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  • Tweeting With the Stars, Volume 5: Deepak Chopra, Volume 2

    This is hardly worth mentioning, since me and Deepak are already good buddies, but I thought this exchange was interesting. A few days ago, Deepak tweeted: To which I replied: And he replied: Which is still mostly meaningless (as usual), but at least he admitted his mistake. I was somewhat kind to Chopra in my last…

  • Podcamp London + Contemplative Goose

    On Saturday I attended Podcamp London. A podcamp is a gathering of people interested in blogging, podcasting, social media, and other technologyish internetty stuff. It’s referred to as an “unconference”, because the format is unconventional. There are few rules, and anyone is free to throw a presentation onto the schedule. I guess I count as…

  • First Person Plural

    We need to abandon the idea that each of us has one cohesive identity. Everyone possesses multiple personalities, each with their own set of motivations, goals, and quirks. Call them what you want, but there’s always the rational part, the mind, driven by cool rationality, always thinking it’s calculated what’s best for you. Then there’s…