Skimming Doc Searls’ bio, and I smiled when I read this at the bottom: Since I’m always working on too many things, and will probably never stop, I want my epitaph to read, “He was almost finished.” Bravo.

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You have looked silly before. You will again. However, there are few things that can make you look as silly as playing Toysight, a new collection of games, MacOS X only, where your motions (real, physical motions) control the games. Developed with the iSight in mind, Toysight is, I think, revolutionary. A free demo has…

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A few days ago, I finished A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, a biography by Sylvia Nasar. Like many readers, probably, I had never heard of Nash or this book until seeing the movie with Russell Crowe as Nash. While I’m not sure I would like to meet…

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I had to try at least three Google searches to find my own post about the panopticon on my own website. Ouch!

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Steven Johnson notes on his blog a a bit of extra information about his article for the NYTimes Magazine, Offloading your memories (hope this link doesn’t expire in seven days). In the comments, Anil Dash points to his April 1, 2003 (coincidence!??!) post on “the personal panopticon.” I had my own thoughts on that post…

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It happens occasionally, but not often enough that I’ll let the occasion pass without saving a link. Here’s the full story, on CNET News.com, written by John Borland:

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A map that’s more art than function, at least from San Francisco. But nifty all the same.

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Griffin Technology gets accessories for the Mac right. So I’m taking a chance, and pre-ordering RadioShark, which will let me time-shift radio the same way I time-shift TV with TiVo. Yes, I sound like a damn advertisement, but I’m curious/excited. There are shows like This American Life which I would really enjoy listening to, but…

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A bit over a week ago, I finished a short book with one long title: How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft’s Cult of the Puzzle — How the World’s Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers. Aside from the examples of various puzzles and brain teasers (and their answers!), I felt William Poundstone’s book…

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Steve Outing reminisces about 10 years of online news. He doesn’t seem so enthused about what newspapers have done online to date. I would say it’s still early, although no newspaper has made itself a critical part of my online life to date. I wasn’t at Internet World in 1993, but I was at the…

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