Twitter: Social string theory, not just nextbigthingitude
Nextbigthingitude? What a great word Halley has dreamed up for Twitter. But it’s more than that. Twitter is an experiment in turning OFF a few social taboos, to see what happens next. Twitter, like...
View ArticleCatlike tread, my haiku won, and other reasons to love Twitter
Picture an activity that sounded so, so foolish until you tried it….but then…!!!…no, I’m not starting to write an X-rated post. And I’m not referring to Gilbert and Sullivan, either. I’m talking about...
View ArticleWhat would Omar Khayyam say to RSS?
Bloglines and Twitter underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— With good wifi, ’tis Paradise enow! ?? No, Omar, I don’t think so! Originally...
View ArticleHeaded for Devine country in Mitchelstown
From Kilworth To The Galtees Originally uploaded by Kman999 On April 21, 1851, young Patrick Devine (he was 9) set sail with his auntie Elizabeth (she was 27) from Liverpool to New York City. (How...
View ArticleNot just because he wants to use my photo…
Leonardo’s helicopter Originally uploaded by betsythedevine …of Leonardo’s helicopter — John Graham-Cummings’s The Geek Atlas sounds like a fascinating travel guide. To quote its description at...
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