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July 29, 2008

More people prefer face-to-face in 2008 than 1998

I love this. In line with my father's prediction that pretty soon a large percentage of the population is going to start to reject all the craziness of digital and return to campfire storytelling.

From a British Telecom study (I assume for the UK population) via Mediasnackers' Real Life Has More Bandwidth:

"... the preferred method of communication is still face-to-face. In fact, this is even more popular [in 2008] with 68% of people preferring face-to-face contact compared with 51% ten years ago."

Image reproduced from flickr set by Will Lion.

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July 12, 2008

Acoustic Live show in London

Finally had my first live acoustic show in several years, also first in London, on Thursday night. My friend and coworker Tomas filmed most of the show on his Nokia N95 8GB. His note is below. It's actually pretty good quality considering it was on his phone. Check out the full youtube playlist of the show, or check the videos below.

From Tomas:

My phone’s camera decided to go on standby just as Colin started the Improv. I missed exactly the part where he sings about the office and work … so at least I’ll share Colin’s Facebook status from Wednesday evening:

I want to leave the office.
I am not leaving the office.
My head feels like a computer.
This is why mobile is the way forward.

1.) Caste on a Hill

2.) Moist Lies

3.) God and America (tentative title, may change)

4.) Improv (part 2)

5.) Destination Non Specific

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July 10, 2008

Dancing feet to power a new London club

Check this from the ever inspiring source for new biz ideas Springwise: "dance energy has popped up again in the form of an eco nightclub that's slated to open next week in London."

That's hot. I'm definitely gonna have to free the white booty that night.

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July 9, 2008

Vice President Nunn?

After reading the full list of potential vice presidential listed by CNN, I'm leaning toward Sam Nunn, former Senator from Georgia.

To me it's more important to choose someone who's actually going to improve your ability to lead than just "deliver" a certain state. This guys seems like a no nonsense, national security, international policy guy who kind of looks like a Democratic version of Dick Cheney.

Plus, the fact that he's been out of the scene since 1996 actually gives him more credibility with regard to Obama's message of change in Washington. All the others seem too much image, not enough deep credibility based on the CNN descriptions. Thoughts?

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