Cloudy Thinking

Peter Macaulay writes: “Skype just announced Skype for the Blackberry over 3G data packets (not just WiFi) in 10 countries.

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Carol, Wilson writes in Telephony magazine End of an era: Telecom trade press struggling. Telephony is considering charging for the printed magazine to avoid going web-only.

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Radio personality Paul Harvey died recently. Harvey’s signature line — “That’s the rest of the story” — applies perfectly to this follow-up about the recent death of Jason von Straussenbrg.

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A Santa Barbara friend sent me this obituary notice which deserves a wider audience.

VON STRAUSSENBURG, Jason

March 15, 2009 9:15 AM

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Chris Kelly writes about his original Grand Plan, now trashed by our current aweful economic situation. Please read his post.

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Below are excerpts from the article STAIRWAY TO RETAIL HEAVEN by James Quinn, March 3, 2009. [via Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed]

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I ran across very funny (if slightly not safe for work) video today on Facebook. So, as is my nature, I emailed the link to a very tech savvy friend who I pretty much knew would appreciate the link. But no.

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Some Final Words
Billy Collins

I cannot leave you without saying this:
the past is nothing.,
a nonmemory, a phantom,
a soundproof closet in which Johann Strauss
is composing another waltz no one can hear.

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Interesting article by John Battelle, who says Twitter = YouTube. If he’s right, Google needs to own Twitter since real time search is quickly becoming a VERY big deal. And oh by the way, Twitter dominates real time search (at least for now), Google does not.

I discovered Semlor today on the (excellent) Grain Doe food blog. Thanks to Wikipedia, I also learned the funny (but sad) details of the death of Sweden’s King Adolf Frederick.

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Fascinating interview with Larry Halff, the guy behind the ma.gnolia bookmarking service. I recovered what I think are most of bookmarks, so teh system failure was not a big deal to me. As you’ll see, Larry Halff seems like a decent guy, someone who simply screwed up. Who among us…

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As Lawrence Ferlinghetti said, “Think long thoughts in short sentences.” A slideshow by Amanda Mooney that may inspire you.