February 11th, 2007 by md

This is certainly worth reading. It’s a piece in today’s NYT by G. Pascal Zachary who teaches Journalism at Stanford. In it he addresses the question of why so much innovative company- and tech-building happens here in Silicon Valley.
Read the article here.

February 11th, 2007 by md

There is a terrific piece by Duncan Watts in the Feb 1 issue of Nature on the value of the data generated by Internet-based communication and connection. He suggests that, if the social scientists can mine the data and create robust theoretical frameworks for human behavior, they can significantly improve our scientific understanding of how [...]

February 8th, 2007 by md

I think I may have a problem managing my expectations in my relationships. I have been devoted to Lost since the beginning. I have evangelized it, I have tivod it every single episode. More importantly, I have waited patiently since that dark day in December when they sprang the news on me that they were [...]

February 8th, 2007 by md

The news literally took my breath away. I gasped. Out loud. What can you say about this woman? She was a social phenomenon. Not exactly a role model for anyone but holy smokes did I get a lot of entertainment out of her kookyness. I am really mad at her lawyer / husband / babydaddy, [...]