Deliberate Ambiguity

Twittering for the Week

I was inspired by Tara Hunt's post about getting support from her Internet Friendwork.  I've been loathe to use Twitter and Facebook status updates because of losing control over self-marketing and having professional/personal/casual relationships all be blended into one big information stream.  Or whatever.  Life has been getting more transparent for years.  Maybe it's more about laziness and the value I can derive out of Tweets like, "Having trouble finding good documents on product messaging" or "Socrates spends 9 books answering Thrasymachus and doesn't seem to get anywhere.  What the Hell?" or "Still a crappy healer in WoW.  What made me think I could be Pope, let alone a good priest?"

I'm going Twitter all week and update my Facebook status regularly and see what happens.

To find out what I'm up to, just check my Twitter page!

My Libertarian Photo in Wikipedia!

While browsing through Wikipedia last week, I noticed a picture in the Libertarianism article that looked really familiar.  I went and checked my Flickr account and yes, indeed, it was my photograph!  Unfortunately, it's now been edited out, but at least I had my moment of fame.

Thinking that I was contributing to the stash of knowledge on the Web, I used to take and tag lots of pictures.  I stopped being so diligent because I figured that mine would never be chosen.  Seeing the graffiti reminded me that the knowledge being created on the Web isn't going to a void.  We're just beginning to harness all of the cool, free, user-created stuff out there. 

On a related note, I'm trying to add or edit a philosopher a day in Freebase.  I'm sure someone, someday, will thank me for having added Fact, Fiction and Forecast by Nelson Goodman to Freebase.