A message from nekada.com: “meet in a nice restaurant (istanbul, 18 19 20 october) is an event which consists of three dinners. goal is to connect people who are related to new media. so far event took place two times in milano, once in montpellier and once in roma. from 18th until 20th october it …
Month: September 2002
If you’ve noticed, I’ve altered the name of one of my favourite bands, to express what came to my mind – after attending my introductory Alpha course at St George’s church this evening. Nicky Gumble (the guy who started Alpha) is an amazing speaker. He raised this question: do you possess everything good in this …
I feel obliged to post something on the anniversary of the attacks, but don’t know what to write. I’m sorry it had to happen at all, but what’s done has been done. More importantly, instead of indulging in hero-worship or finger pointing, the parties affected should try to understand the problem at its source, and …
My home network is down, so I won’t be too responsive with the emails and such. Which may be just as well, because I should be revising for my GRE and not surfing the web. Cheers.
It’s official: weblogging is now a topic of study at UC Berkeley. Interesting discussions abound about how blogging (as it’s otherwise called) is actually the antithesis of journalism, what with the press being subject to various influences which produce biased reporting. Bloggers, on the other hand, are seldom if ever influenced by profit motives because …
I’m so tired of hearing Dubya blabber on about how the US must attack Iraq, yadda, yadda, yadda. Just because Daddy wasn’t able to finish the job, doesn’t mean that Junior has to. But as for telling US allies that their ‘credibility is at stake’ as they contemplate joining forces, I agree – only an …
Well folks, I’ve registered for my first GRE test which will take place two weeks from now. I’m prepared to re-sit if I feel my scores aren’t good enough to get me into the grad school of my choice. Anyway, scores are valid for five years, so it’s worth getting a good one. So far …
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I’m staying up to catch the last set of the Venus Williams and Chandra Rubin match. My support’s behind Chandra (who’s fully a head shorter than Venus). Considering that she’s had to recover from a number of physical problems, she’s doing pretty well, making up for her (relative) lack of brute strength, with guile. She …
Brendan Dawes, one of our foremost Flash experts, has just written a very relevant article on how content and ideas still prevail over the technology which is used to convey the message. What is heartening to note is his down-to-earth attitude towards work. Like he says, know your target audience, the client, the brief … …