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Re: Our neighbor, the President

Chris Kim A — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:47:42 -0000

He reminded me of my grandfather and visa-versa, in many ways. One of them being only having one child, a daughter.

Re: The End of a Year of Firsts

Chris Kim A — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:35:41 -0000

Thank you so much, Patrick! She was loved and is missed by so many! She really made it a point to reach out to those around her, maybe especially those who didn't think anyone noticed or cared, or didn't quite 'fit in' the mainstream. She definitely wasn't mainstream herself, but she sure let her little light shine in the joy and encouragement she tried to bring to those in her life. Really appreciate your finding this and taking the time to comment!

Re: ChrIsuzu – A 26-year-long Surprise Love Affair [part 1]

Chris Kim A — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:56:48 -0000

But, honestly, I don't even want anything new! I just want my car like it was when IT was new!

Re: Kim A Gallery :: Other Drawings :: DevilDebbie

Chris Kim A — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:20:11 -0000

Well, I won't count your Hostess affliction against you as long as you acknowledge that the Little Debbie products are in every way superior :-)

Re: A Day So Nice the Sun Wouldn’t Give It Up

Chris Kim A — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:38:54 -0000

This is from the beach in Venice, CA.

Re: Kim A Gallery :: Other Drawings :: DevilDebbie

Chris Kim A — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:10:57 -0000

Nutty Bars also rule! They are at least equal now to the original Swiss Cake Roll

Re: Good Grief, Not This Crap Again

Chris Kim A — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:02:41 -0000

Akiva, thanks for letting me (and surely many others) off the hook and keeping me from having to online journal that myself... Interesting how everyone handles the frustration of it all in such a wide variety of output (with an equal variety of usefulness and/or value). Web 2.0, for whatever it was or wasn't , as an era, at least, is already passed it's sunset, and we're all fumbling around in the dusk to be the first to find the light switch.

Re: Dr. Private Message | Mark.

Chris Kim A — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:42 -0000

Which, truly, has been my point since the dawning of the 2.0 'revolution'. I'm still working out the vocabulary to discuss it, I guess. Fact is, as far as I've been able to surmise, other than what amounts to slicker .cgi, what people are calling 2.0 today seems an awful lot like 1.0 with contemporary designs on the widgets and new words to describe it.

When the focus of energy and resource turned to building a better copy of an existing (and popular) paradigm were put ahead ahead of considerations of broader end-use and scalability, 1.0 basically became a cracked-out starlet in a Hollywood rehab as far as the general public was concerned. It's taken 10 years to get past the skepticism, and it seems we're perilously close to repeating the cycle.

Not just a disinterested entity, but a disorganized one (with no internal or self-propagating agenda). But there are no good models to go by. I've always wondered, since consumers seem to far outnumber providers, why do we let them tell us what we want?

Re: Dr. Private Message | Mark.

Chris Kim A — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:29:06 -0000

Call it what you will, but Standardization is what has been lacking across the board. Everyone believes it's needed, but they want everyone else to adopt their branded standard, which is, of course, no way to establish a standard.

Serialization of content would be a great boon in moving this along in an orderly way, but, again, it requires a baseline standard that the controlling entities pervasively battle over. What seems to be as much at issue here, as anything, is establishing a trust authority system that is neither so proprietary or cumbersome that platform or OS issues would prevail over use.

In 20 years, the global networking community has gotten as far as (almost) agreeing on <html><body>Hello world.</body></html> being a valid web page. What's up with that?

Re: AP is fighting last century's battle (Scripting News)

Chris Kim A — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:07:21 -0000

Seems like that's where the short circuit continues to show up, where old-school media minds try to get the old model to work just a little longer as they bewail their own impending demise. Of course, you're right. If the focus of their resources were pointed at building a truly new news model, controlling content would naturally follow. It's especially disheartening to watch industry leaders act in desperation.

Re: Support @RelevantStudio - Jon Engle Fights for His Work

Chris Kim A — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:46 -0000

This completely sucks, Jon. Passing the word along. Hey, support is support. Take care of business, but don't let this consume you. All the best.

Re: Why people care how Twitter makes money (Scripting News)

Chris Kim A — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:36:44 -0000

The power has always been in the hands (or, pockets, if you will) of the consumer. Using that power to the benefit of the consumer is something that seems to still be just beyond the grasp of the majority of people who would stand to benefit the most.

Seriously hoping that this new era of "transparency" will aid in enlightening consumers just how the products and services they support (with time and/or money) are being used beyond what's at hand.

Re: There must be some way out of here (Scripting News)

Chris Kim A — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:50:14 -0000

On the one hand, it's the 'end of Twitter', but on the other -- everybody wants to make their own Twitter? Not sure I'm getting this part of it.

The most exciting thing is the brilliant position the tech community is in (still, for the time being, somewhat) to keep control of how much of the 'mainstream' it wants to incorporate, rather than letting the media dictate what we want (and what's important, valuable, etc). This may be as equal as the access ever gets. I hope we can set aside the 'eat or be eaten' fears long enough to hold on to what we have left and use it well.

Re: Why it matters that Twitter is a news platform (Scripting News)

Chris Kim A — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:22:46 -0000

In the Tweet exchange you cite, @harrisj used the term "traditional news" to which you replied with a question about the term "traditional media". Here, you seem to treat the two synonymously. Is that on purpose? While I'll forever go along with McLuhan's "the medium is the message", in this context, I think it is important to acknowledge the distinction. Twitter seems to still be willing to be many things to many people.

Re: Why it's time to break out of Twitter (Scripting News)

Chris Kim A — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:41:36 -0000

Funny, I don't see "pay for placement" to be any different than the route Google (and others) have taken. Since the central point of this discussion is money, it seems out of place to criticize what will likely be in the near future. As Twitter's popularity grew, so did the volume on the "but where's the money?" wailing. So, here's a very direct (and peculiarly obvious) potential income stream. For Twitter.

Whatever effort has been put into building a following the old-fashioned, organic way, is still valuable. Twitter continues to provide a free and open platform for disguising marketing redirects as interesting/helpful/funny updates. Even at 140 characters a shot, you gotta admit, it's pretty cheap advertising.

Th fact that the guy at the top is playing favesies with his buddies is annoying, but not egregious. Obviously, a hard pitfall to avoid, as it seems only right to be nice to your friends and supporters, but it inevitably pisses some people off. Was kind of hoping, naively, that the Internets would keep to the higher road on this kind of thing. It's what you make of it, I suppose.

Re: Why it's time to break out of Twitter (Scripting News)

Chris Kim A — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:28:28 -0000

Always appreciate your candor; thanks for always playing it straight.

Thought-provoking, moving and disturbing. It's always seemed like Twitter's usefulness is offset by the amount of time spent rationalizing its usefulness. For something that got its first big push at SXSW as a freaky nerd BBS for party updates, Twitter continues to mercurially redefine its own purpose in the way that users interact with it.

Of course, one would like to believe that USEFUL = VALUE, but for guys like McCool, Wall, Lerdorf and that scriptingNews guy, it hasn't necessarily broken down that way (directly, if at all). Really too bad, since their hard work and efforts presently make up a good portion of our everyday lives. Ironically, UBIQUITY ≠ VALUE in a system driven by egos.

The economy has everyone on edge. Today, at least, no one is taking the bread out of my mouth, and, thankfully, I'm much less concerned about how much bread other people are getting that I'm not. It makes me nervous when people way smarter than me start kicking sand at each other.

Re: Being Single is Lonely, But I Want to Remain That Way

Chris Kim A — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:20:44 -0000

Yes, and Dog Town, etc. The OC is another area, like the SF Valley, you either like it or not. I love living in Venice, tho, and I'm not buff, nor can I jump. But we do a mean BBQ on the weekends!

Re: Being Single is Lonely, But I Want to Remain That Way

Chris Kim A — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:45:19 -0000

Well, feeling like your heart is broken sucks, but it doesn't have to break _you_. This too shall pass, and all that. You choose how long you let it hold you up: give it an appropriate grieving period and move on. Happiness is only something you can feel in the present; the rest is memory and fantasy.

Good choice on checking out the coast. Sitting on the beach, facing the Pacific can have a very calming effect. Much different than looking out over the Atlantic. Crazy, cool, fun people down in Venice Beach, and the boardwalk has always got something, if not just it's own thing, going on.

Welcome to California.

Re: Shopping For Thanksgiving? Try This Trick To Help The Hungry.

Chris Kim A — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:58:31 -0000

Absolutely brilliant, and timely, as always, Tina!

Re: Google is Changing - and so are 'we'.

Chris Kim A — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:14:08 -0000

Great post, and I think you are definitely onto something, putting the focus on the smaller companies/developers. Distributed development? Why not?!?! The Interwebs are a LOT more enjoyable (and useful) when it's users exchange and interact. I'm still wrapping my brain around most of this, and am having difficulty articulating it just yet, but I'm definitely staying tuned as this, uh, develops.