I had a more than delightful dinner with my friend Nick last night, over at his favorite place in Palo Alto. The conversation was an amazing flow about media consumption, writing, publishing, technology, inventions, news and anything else we could tangentially connect.
I promised him a bunch of links, but then decided I could throw them up here instead.
First up, there was the great New Yorker article on publishing, the iPad and the Kindle. (And if you missed the article on James Patterson a few months ago, read it too.)
Second was the great FB privacy debacle. There is the graph you’ve seen by now. But Joanne nailed this perfectly for me:
Facebook made me feel like I was hoarding people, and yeah, I mean it in the trashy reality TV show sense … I’d rather be a considerate friend to fifteen people than a negligent one to 1,500.
(And, as aside, her blog is one of my favorites, which is perhaps for another time, but I will not deny an intellectual crush [does this even exist?] on her writings.)
Nick, this morning sent me another link — and I’ve seen a couple more in passing even since then. This is the tipping point, my friends. Pay attention.
It’s worth noting though, that much like the techies decried the iPad, they are decrying FB. For the casual user, it’s going to be a while before this backlash trickles down. But it started last week, officially.
Thirdly, Nick hasn’t seen any of the SNL David Paterson skits. So here’s some.
What did I miss, Nick?
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