Comments on: Information, Choice, and Blogjects http://chrislott.org/story/information-choice-and-blogjects/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug Noon http://chrislott.org/story/information-choice-and-blogjects/comment-page-1/#comment-7428 Doug Noon Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:18:10 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/06/12/information-choice-and-blogjects/#comment-7428 I was in Belize City many years ago with a backpack and no plans for tomorrow, and I needed to find my way from where the bus from the Yucatan stopped and the bus to Guatemala left. People were so frienldly, "Ya mon, you just go down there a ways and ask again." It was a complex route through a city unlike any other that I've ever been in. Dirt streets, open sewer plywood constructions like we see in some parts of Alaska. I felt oddly at home even though I had no idea where I was. The "system" worked beautifully and I made it directly to the bus I needed to find - never feeling lost or having to backtrack. Everybody seemed to understand that this was the way to guide foreigners through their neighborhood. Now that I reflect on this I realize that I was undoubtedly one of countless thousands of hippie travelers who found their way along this route in exactly this manner. Nonetheless it emphasizes for me the value of a network that is built around an understanding for the need to cooperatively share little bits of information. Thanks for the recommendations. I'll follow that lead and see what else turns up. I was in Belize City many years ago with a backpack and no plans for tomorrow, and I needed to find my way from where the bus from the Yucatan stopped and the bus to Guatemala left. People were so frienldly, “Ya mon, you just go down there a ways and ask again.” It was a complex route through a city unlike any other that I’ve ever been in. Dirt streets, open sewer plywood constructions like we see in some parts of Alaska. I felt oddly at home even though I had no idea where I was. The “system” worked beautifully and I made it directly to the bus I needed to find – never feeling lost or having to backtrack. Everybody seemed to understand that this was the way to guide foreigners through their neighborhood. Now that I reflect on this I realize that I was undoubtedly one of countless thousands of hippie travelers who found their way along this route in exactly this manner. Nonetheless it emphasizes for me the value of a network that is built around an understanding for the need to cooperatively share little bits of information.

Thanks for the recommendations. I’ll follow that lead and see what else turns up.

]]> By: chris http://chrislott.org/story/information-choice-and-blogjects/comment-page-1/#comment-7426 chris Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:02:04 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/06/12/information-choice-and-blogjects/#comment-7426 I have no claim to credit, what you are seeing is a satisfaction at feeling a little bit of confirmation that these ideas (which so many seem to laugh off) actually have some importance and relevance <em>now</em> not just in relation to a potential singularity... I would recommend adding Ray Kurzweil and Bob Seidensticker to your list for some discussion of that little side-issue. The code magic for comments is the wonderful <a href="http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to Comments</a> plugin... I have no claim to credit, what you are seeing is a satisfaction at feeling a little bit of confirmation that these ideas (which so many seem to laugh off) actually have some importance and relevance now not just in relation to a potential singularity… I would recommend adding Ray Kurzweil and Bob Seidensticker to your list for some discussion of that little side-issue.

The code magic for comments is the wonderful Subscribe to Comments plugin…

]]> By: Doug Noon http://chrislott.org/story/information-choice-and-blogjects/comment-page-1/#comment-7343 Doug Noon Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:37:28 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/06/12/information-choice-and-blogjects/#comment-7343 I will credit you with pointing - and now encouraging me - toward this new fascination with "Why Things Matter." Sterling, Bleecker, Latour, and...I don't know who is going to be dragged into this before I'm done. Lott is behind it all. I was at the Rasmussen earlier today looking for clues. While I'm here I wonder what bit of code magic is working in your Wordpress Blog that reminds it who I am and allows me to be notified of follow-up comments. Is there a plugin that enables this excellent feature? I will credit you with pointing – and now encouraging me – toward this new fascination with “Why Things Matter.” Sterling, Bleecker, Latour, and…I don’t know who is going to be dragged into this before I’m done. Lott is behind it all. I was at the Rasmussen earlier today looking for clues.

While I’m here I wonder what bit of code magic is working in your Wordpress Blog that reminds it who I am and allows me to be notified of follow-up comments. Is there a plugin that enables this excellent feature?

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