September 2008
The Archives
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General
Bang, Bang, You’re Dead.
Still working on Shanghai stuff, but I’m sure about 50% of my readership really doesn’t care.
But in the mean time, chew on this… I would absolutely kill for something like this in Kanto…
When StreetWars started on Sept. 7, each of the 250-plus contestants was handed a black envelope marked “Shadow Government,” with the name, home [...] -
General
Working Under Restriction
Twitter is great.
Yet, I don’t just view it as a great communications tool.
Don’t get me wrong, microblogging is very cool and it’s sort of an extension of the Facebook status update.
But Twitter is great because it requires an element of eloquence. 140 characters is not a large chunk of language.
Though there are no ground rules [...] -
Cognitive Dissonance
The Spoon is Mightier than the Server
Really, this is just a lot of muddling and thinking outloud. I don’t really want to publish it, but after 2 days of work and no avail at editing, I’m still publishing it. The title comes from a remark I made during the Learning 2.008 unconference that “What is there to teach with a laptop [...]
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General
A Brief Review of Genki v. Shanghai
Day 1: Whoa.
Day 2: Nice.
Day 3: Okay… Cool.
Day 4: Let’s go home. -
Reflections
Many Services Rendered
Day one in Shanghai.
Took the 430 KPH maglev into town and a long taxi ride to the hotel.
Then some food in the hotel lounge, served by a funny rookie waitress.
I had a pile of green on top of a pile of noodles.
Not bad, not nearly as ominous as it looked, though not a single idea [...]
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