Category: friends

thanks Doug Davis

On By Rick McIn cycling, friendsLeave a comment

I spent a couple of weeks hanging out with Doug, his wife Diana, and friends in Port Townsend, Washington.

During the winter Doug does much of his training on the porch, monitoring progress recumbent with multiple “apps”.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Diana and I liked how his body heat melted the frost off the window one chilly morning.

why we share online …

On By Rick McIn blogs, books, ethics, friends, internet4 Comments

Jeff Jarvis, author of Public Parts:

We are sharing for good reason—not because we are insane, exhibitionistic, or drunk. We are sharing because, at last, we can, and we find benefit in it. Sharing is a social and generous act: it connects us, it establishes and improves relationships, it builds trust, it disarms strangers and stigmas, it fosters the wisdom of the crowd, it enables collaboration, and it empowers us to find, form and act as publics of our own making.

For individuals, sharing is a choice; that is the essence of privacy.

Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, told me that before the net, we had “privacy through obscurity”. We had little chance to be public because we had little access to the tools of publicness: the press, the stage, the broadcast tower (their proprietors were last century’s 1%). Today, we have the opportunity to create, share and connect, and 845m people choose to do so on Facebook alone. Mr Zuckerberg says he is not changing their nature; he is enabling it. …

read more on Buzz Machine

Jeff Jarvis is defending sharing in an Economist magazine debate with Andrew Keen.

I voted for Jeff.

Online sharing is one of the best things that’s happened in my lifetime. But I’m surprised bloggers have not changed the world MORE.

If you are against empowering idiots to spew hate and misinformation online, your best argument is a blog called “LITERALLY UNBELIEVABLE“:

… examples from Facebook of people who think stories from The Onion are real.

You’d successfully argue that many people shouldn’t be allowed to share online. 🙂

(via Kottke)

Vancouver a lonely city?

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Kate struck a nerve with her recent article in Swerve – Lonely Town.

She reflects on her personal experience after reading a the Globe and Mail story called “Alone, so alone, in Vancouver”:

… I’ve been complaining about loneliness in my adopted city for years, often to skeptical Calgarians who spend their holidays merrily tromping through our rainforest.

My husband has had two career moves that brought us to Vancouver from Calgary, the last time in 2001. This lovely city offers many pleasures; still, as we enter our 12th year here, we constantly dream of Calgary, where, when we visit, our generous, exuberant friends are as eager to seize any chance to see us as they were back when we lived there. In those days we got together all the time, no matter what the weather. At home in rainy North Vancouver, weekends come and go with nary a phone call. If we want to play host, we have to book people weeks in advance. …

Lonely Town

Check the comments.

I’ve suggested Kate take a lover on the side. … Another one, I mean.

Oh, and get a cat. 🙂

Google Doodle

On By Rick McIn friends, travel1 Comment

Kim and Karin’s young son won a contest to have his Doodle up on the Google home page for 24hrs Down Under.

CONGRATS.

The family is on the road: Bali, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India (if the visa’s come in time) Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Namibia, South Africa, Dubai, Argentina and Peru

remembering Rob Glaser

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Ron Shewchuk:

Beautiful video by Michael Glaser documenting a trip by family and friends up Two Pine to commemorate the anniversary of his dad Rob’s passing. Thanks for this, Michael. It’s a fitting tribute that generously shares the experience to those who couldn’t be there today. I can feel the snow on my face.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/35118006

Longs Round-the-World wrap-up

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Warren:

Well, we are actually home now and have been for over a week. All in all it was a fantastic trip and I can’t really say I would have done many things differently …

Wsklong go Round The World

No doubt Warren’s plotting their next escape. 🙂