jeremy snyder's meta|remix

i’m considering writing a book. i have a few ideas, mostly about the world we live in and what might happen in the near future. anyone have any advice?

i just got back from a week-long vacation in phuket, thailand over christmas. and in the end, here’s my verdict: it was ok. not great, just ok. Read the rest of this entry »

as i mentioned before, i started using twitter a while ago. but i’m really unimpressed with it. i see a mix of people using it, and for different purposes.

1. those who just have conversations with each other, where every tweet begins with @johndoe
2. those who just use it to push their own services, where every tweet has a tinyurl.com, ow.ly, ping.fm or is.gd link in it
3. those who use it like a digg substitute, with a url as above in it
4. those whose tweets are really what the site was intended for, just personal updates.

so far, i’m not finding too much value in any of those. i hear that you get a lot of breaking news first on twitter, but that’s not a key need for me too often.

and by the way, i always heard the story that twitter started as an offshoot of another company, with the core question being a way to tell people what you’re doing right now, which was observed through people’s status updates in their instant messengers. so why can’t my twitter updates actually update my instant messenger status? i have yet to see a tool that updates my status in skype, adium, pidgin, trillian, aim, etc.

i was interviewed on metaverse tv again, talking about twinity. if you’re on their site, look for the link for shows, then late show, just like my last appearance there. here’s the video: Read the rest of this entry »

so i just finished michael moore’s book “dude, where my country?”. it’s a fun read, heavy at times, and my only real issue is that moore’s writing style can be hard to follow. he drifts between pure statement of fact, sarcasm and shock and outrage. Read the rest of this entry »

i was just listening to a podcast on american public media’s marketplace, and there was a really interesting segment on there. the argument was basically that those who saved are now suffering. Read the rest of this entry »