Monday, December 27, 2004

airborne... Between Sacramento and Denver, leg one of today's travels, Angela and I in the 20th row with a good view of the holiday humanity in front of us. I'm busy catching up on my podcast listening, Dave Winer chatting to me from his car...it's a remarkable medium that has so many possibilities, both good and bad. The nice thing is we get to choose content providers unlike the claw-like grasp cable and radio companies have. Don't get me started on Comcast and how they get away with raising your bill $3 or $4 a month with no reason other than they can. I'm hoping that when I begin my podcast that I'm providing content that isn't closed in interest to a couple of my roadie friends who really need a hobby. I think that your ego makes you hope that your interests, feelings and thoughts would be valid to others. I'm pretty sure it is fear that is convinced that no one other than the truly twisted would sit through me talking about anything. I'm truely surprised that some of the podcasts I've started listening to actually leave me wanting more. They also have the effect of quelling the fear that my words would go unlistened. I mainly stick to the pioneers at this point but am branching out to others. The people I listen to are not people I would be interacting with otherwise... kinda like some other communities I've gotten involved with in the past 15 years. This discussion of monoculture is very positive, an evolution of interaction and sharing that has been trounced by coporate playlists and these monopolies that force feed the kiddies product camouflaged as art, music, games, "needed" gadgets...perhaps a few of these gadgets will help us 1) break free of the imposed "Norm"; 2) think outside the whatever; 3) share what we have; 4) take it or leave it. At least we will have a choice!!! leg 2; made connections... The delay in take off made the connection tight but we beat our boarding group on. Row 19, crying rug rats and seat kickers behind us. It's an unfair description really; one is younger and cries, the older one LOVES the sound of her voice in all timbres and volumes. I offered Angela the Bose earphones but she declined. It's holiday travel, not bad, not good, a step below typical. Angela offers her first contribution to the blog; "It's like a day care in the sky." Bravo Angela! Going over a saved Source Code from 12-20 which is connected to the Morning Coffee Notes I was listening to. These are simple ideas that could be quite powerful if they are elaborated on and not co-opted by the big boys too early in the process. The more I write about it, the more I want to really dive in, get some egg on my face and go for it. There's no time like the present... now, before someone calls me up and puts me to work, draining all my spare energy and creativity. It's baby walking time on flight 450...God, stop me from kicking back!!!! 3:39:45 PM    comment []