December 2007
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The Irony of Continuous Innovation
I’ve posted about Lautréamont before, and how he perceived progress back in 1870, but really… that’s hardly an original thing to do, we could name quite a few others who have been inspired -oftentimes blinded in fascination- by the brilliance of his sayings.
It’s not without a great deal of irony that us technologists/artists/scientists/geeks turned entrepreneurs look...
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Informed Innovation
For those who want to learn and dare to dream and build, instead of convince themselves of the gospel of web 2.0 shiny stuff, the history of the web is richer than it looks at first sight.
Many of the ideas we now see partially implemented today have been around for many years, some of them for decades, and others for as long as a century.
I’m sure you’ll find this presentation fascinating, I...
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On Progress and Ideas
Not only the “montevidean” pre-figured surrealism and wrote one of the most influential literature works of french literature before he died at age 24, he also had something to say on progress and ideas, giving some insight on how our ethos is at play when we want to be both innovative and true at the same time.
“Plagiarism is necessary. It is implied in the idea of progress....