it's about throwing stuff away

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Tommy Williams — Thu, 04 May 2006 21:37:25 GMT

You realize that your manager meant that as a compliment, right?

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alexbarn — Thu, 04 May 2006 22:03:51 GMT

i think so tommy ;-)

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BlakeHandler — Thu, 04 May 2006 22:12:19 GMT

Alex –

Your article's title reminded me of a story -- my neighbor was 96 years old when I said to him:

Before I got married I thought I knew what marriage would be like
because I had lived with a girlfriend -- of course, I learned that I was wrong.

Before we had kids I thought I knew what responsibility was because I had owned a dog once before -- of course, I learned that I was wrong once again.

So I asked: “What is it that I think I'm right about at this stage in my life that I will later learn that I'm totally wrong?”

And his pearls of wisdom was -- Throw things away! We collect things that NEVER get used and when you get older it's even harder to get rid of these things.

I've taken this advise to heart. So while I've saved my original
Windows 1.1 disks etc -- there's no reason to keep all of the versions of software that I'm NEVER going to use again . . . . so I've been getting rid of so much junk – and it does feel good.

Blake Handler

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David Henderson — Fri, 05 May 2006 18:59:36 GMT

Right on Steve! You are hitting on the new fundementals of Media 2.0.
I had a post on this a while back......

http://www.blogs.dhenderson.com/David_Henderson/?p=132

In Media 2.0 the fundementals have shifted and so has the leverage:
-Content is abundant
-Distribution is abundant and open
-Attention is scarce - mine is saturated

-Media 1.0 was about find (search)
-Media 2.0 is about filter (delete)

This is a powerful shift!

Alex Barnett blog : My Attention writings

Alex Barnett blog : My Attention writings — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:30:11 GMT

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