Learn from the mistakes of others

i just completed an online survey.

fascinating what you can learn about an organisation from the questions it asks, and the alternatives it offers.

and, no, i won't be buying the product in question - after all, if i couldn't figure out what it was until you told me - after having watched a video commercial for it twice - well ...

i just completed an online survey.

fascinating what you can learn about an organisation from the questions it asks, and the alternatives it offers.

and, no, i won't be buying the product in question - after all, if i couldn't figure out what it was until you told me - after having watched a video commercial for it twice - well ...

... terrorism is not terror. when you're talking about a war on terror, that's like a war on technique. it's like having a war on blitzkreig, when the germans would suddenly come over the belgian border in tanks. what we really have is a serious disorder problem.

- bruce sterling in bruce mau with jennifer leonard and the institute without boundaries, massive change. (london: phaidon press, 2004)

this is pretty much my response to this 'war on terror' stuff. 'terror' may be a noun: as in 'he felt terror', but the norks that be are meaning to say 'war on terrorism' (but it's not so catchy) ... afterall, having a war on terror is about as absurd a thing as anyone could dream up - i mean, war = terror, right.

i don't even have to go get killed in one to be terrified of war. not putting my hand up to go experience the real possibility.

... terrorism is not terror. when you're talking about a war on terror, that's like a war on technique. it's like having a war on blitzkreig, when the germans would suddenly come over the belgian border in tanks. what we really have is a serious disorder problem.

- bruce sterling in bruce mau with jennifer leonard and the institute without boundaries, massive change. (london: phaidon press, 2004)

this is pretty much my response to this 'war on terror' stuff. 'terror' may be a noun: as in 'he felt terror', but the norks that be are meaning to say 'war on terrorism' (but it's not so catchy) ... afterall, having a war on terror is about as absurd a thing as anyone could dream up - i mean, war = terror, right.

i don't even have to go get killed in one to be terrified of war. not putting my hand up to go experience the real possibility.