Sunday, June 28, 2026 Strategy, technology, media, and social systems

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Sorin Adam Matei

Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.

Tag: wikiway

How I learned to accept Wikipedia

My attempts to reject Wikipedia have failed just as this clip from All That Jazz predicted. [youtube]HbLSGYd-Ohc[/youtube] Anger Denial Bargain Depression Acceptance The conclusion of my travails is summarized in this Wikiway document.

The invisible computer is called Chumby

[youtube]nLu-Yb4EIsQ[/youtube] Norman, the psychologist of POET fame (Psychology of Everyday Things) who gave the world the concept of device affordance, shot one of its last shells across the bow in his “Invisible: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So…

Microtrends

An apt summary of a good, although too descriptive book: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/business/16shelf.html