Gladwell, Weinberger, Sorkin, Lessig, Social Network: A critique of two critiques
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Sebastian
Phew, here we go. I know both articles I am going to talk about are a week old, but I’ll take Josh Lyman’s advice and try to reignite the news cycle. Well, last week I found myself disagreeing with two of my “heroes”, Malcolm Gladwell and Lawrence Lessig. Here’s why: First, Gladwell’s article “Small Change” […]
Small recap
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Sebastian
Two nights ago I spent the night on the sofa again, courtesy of the almost one-year-old who is teething and needed company. We’ve been quite busy so I thought I’d give an update. Junior is now a fully established Kindergardener, proving it was high time he switched. These days he’s most often the mail man, […]
140 characters on the Techcrunch aquisition…
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Sebastian
Note the date… Techcrunch wasn’t acquired until September 28th… (Link to the original tweet)
Speaking English Podcast #146 – if vs. whether
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Sebastian
Go to speakingenglishpodcast.com for the archive, here for the Facebook fan page, and/or sign up for the newsletter. On October 8th I will host a live episode, stay tuned.
AngelGate: Great Downfall Parody
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Sebastian
One of the best Downfall parodies ever. My fav part is the line about Tim Ferris and “Don’t worry, I’ll feed your cows while you’re at work”… (via Techcrunch, original)