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The John Cage of Blogging: Deliberately Timed Silence

by Scott on November 21, 2009 · 0 comments

in Social Media

In 1952, the American avant-garde composer John Cage composed 4′ 33″, a masterpiece in which no sound is made whatsoever, for four minutes and thirty-three seconds, and in three movements. The listener is meant to absorb the sounds of the environment and reflect on their impact.

I have now reinvigorated this within a new millieu, that of the blog. My last post on this blog was one year ago to the day. I hope you have taken the time to examine how the “silence” of my non-posting has impacted your life.

My life has been full of non-blogging activity, some of it on the internet. I got married, and I got a new job with a lot more responsibility – running an online services business focused on admissions essay editing.

And now, some more sound for the internet.

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Culture Dump: 11/7/08

by Scott on November 7, 2008 · 2 comments

in Politics, Social Media

Stuff on my mind:

I need to dig into the presidential election statistics soon, to really understand the nuances of the Obama victory. I didn’t expect a seven-point gap.

This Twitter thing is incredible. People are finding me and following me every day. And I them. As I said a few days ago, it’s the on-time, minutia of the moment. Some call it a cross between a monologue and a dialogue; I have a different spin. If a monologue is a conversation in one dimension, and a dialogue is a conversation in two dimensions, then Twittering is fractal communications: a conversation in a non-integer dimensional space. Maybe d = 1.5? No, that’s not right, as it is sometimes one talking to many. There’s a network effect worth studying. To do: I think a trip to xxx.lanl.gov is in order; some physicist has to have written a paper on the class of networks represented by Twitter. When will Kevin Bacon start following me?

The fiancee is absolutely hooked on “Eli Stone.” It’s a TV series on ABC. What happens when a high-powered lawyer becomes a prophet? Will he make the needed changes in his own life to enhance the lives of those around him? This show had better not jump the shark any time soon.

SNL will now die off again until 2012. The guy who does Obama isn’t funny.

Jay Cutler threw for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns tonight. Kellen Winslow had 2 touchdowns. A great fantasy football outcome por moi.

The fact that Ted Stevens is going to win in Alaska is embarrassing to Alaska. Honestly.

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My Plunge Into the World of Social Media

by Scott November 4, 2008 Social Media

Hello, world!
If you’re one of this blog’s “early adopters”, you probably already know me pretty well. Why, you may be wondering, am I doing this?
The best answer is: I don’t know yet.
A lot of the blogs I read seem to exist for one or more of the following reasons:

espousing a philosophy: political, social, or [...]

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