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https://ribbonfarm.com/2014/07/16/close-encounters-of-the-missing-kind/ Close Encounters of the Missing Kind — Ribbonfarm My daily routine is a strange attractor. Every morning, I decide whether to hit one of the cafes on my regular circuit or work at the desk I rent from a local… close encounters missing kind ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/05/05/why-some-drives-are-fun/ Why Some Drives are Fun — Ribbonfarm Still figuring out the art of dashboard cam live video-blogging. Bear with the umms and aahs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nHtVBx-Zaw drives fun ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2009/06/07/zen-and-the-art-of-google-wave-mechanics/ Zen and the Art of Google Wave Mechanics — Ribbonfarm Much of the discussion around Google Wave so far has been down-in-the-weeds prosaic and business-like. So I decided to seek out physicist turned Zen Master,… zen art google wave mechanics https://ribbonfarm.com/2007/08/05/july-2007-roundup/ July 2007 Roundup — Ribbonfarm The first month of operation turned out to be pretty exciting. Ribbonfarm.com went from zero to 17 articles at a brisk average pace of just over an article… july 2007 roundup ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2009/07/07/the-epic-story-of-container-shipping/ The Epic Story of Container Shipping — Ribbonfarm If you read only one book about globalization, make it The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger , by Marc… epic story container shipping ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2012/10/23/navigating-the-holey-plane/ Navigating the Holey Plane — Ribbonfarm Guest post by Drew Austin of Kneeling Bus , an excellent blog about urbanism and cities. Although connectedness is the spirit of the city, and will probably… navigating holey plane ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2019/06/27/regenerations/ Regenerations — Ribbonfarm Tomorrow, along with my wife and cat, I'll be getting on a plane on a one-way trip to Los Angeles, where I will be living for at least a year. As I mentioned… ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2013/01/31/stone-soup-for-the-capitalists-soul/ Stone-Soup for the Capitalist's Soul — Ribbonfarm The fable of Stone Soup is probably my favorite piece of European folklore. In the Russian version, which I prefer, called Axe Porridge, the story goes… stone soup capitalist soul ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2009/05/21/bays-conjecture/ Bay's Conjecture — Ribbonfarm A few years ago, I was part of a two-day DARPA workshop on the theme of bay conjecture ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/comments/ Commenters — Ribbonfarm Ribbonfarm commenters ranked by weighted quality score, with full comment histories. commenters ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/series/highlights-tour/ Highlights Tour — Ribbonfarm A curated tour of historically significant Ribbonfarm posts highlights tour ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2022/01/06/random-acts-of-x/ Random Acts of X — Ribbonfarm The phrasal template random acts of ________ is clearly one of my favorites. I seem to have used it 20+ times on Twitter in the last few years. Here are the… random acts x ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2015/05/20/pretending-to-care-pretending-to-agree/ Pretending to Care, Pretending to Agree — Ribbonfarm A couple of years ago, I happened to catch the tail-end of a performance of Thornton Wilder's 1938 play Our Town on TV, and the poignant closing soliloquy… pretending care agree ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/03/towards-thick-strategy-narratives/ Towards Thick Strategy Narratives — Ribbonfarm Narratives are getting to be a hot topic, so you'd think I'd be pleased that I've just published a book where they play a central role. A few people have even… towards thick strategy narratives ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2014/05/08/science-and-other-off-the-wall-etudes/ Science! and Other Off-the-Wall Études — Ribbonfarm Last year, around this time, I posted a selection of attempted aphorisms from my Facebook wall (you can follow my public posts if you want the live firehose).… science wall ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/11/29/the-pomodoro-technique/ The Pomodoro Technique — Ribbonfarm The last few times we've chatted, my good friend and fellow time-management-hacker, Erik Marcus , has been urging me to try out something called the Pomodoro… pomodoro technique ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/authors/ Authors — Ribbonfarm All contributors to Ribbonfarm, sorted by post count. authors ribbonfarm https://www.dltn.io/posts/on-ribbonfarms-portal-and-flags On Ribbonfarm's Portal and Flags People who spend their time debating others online are throwing their precious hours of human existence into a pit they'll never retrieve them from. It's the... ribbonfarm portal flags https://ribbonfarm.com/2008/09/01/the-bloody-minded-pleasures-of-engineering/ The Bloody-Minded Pleasures of Engineering — Ribbonfarm Welcome back. Labor Day tends to punctuate my year like the eye of a storm (I've been watching too much Hurricane-Gustav-TV). For those, like me, who do not… bloody minded pleasures engineering ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/03/10/the-return-of-the-barbarian/ The Return of the Barbarian — Ribbonfarm Our cartoon view of history goes straight from the Flintstones to Jetsons without developmental stages of any consequence in between. Hunter-gatherers and… return barbarian ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2016/07/13/welcome-to-nixonland/ Welcome to Nixonland — Ribbonfarm Rick Perlstein's Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008) is something of a biography, something of a history, and something of… welcome ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2015/05/07/weaponized-sacredness/ Weaponized Sacredness — Ribbonfarm On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, just north of Los Angeles, California, failed catastrophically and sent a wave of water through the valley that caused… weaponized sacredness ribbonfarm https://www.ribbonfarm.com/ ribbonfarm constructions in magical thinking ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/copyright/ Copyright — Ribbonfarm Ownership All posts written by Venkatesh Rao are copyright © Venkatesh Rao, 2007–2024. All posts by named guest contributors are copyright ©… copyright ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to "The Office" — Ribbonfarm My neighbor introduced me to The Office back in 2005. Since then, I've watched every episode of both the British and American versions. I've watched the show… gervais principle office according ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2012/06/20/the-mysteries-of-money/ The Mysteries of Money — Ribbonfarm There was a brief period early in the life of ribbonfarm when I thought the blog was about business. But I was never quite comfortable with that idea, though I… mysteries money ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/author/vagrant/ Venkat — Ribbonfarm Posts by Venkat on Ribbonfarm. venkat ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2014/09/17/we-have-them-surrounded-in-their-tanks/ We Have Them Surrounded in Their Tanks — Ribbonfarm surrounded tanks ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/05/21/timepass-and-boredom/ Timepass and Boredom — Ribbonfarm HT Justin Pickard , Timepass and Boredom in Modern India . This seems very similar to Robert Levine's The Geography of Time in spirit, but more of a drill-down… timepass boredom ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/11/16/the-evolution-of-the-american-dream/ The Evolution of the American Dream — Ribbonfarm Remember the pigs in George Orwell's Animal Farm and their sloganeering? In the beginning of the story, when they overthrow the humans, they lead with the… american dream evolution ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2021/07/01/mjd-59396/ MJD 59,396 — Ribbonfarm I've developed two obsessions through the pandemic that I think will persist long past the end of it, probably to the end of my life: tinkering and… mjd 59 396 ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2018/01/09/boat-stories/ Boat Stories — Ribbonfarm Last year, I discovered Ursula LeGuin’s fascinating talk, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction , ( transcript ) by way of Donna Haraway’s equally interesting talk… boat stories ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/comments/archive/ Top Comments — Ribbonfarm The 6,620 highest-quality individual comments from Ribbonfarm's 17-year discussion archive. top comments ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2019/12/13/disassembling-the-empathy-machine/ Disassembling the Empathy Machine — Ribbonfarm In this talk, Bryan Lehrer talks about the idea of VR as an disassembling empathy machine ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2012/10/31/deskless-in-seattle-future-of-data-survey/ Deskless in Seattle, Future of Data Survey — Ribbonfarm First off, thanks to my guest bloggers in the past couple of weeks, Drew Austin and Kevin Simler , for covering for me. It's been a crazy-chaotic time for me… data survey deskless seattle future ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2008/05/05/art-for-thought/ Art for Thought — Ribbonfarm Conversations about 'what is art?' bore me. Conversations about 'what is art for ?' on the other hand, I find arresting. I have a simple answer that works for… art thought ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2017/06/13/ten-years-of-refactoring/ Ten Years of Refactoring — Ribbonfarm Today marks the 10th birthday of ribbonfarm. I launched this blog on June 13, 2007 (with a book review ). The first comment rolled in a few weeks later,… ten years refactoring ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/05/04/haircuts-and-the-guy-clock/ Haircuts and the Guy Clock — Ribbonfarm Haircuts are mind-clearing events for me, and I look forward to them and get anxious if I don't get one for too long. My recent romanticization of barbarian… haircuts guy clock ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-called-legibility/ A Big Little Idea Called Legibility — Ribbonfarm James C. Scott's fascinating and seminal book, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Imp rove the Human Condition Have Failed , examines how, across… big little idea called legibility ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2010/06/09/digital-security-the-red-queen-and-sexual-computing/ Digital Security, the Red Queen, and Sexual Computing — Ribbonfarm There is a technology trend which even the determinedly non-technical should care about. The bad guys are winning. And even though I am only talking about the… digital security red queen sexual computing ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2024/05/02/there-is-no-antimemetics-division-by-qntm/ There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm — Ribbonfarm I’m a little late to the party, but I just finished the wonderfully imaginative There Is No Antimemetics Division (2020) by qntm. The premise is that our world… division ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/05/07/talking-temporal-illegibility-in-montreal/ Talking Temporal Illegibility in Montreal — Ribbonfarm Seb Paquet , a rather unorthodox professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal, runs an interesting group in Montreal called Technologies et Savoirs . I… talking temporal montreal ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2012/03/08/halls-law-the-nineteenth-century-prequel-to-moores-law/ Hall's Law: The Nineteenth Century Prequel to Moore's Law — Ribbonfarm For the past several months, I've been immersed in nineteenth century history. Specifically, the history of interchangeability in technology between 1765, when… nineteenth century hall law prequel moore https://ribbonfarm.com/stats/ Statistics — Ribbonfarm By the numbers: posts, words, authors, comments, and more. statistics ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/ Ribbonfarm Ribbonfarm is a long-running blog by Venkatesh Rao on technology, organizations, culture, and magical thinking. 2007–2024. ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2018/05/12/refactor-camp-2018-livestream/ Refactor Camp 2018 Livestream — Ribbonfarm Just a quick post: Refactor Camp 2018 is currently underway in Austin and you can watch the livestream here . refactor camp 2018 livestream ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2009/12/27/work-life-balance-juggling-spinning-or-surfing-2/ Work-Life Balance: Juggling, Spinning or Surfing? (Rerun) — Ribbonfarm More rerun fun. About a year ago, I was doing a lot more highly visual posts. This one is one of my personal favorites. Good fodder for end-of- the-year… work life balance juggling spinning surfing rerun https://ribbonfarm.com/2009/01/18/the-cloudworker-layoffs-and-the-disposable-american/ The Cloudworker, Layoffs and The Disposable American — Ribbonfarm It has been bitterly cold here in the Washington, DC metro area for the last two days. Experiencing cold as 'bitter' is as much a cultural and emotional… layoffs disposable american ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2012/10/29/the-examined-life/ The Examined Life — Ribbonfarm A useful idea for people interested in narrative-driven decision making is the Socrates quote: the unexamined life is not worth living. Fair enough, but how do… examined life ribbonfarm https://ribbonfarm.com/2007/10/02/is-jeff-bezos-the-new-jack-welch/ Is Jeff Bezos the New Jack Welch? — Ribbonfarm I don't usually read the Harvard Business Review because it is inconvenient to read for free, and expensive to pay for, but I happened to dip into the latest… jeff bezos new jack welch ribbonfarm