Musings On Monoculture

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The idea that the Internet has created or is creating some kind of global monoculture has been a topic of some conversation lately. I’m as keen as the next geek about the possibilities that the net brings, but a monoculture? Not so fast. Proponents of this idea say that the Internet has brought about extreme, unprecedented and revolutionary change. Let’s look at the merits of the argument as it relates to different elements of the Internet. Email was one of the first parts of the Internet that most people started using. But email isn’t a paradigm shift; it takes the … ☛

First we shape our dwellings. Then our dwellings shape us.

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I love this beautiful turn of phrase from Winston Churchill. I encountered it painted on the wall of a truly lovely home in my neighbourhood. The owners of that home have frequently opened their doors to the community for meetings about neighbourhood initiatives, and they have, indeed, lived up to Churchill’s words, as their home is beautiful, well-maintained, and inviting, and every bit as charming as the people who occupy it. It pains me to admit that my own home, while it is a “Thing I Love,” is likely shaping its inhabitants a little differently. Small, rather messy, with second-hand … ☛

A Cobbler Is Not A Cobbler To Mend His Own Shoes

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So a number of years ago I started to learn HTML and build websites. My first forays into this were genuinely amateur, but over the years I have learned a thing or two, and now I can design a decent website in short time. This website is the long-overdue reboot of my own personal website, which I put together in about half a day. I have designed lots of sites for lots of people, but neglected my own. As they saying goes: A Cobbler Is Not A Cobbler To Mend His Own Shoes. I can design a site for you … ☛