isen.blogDavid S. Isenberg's musings about loci of intelligence and stupidity.For RSSXML Users: Announcing A New Feed- February 23, 2004 I am changing my feed. Blogger now supports Atom, and isen.blog's been using it. Unfortunately, I neglected to tell all my loyal, faithful readers about it. (Thanks Jorge.)So here's the news:Bye-bye http:isen.comblogindex.rdfHello http:isen.comblogatom.xmlI've been posting inadvertantly (literally inadvertantly) to atom.xml since February 1. But now I am advertising. So check out the atom feed. Like RSS, Atom feeds are machine readable by all the major feedreaders. Unlike RSS, Atom files.http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107756877029272086 David Weinberger on "The Echo Chamber Meme" (the echo chamber meme, the echo chamber meme . . . )- February 21, 2004 I went to a talk on blogging today, and "echo chamber" was one of the most-used phrases. Everybody seemed to know what "echo chamber" meant -- boy, talk about an echo chamber! David W writes "out of the cluster": . . . I went to a baseball game . . . and my bleacher mates were surprisingly unwilling to talk with me about whether the Sox were deserving of our collective support . . . we humans -- echo chamber participants or echo chamber castigators -- rarely engage in deep, meaningful and...http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107732613437698150 Five 9s at the FCC- February 20, 2004 The Extended Pheotype points out that Some 89 million people watched the Superbowl, and 200,000 complaints about the Janet Jackson show were received by the FCC. Hmm. (sounds of calculator buttons in the background) . . . 99.9978% of Superbowl viewers didnt feel motivated to complain . . . Hallelujah! The FCC finally got better than five 9s on one network-related measure.http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107731548935308490 WTF: Which Themes Flower- February 19, 2004 WTF is coming together nicely. Here's the latest:<br > <br >On-site lodging: Twenty-five of the Edith Macy's 47 rooms are bought and paid-for. If you're hoping to have an on-site room, act fast. There are only 47 rooms in the place. <br > <br >No hurry to register if you're local, or if you're finding nearby lodging on your own. But please remember that all WTF rates go up by $150 on March 12.<br > <br >Please publicize WTF! There are 196 seats in the..http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107722816943914722 The Wireless Future is Almost Here- February 18, 2004 Jonn Lebkowsky writes:Time is running out to register for the Wireless Future conference, which will be held March 12-16 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Explore the future of licensed and unlicensed wireless technology with such luminaries as Howard Rheingold (author of Smart Mobs), Kevin Werbach (organizer of Supernova and author of New America Foundation's Radio Revolution), Cory Doctorow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the legendary Dave Hughes, David Weinberger...http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107714006411243876 Sorry officer, I converged . . .- February 18, 2004 Martin Geddes gets it right again:Saw the word convergence pop up again on the ITU web site. I love that word. So soothing . . . next time you see a car wreck on the freeway with blood and oil oozing under the twisted metal, dont panic. Have no worries. Let your fear subside. The car has simply converged with the concrete barrier. Converged with fate. Converged into history.One offender -- who should know better -- Bob Metcalfe. Every time he says it, it grates on me. I wish he'd stop using...http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107706278206599544 The "echo chamber" on our front porch- February 17, 2004 David Weinberger got my personal "Best Meme of Show" award at last week's ETCon. In a discussion of whether Deniac bloggers were listening to their own echo chamber, David W said something like, "Echo chamber The newsboy throws the biggest echo chamber onto your front porch every morning." (And all this time I thought Lacy Peterson actually was more important than stuff like global oil shortages . . . )http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107705800341638802 News from the Oil Patch- February 17, 2004 Princeton Geologist Kenneth Deffeyes, author of Hubbert's Peak, The Impending World Oil Shortage, which I reviewed in 2002, has an update on world oil production dated January 16, 2004. To review, Hubbert's Peak says, in essence, that world oil production will peak sometime in this decade, "never to rise again." Deffeyes, looking to tune up his prediction, writes:At the end of December, Oil & Gas Journal published their oil production figures for calendar year 2003. From 2000 to 2003, world..http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107705751845795816 The other David Isenberg does good work!- February 17, 2004 This morning a package arrived in my mailbox addressed to "David Isenberg, Senior Analyst, British American Security Information Council," at my home address. Others wiser than I have observed that the Internet collapses name-space. I've known this other David "defense-analyst" Isenberg was out there for a couple of years. That's why I started using my middle initial. Anyhow, this other guy does good work. I Googled him and found a report entitled, Unravelling the Known Unknowns: Why no...http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107703869556791074 WTF -- Who's Transacted First- February 13, 2004 The following people have actually registered and paidfor WTF2004. (Note: 27 on-site rooms still available.)Patrick Leary, patrick dot leary at alvarion dot comGordon Jacobson, gaj at portman dot comSteve Steinberg, steve at steinberg dot orgMartin Geddes, isen at martingeddes dot comDave Hughes, dave at oldcolo dot comRuss Nelson, stupidnet dot com at russnelson dot com Francis McInerney, francis at northriver dot com Lane Smith, lasmith at usaid dot gov Michael Olson, mao at sleepycat dot...http://www.isen.com/blog/archives/2004_02_01_archive.html#107670984112431608 |