We dramatize the weather to the point that it becomes news, so we are startled on the rare occasion when it does merit non-ritual attention. The usual adjectives, “bitter” and “brutal,” do not do the present cold justice. This cold deserves the ultimate icy adjective: deathly. This is a cold that that does not assault us or need to. We merely need to encounter it, even at its most quiescent, and it shuts us down quietly and without ceremony.
Archives for 2010
Predictions 2010 (on Silicon Angle)
January 4, 2010 By
Silicon Angle ran a guest post by me while I was on vacation (written with my work hat on, and with input from my team). My five predictions for Web technology are:
- The rise of the long form
- The Cambrian explosion of devices
- The “Website” will dissolve into the real-time Web
- The quality/quantity chasm will deepen
- Social filtering will start to displace search as the primary driver of monetizable content
Click on to read the details. Shortened URL for the original post for your C&P pleasure: http://bit.ly/92RDT8
Of course, my predictions are a function of my personal and professional biases/interests/agendas, but still, I do believe them. I think there really are forces making these 5 things happen. Thoughts?
2009 Roundup, 2010 Preview
January 2, 2010 By
Time for the third annual ribbonfarm review/preview post. For you old-timers who haven’t been keeping up, and the newbies who discovered this blog late in the year, this should be a useful post. I summarize 19 notable posts, review the numbers, point out the trends and highlights, and provide a preview of 2010. So here goes. Let’s start by noting that in 2009, ribbonfarm acquired a mascot: Skeletor the junkyard cat.
