Ed’s blog

July 27, 2007

Observation of the day

Filed under: Uncategorized — simnett @ 9:32 am

That idea/concept is like a unicorn, perfect in everyway, except it doesn’t exist.

July 16, 2007

jet lag induced(?) observation of the day

Filed under: Uncategorized — simnett @ 6:02 am

The problem with booms is that the rising tide tends to make being clever redundant, at best, and very often counterproductive.

July 6, 2007

Ed Sim on Facebook vs Linkedin

Filed under: Uncategorized — simnett @ 1:17 pm

Ed Sim on Facebook vs Linkedin

LinkedIn has repeatedly stated that it believes people will have two profiles, one professional that is maintained on LinkedIn and one personal which is maintained on MySpace or Facebook.  I don’t doubt that at this time, but I must admit that while Facebook has mostly been about friends and personal relationships, I have been surprised at the number of professional and business contacts wanting to add me as a friend on Facebook ever since it opened up its platform.

My comment

… I have used Linkedin since the early days, and am now facebooking (post APIs etc). There are clearly link/friend collectors on both networks… (more)

Evolution of Religion?

Filed under: Uncategorized — simnett @ 1:10 pm

 Look what Wilson thinks of Dawkins on religion

In The God Delusion Dawkins makes it clear that he loathes religion for its intolerance, blind faith, cruelty, extremism, abuse, and prejudice. He attributes these problems to religion and thinks that the world would be a better place without it. Given recent events in the Middle East and even here in America, it is understandable why he might draw such a conclusion, but the question is: What’s evolution got to do with it?

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