Karole Cuddihy gives an excellent analysis of the Mr. A case, I’m quite surprised we don’t have more academics getting online and explaining how the legal system works. There should be a few classes in final year law on how to write for the public and break down the barrier between the stuffy legal clichés and the general public, especially at a time when the trust for lawyers is decreasing even more. The A case was a great lesson on how the legal system works and the whole idea of separation of powers. It’s a pity there wasn’t more outreaching to the general populace to explain the beauty of the system, although Joe Duffy led hysteria might have put lawyers off.
Doc Searls presents at Reboot8.
We are not seats or eyeballs or end users or consumers, we are human beings – and our reach exceeds yor grasp. deal with it.
Sinéad is tempting me to buy more books and dvds.
Seth Godin: How to get traffic to your blog. Rajesh Setty has a less tongue-in-cheek list.
I posted a video before about Diet Coke reacting with Mentos, this is the chemical reaction taken to artistic extremes with 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints.
Machine Gun Mania:I went to a driving range today for the first time in about 15 years or so. I need to toughen my skin. Both hands are covered in blisters. Anyway, here’s an amazing hole in one. It hits the rough and then then then slowly rolls on to the green and into the hole: