6 month ago
Linkorama : Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Clay Shirky's speech at Web2expo
Andy Baio : Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - transcript of Clay Shirky's excellent keynote from the Web 2.0 Expo; watch it instead [via]
philgyford : Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody - Clay on the answer to "where do they [gamers, Wikipedias, bloggers, etc.] find the time?" By watching less TV. Great stuff.
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15 month ago
gleuschk : Stuff (Paul Graham) - I'm reading this instead of packing up all my stuff to move
jcgregorio : Paul Graham - Stuff - as usual, good stuff from Paul
philgyford : Stuff - Paul Graham on how much stuff we accumulate and suggestions on how to stop. (via Rodcorp)
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17 month ago
adamrg : Are You Paying $60 A Year For Water Pumped Into Chicken?
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18 month ago
adamrg : Walmart Map - I'd like to see a US states breakdown. Maybe red states vs. blue states.
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adamrg : Service Quality Tracker - Interesting idea. Creepy picture in the upper right corner.
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32 month ago
philgyford : Bay Area / Out of the retail rat race / Consumer group doesn't buy notion that new is better - The Compact - 50 people who have committed to buy nothing new ("except food, health and safety items and underwear") in 2006. (via Boing Boing)
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32 month ago
philgyford : Thecompact : The Compact - The Yahoo! Group for the Bay Area people who aren't buying new stuff in 2006.
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32 month ago
philgyford : Compact - The Compact's weblog -- see them wrestle with exactly what they're allowed to buy new and giggle at the optimism: "if our movement grows we could take this country down".
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33 month ago
Linkorama : The Revolution Will Be Reproduced - The most profound finding of the 2006 Edelman Trust Barometer is that in six of the 11 countries surveyed, the "person like yourself or your peer" is seen as the most credible spokesperson about a company and among the top three spokespeople in every co
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47 month ago
philgyford : This Magazine: The Rebel Sell - "If we all hate consumerism, how come we can?t stop shopping?" via haddock
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