I started blogging back in 2001 as Island in the Net. The blog was named for one of my favorite cyberpunk novels1, and described how I felt about my writing at the time. My blog was/is like a small island in the vast ocean of the Internet where I shared my thoughts about anything and everything. I started writing more technical articles around 2003/2004 and Island in the Net was morphing into more of a technical how-to focused blog and…
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Fraser Spiers [reviews the 7" Nexus](http://speirs.org/blog/2012/8/2/thoughts-on-the-google-nexus-7.html) > I think the truth is that this isn't about portability at all: it's about price. You give up features from smartphones (cameras, cellular) and full-size tablets (screen space, storage) to get to a $200 price point.…
I look at the world around me and feel almost disgusted by the entrenched defaultism that I see everywhere. For instance, when the internet came along there was a sense of liberation from the passivity of watching television. We learnt to talk back. We learnt to create our own blogs and express ourselves as opposed to merely imbibing the thoughts of others in a mass daily dose of benign hypnosis. Clay Shirky informed us about the great cognitive surplus that…
I look at the world around me and feel almost disgusted by the entrenched defaultism that I see everywhere. For instance, when the internet came along there was a sense of liberation from the passivity of watching television. We learnt to talk back. We learnt to create our own blogs and express ourselves as opposed to merely imbibing the thoughts of others in a mass daily dose of benign hypnosis. Clay Shirky informed us about the great cognitive surplus that…
I'm feeling overwhelmed again. A combination of too many shiny objects and possibly taking on too many responsibilities. I need some time to sleep — I'm not getting enough — relax, and think. Just be with my thoughts for a bit.…
