Monthly Archives: February 2012

Why do some dogs have short tails and other dogs have long tails?

Posted on 2012/02/29 by nmw

According to Mark Pagel, the answer must be that the length of one dog’s tail versus the length another dog’s tail is not a “functionally equivalent trait”. But the much more important question I have for Mark Pagel is: How … Continue reading →

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On Every Street

Posted on 2012/02/28 by nmw

The other day I was asked whether my ideas have been collected somewhere — sort of like an anthology in book form. They haven’t, but I am of course flattered that this question was raised. If you think you might … Continue reading →

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Occupy Search Engines! ;)

Posted on 2012/02/28 by nmw

Yesterday a friend of mine shared this funny video: What is not funny, though, is when the joke is on you! Linked In News Post Forum

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800 million people helped facebook.com, not the other way around

Posted on 2012/02/27 by nmw

We have already helped more than 800 million people map out more than 100 billion connections so far, and our goal is to help this rewiring accelerate. Linked In News Post Forum

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The difference between New World 1.0 and New World 2.0

Posted on 2012/02/26 by nmw

Following up on the signs of the times, I want to now explain some significant differences between the “real” New World and the “virtual” New World. In order to simplify this exercise, I will not take such a broad view … Continue reading →

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How to watch your watch

Posted on 2012/02/25 by nmw

It’s mainly a question of walking the walk, talking the talk and understanding the signs of the times. Linked In News Post Forum

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“You have to be paid in order to be good.”

Posted on 2012/02/21 by nmw

Thomas Carpenter, general counsel for legislative affairs for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, quoted in the Huffington Post. Sounds like a very old-fashioned sales pitch. Linked In News Post Forum

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The distinction between paid content and free content has ALWAYS been bogus

Posted on 2012/02/20 by nmw

Producing content has always cost something. Whether it was paid in cash or whether the costs to produce content were covered in some other way (that does not involve money) is not the issue. The issue is that today when … Continue reading →

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Users buy containers because they expect to get value out of their contents

Posted on 2012/02/18 by nmw

Actually, containers are very similar to markets — the containers I am talking about are words: more specifically, keyword domain names. Whereas suppliers use these containers to advertise and sell their goods and services, consumers use containers to express their … Continue reading →

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If words weren’t here, I don’t think…

Posted on 2012/02/17 by nmw

I’m working on an essay related to that title — and although the idea behind the essay is based mostly on my own ideas and also ideas Noam Chomsky shared in a talk he gave in Köln last year, the … Continue reading →

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