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created Apr 26, 2008 by Jim Cowie
11 responses
Jim Cowie
I really like this essay.
Jim Cowie
I know it
Jim Cowie
er, I know it's kool-aide, but I want another cup.
Arkansan
I really like this essay, too. The pleasure of reading it reminded me of how I felt now and then when I used to have to go to those awful academic conferences (love retirement)and listen to dreadful, dull papers. Then I'd happen upon a grad student with fresh ideas. Neat. Thanks for the post.
Arkansan
I wonder if his book is as much fun.
todd
OK, y'all's comments finally made me read the essay, despite a deep antagonism towards Shirky. I'm sorry to have to report, it is good. But there's a cop-out:
"And every half-hour that I watched that was a half an hour I wasn't posting at my blog or editing Wikipedia or contributing to a mailing list. Now I had an ironclad excuse for not doing those things, which is none of those things existed then. I was forced into the channel of media the way it was because it was the only option. "
Nonsense. He wasn't forced into not being productive, and constructing the valid use of time only with respect to the information media is silly.
smckenzie23
"Here's something four-year-olds know: A screen that ships without a mouse ships broken."
smckenzie23
Funny. In her daycare, (my daughter is almost 3) they have a computer. Part of the time the kids get to play some simple little game that has puppies. The other night when I was putting her to sleep, Eliza said "some day, I'm going to jump into the computer and be with all the puppies."
smckenzie23
HA!
smckenzie23
"(NOTE 4/27: Comments aren't working right -- working to figure out the problem -clay@shirky.com)"
smckenzie23
WHERE IS MY FRIGGIN' MOUSE, A-HOLE!?!
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