Comments on: EPIC ethnography II

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:38:23 +0000

Dick, thanks for your comment! I can't help feeling that this is the comment you leave everywhere you go in the blogosphere. And this could be a problem. I think you are obliged to wonder how so many people could comment so carefully on so many topics, without ever once winning your interest. Frankly, I would be concerned. Otherwise, you invite that Balinese metaphor, the one about the water buffalo listening to a symphony. Thanks, Grant

By: Tom Asacker

Tom Asacker — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:15:04 +0000

Don't be too harsh with Dick. He's simply wondering, imho, if the old phrase should be updated for the 21st century to:

"Those who can do, and those who can't blog."

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:10:27 +0000

I'm reminded of Philip Marlowe's description of chess in Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" as being, "as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency."

By: steve

steve — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:47:22 +0000

Ah, the ever-persuasive all-caps format. Interestingly self-refuting, too, because it demonstrates how a simple semiotic mistake like pressing "caps lock" can destroy one's ability to contribute to a thread (which is part of society).

By: DICK PARK

DICK PARK — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:20:04 +0000

YOU FOLKS SHOULD SEEK GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN
THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES THAT HAVE
REAL VALUE AND THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SOCIETY.

THIS BLATHER IS A AWFUL WASTE OF FINE TALENT.