It was just last week that I wrote about the future of social media, how it is going to become automatic and almost passive, particularly where check-in applications were concerned. Turns out, the future is closer than I thought. Sort of. Behold: Future Check-In. Now, this is an iPhone only application. It runs in the …
I spent part of the weekend in stealth mode. It all started with leaving my iPhone at home on Sunday morning. We were halfway to breakfast when I realized. This meant a couple of things. Thing One: If someone wanted to call me, they wouldn’t get me. Thing Two: I couldn’t check in at The …
I’m far more of a nostalgist than a futurist. My fascination with the yet-to-be has been either far-flung into the future or within the scope of a few months. That practical middle-ground of time, I’ve always thought it better left to financial oracles or mad inventors, both of which shape as much as they predict. …
The Internet is dead, says Prince. And in response, the Internet protests. But methinks the Internet doth protest too much. In 1997, Prince — or rather, O(+> — started promoting Crystal Ball via love4oneanother.com. The online sale of Crystal Ball was an “xperiment in truth” … “no charts, no royalty disputes, no returns, no arguing …
Over the last month or so, I’ve been reading my way through George R.R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire*, a projected series of six books. The books so far are A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords and A Feast For Crows. The action of these fantasy novels …
Today was much like yesterday, only with a bit more standing and walking about. I’ve yet to leave the house. I’m okay with this. New developments … well, you know how I mentioned that instead of gauze packing, my face is full of this gel stuff? Right. So when the doctor spoke to Nikki after …
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