http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/02/london-wifi-needed-september-7th/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/02/london-wifi-needed-september-7th/#comment-7698 Tim Kitchin Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:04:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1743#comment-7698 Absolutely nothing to do with yr post. But a response to the cartoon. Reminds me of one of my all time favourite moments form literature. The lead character in Camus' 'La Peste' spends all book/plague/war long trying to write the first line of his great novel. Endless permutations follow in a metaphorical struggle to achieve the perfect first line (a metaphor for a blameless existence). His final comment at 'the end', is delivered with resigned triumph of having made progress: 'J'ai supprime tous les adjectifs'. (I've deleted all the adjectives). I think your pictures are really great at removing the 'clutter' from communication. It's a talent I envy. 'The market for something to believe in is infinite.' Love that. Yr a funny fella. Absolutely nothing to do with yr post.
But a response to the cartoon.
Reminds me of one of my all time favourite moments form literature.
The lead character in Camus’ ‘La Peste’ spends all book/plague/war long trying to write the first line of his great novel.
Endless permutations follow in a metaphorical struggle to achieve the perfect first line (a metaphor for a blameless existence).
His final comment at ‘the end’, is delivered with resigned triumph of having made progress: ‘J’ai supprime tous les adjectifs’.
(I’ve deleted all the adjectives).
I think your pictures are really great at removing the ‘clutter’ from communication.
It’s a talent I envy.
’The market for something to believe in is infinite.’ Love that.
Yr a funny fella.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/02/london-wifi-needed-september-7th/#comment-7697 Evelyn Rodriguez Sat, 03 Sep 2005 07:52:24 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1743#comment-7697 Hugh: BTW, thanks for all your wiki efforts too. You may be right. I think that was evident after the tsunami too. The blog format wasn't working for The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog immediately in the aftermath. And then Constantin (<a href="http://blog.basturea.com/)" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://blog.basturea.com/)" rel="nofollow">http://blog.basturea.com/)</a></a> helped them set up a wiki asap. Wikis are great for coordinated collabaorative efforts and projects. Whereas I like blogs for single thought-streams. I think the simplicity of SMS and ubiquity of cellphones should also be tied into some kind of always available via Red Cross or someone "emergency wiki" mobile wiki system - with moblogging's ease. Internet access and power wasn't that ubiquitous (BEFORE and) after the tsunami, but cellphones were. However, blogs are simpler than wikis thus far. The user interface is still a bit on the rough side (i.e. my mom would never figure out how to edit a wiki as they are today even if it was an emergency; she could post to a blog). Simple WYSIWIG wikis like SocialText's new Wikiwyg are needed. And even I'm too lame to figure out how to host a wiki (and I need one for the upcoming tsunami anniversary project). Hugh: BTW, thanks for all your wiki efforts too. You may be right. I think that was evident after the tsunami too. The blog format wasn’t working for The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog immediately in the aftermath. And then Constantin (http://blog.basturea.com/) helped them set up a wiki asap.
Wikis are great for coordinated collabaorative efforts and projects. Whereas I like blogs for single thought-streams.
I think the simplicity of SMS and ubiquity of cellphones should also be tied into some kind of always available via Red Cross or someone “emergency wiki” mobile wiki system — with moblogging’s ease. Internet access and power wasn’t that ubiquitous (BEFORE and) after the tsunami, but cellphones were.
However, blogs are simpler than wikis thus far. The user interface is still a bit on the rough side (i.e. my mom would never figure out how to edit a wiki as they are today even if it was an emergency; she could post to a blog). Simple WYSIWIG wikis like SocialText’s new Wikiwyg are needed.
And even I’m too lame to figure out how to host a wiki (and I need one for the upcoming tsunami anniversary project).

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