie from the heavyduty coding coalface. It’s not well, I think I have a problem. I’m currently on a sleepless stretch of 63.5 hours, and starting to get a little deranged & experiencing major data.loss. The fact that geekdinner is tonight, and I’m speaking (supposedly lucidly) is a concern.
Not sure that I’m going to be a safe driver. Don’t want to be the poster child of stern warnings that humans are NOT MACHINES. No matter how well you think you can override the default settings. I’m not feeling too well at all. ooops 8-/
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What does it take for Scoble to stop blogging for a week?
The rate of change has accelerated to the point where we’ve come to a critical inflection point. Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer spoke of three stages of truth:
- it is ridiculed
- it is violently opposed
- it is seen as self-evident.
Blogging and social media has been teetering at the tipping point of the ridicule phase. Everyone has laughed/cringed at the absurdity of “blog” ..I spotted a tweet (twitter post) come through from Twitter founder Evan Williams reinforcing the idea :
as an academic the crux of formidable social and economic disruption can’t be seen to have such a ridiculous name! Bloody hell, best to head back to the safety of weblog. Earlier today in the Financial Times: “YouTube was funny until it was worth $1.65bn to someone”
Continue reading ‘It’s been coming.. time to play indoors again’
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Geekdinner 2.0 (I know I know, it’s so difficult to resist) is reloaded & ready to go >> I’m not organising this one, it’s in the logistically-gifted hands of Joe Botha of Frogfoot this time. And it’s looking pretty swanky, all kitted out at Barbarella’s in the heart of sophisticado style in Constantia.
I’ll be up front & centre at some stage getting geekdiners to wrap their heads around “What Makes Geeks Hot” - em, hot property that is - & what we need to do to support & nurture our talent here in South Africa. I have been contemplating flipping it & sharing my freshest social media wonderland discoveries.. esp. Twitter. I’ll see what’s gonna be most valuable on the night.
If you’re a power user you’ll want to be here to see what’s evolving at the edge and if you’re a developer this is the place to come & show off your projects!
It’s gonna be deep boys & girls: so make sure you get in some cerebral yoga ahead of the sparky synaptic crackle & pop this Thursday Wednesday. Are you a geek, who coincidentally happens to be in Cape Town this Thursday Wednesday, 28 March? - then get thy geekly self to the wiki posthaste >> gijima wena!!
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.. just in case you needed convincing :-P to get your ass to one of our dinners
PS. if you’re a new kid on the blog, no matter where you find yourself on the planet, brace yourself, once you fire it up, whether personal or business .. blogs change lives unquestionably (and I believe will shift the global economy in ways unimagined too - watch the fractal pattern throughout history: culture precedes commerce). Get connected to others exploring the edge >> in your neighbourhood
Continue reading ‘.. the cool kids at play’
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I love a little social subversion if it helps to tease life back into our being. Reviving the numbness set in by constant busyness, the thrusted assault of advertising or frustrated impotence as we’re bludgeoned with increasing horrifying news we can do nothing about.
Progressive complexity and ever more wonderous tools and toys avalanche towards us at an acceleration unprecedented >>
which is why when really simple human moments happen, they are all the more precious and sweet.
Nothing complicated, just ordinary things that remind us to breathe in.. look up and smile, or laugh uproariously with mates or play on the beach with a wiggly puppy.
As deep as our affinity for tech can run, stepping out from behind the screens is imperative or we’ll all start succumbing to the singularity polarity insanity (this is a note to self BTW who happens to be far to entranced by the prospect of transhumanism and AI)
So while you’re still behind your screen, I recommend a little inspiration (if you haven’t seen it.. it’s a gift to your hassled heart, so just bloody well watch it!)
PS. taking this onto the hard-core city streets may be a little more than heads can cope with though so be gentle.
* body language at it’s best - the simple sign-language ” I love you”
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“As once the winged energy of delight carried you over childhood’s dark abysses, now beyond your own life build the great arch of unimagined bridges” - Rilke
Wintery Sunday morning all foggy outside, a mug of rich velvety hot chocolate, broadband …aaaah heavenly :) The teeny little girl on my lap in head-to-toe pinkness has just been introduced to Cute Overload ..interspersed with occassional beeps of the IM (from my matey Rafiq who’s still in bed and connecting on Mxit and then from my brother Dave, working on a Sunday :-/). Alex (the 4yr old laptop) shows me the camera & tells me about Skyping her granny in the States.. and wants to see who I’m speaking to (real-time typing an acceptable form of speaking to her) .. we tootle over to Flickr, where she recognises the painting hanging in the lounge from my photos on Flickr.. and so it goes.. her world seamlessly connected into mixed-reality existence, as with all Born Digital babes, this interconnectedness is normal :-) We are building the multidimensional worlds they will live and work in. NOW.
Continue reading ‘Building Bridges for the Born Digital’
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