Archive for the 'polemic' Category
Professional screamer exposed as ignorant fool on MSNBC
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 18th, 2008 in polemic, politics.American political thought is dominated by talking heads and media personalities who get on TV and radio programs and shout inane platitude’s at their audience and each other. If you’re like most Americans, you accept these platitudes, unless they run contrary to your preferred bias in which case you then turn to American Idol and [...]
Signs of Bubble 2.0: Tons of “me too” Black sites launching
3 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 22nd, 2008 in Conjecture, Start-ups, Tech Musings, Web 2.0, polemic, round-up, stupid ideas.There has been a ton of talk about Bubble 2.0, it started with Fred Wilson back in March of ‘05, was picked up by Vulture Central in Oct of the same year and has since since spawned everything from an official blog to a Wikipedia entry. However, the only sure sign that Bubble 2.0 is [...]
Andrew Keen’s Against You: Why Old Folks Hate Web 2.0
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello June 9th, 2007 in A-List Bloggers, A-List Blogs, Andrew Keen, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, a-listers, polemic, trend.Yesterday, ChangeThis posted an essay entitled “Against You: A manifesto in favor of audience“, by Andrew Keen. Keen is famous for two things, the 18 month flame-out of Audiocafe.com and the merciless taunting of Web 2.0 boosters. The essay is a jaded, bitter and over-simplified rehashing of Jaron Lanier’s more academic essay, Digital Moaism. [...]
Andrew Keen’s Against You: Why Old Folks Hate Web 2.0
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 9th, 2007 in A-List Bloggers, A-List Blogs, Andrew Keen, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, a-listers, polemic, trend.Yesterday, ChangeThis posted an essay entitled “Against You: A manifesto in favor of audience“, by Andrew Keen. Keen is famous for two things, the 18 month flame-out of Audiocafe.com and the merciless taunting of Web 2.0 boosters. The essay is a jaded, bitter and over-simplified rehashing of Jaron Lanier’s more academic essay, Digital Moaism. [...]
