atw: Re: First impressions of Google Wave? Qualified 'tick'
- From: "Geoffrey Marnell" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:27 +1100
Matthew,
You have misled me. With excited anticipation I ploughed through your
so-called feature (reading the very first paragraph thrice and only
understanding it when I gave up and read your second paragraph) and did not
find my question answered at all. In fact, there was nothing in it at all
about server farms, the energy they use, nor the Google teams that go from
country to country negotiating for places (and special deals) to set up new
electricity generating plants in order to support their Fibonacci-exploding
server farms. The fact that some people find social media useful is neither
here nor there. I'm sure that loggers find forests useful, coal miners find
rich coal seams useful, and heroin addicts find teaspoons useful, but ...
In the grander scheme of things, perhaps it's time to break the surface of
the river.
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
W: <http://www.abelard.com.au/> www.abelard.com.au
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew da Silva
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:48 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: First impressions of Google Wave? Qualified 'tick'
Hi Geoffrey - it's a very valid question, and needs to be answered. You may
also be interested (or you may not) to read this feature I wrote precisely
on this topic recently:
http://anthillonline.com/facebook-defies-negative-spin/
Cheers,
Matthew da Silva BA (Hons) MMediaPrac Syd
m 0434 536 772 | e <mailto:journo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
journo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | w <http://www.matthewdasilva.com/>
matthewdasilva.com | t <http://twitter.com/matt_dasilva>
twitter.com/matt_dasilva
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell
Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2009 4:36 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: First impressions of Google Wave? Qualified 'tick'
Thanks Matthew. You have reminded me to ask a question I've been meaning to
ask this list for some time. Are there any science-trained subscribers who
could put an empirically backed-up figure on the amount of energy needed to
run (and the amount of collateral carbon dioxide thereby produced in order
to run) the scores and scores of server farms that exist solely to host all
the self-centred, narcissistic, ego-aggrandised trivia that is disgorged
into the blogosphere and twittersphere every single day?
Methinks we have fallen too much in love with our reflection. Goodbye Homo
sapiens; hello Homo narcissi.
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
W: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au
ABOUT ME: Oh, there is absolutely nothing that would interest more than a
handful of you, and if there were more: so what?.
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew da Silva
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:57 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: First impressions of Google Wave? Qualified 'tick'
http://happyantipodean.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-get-google-wave-account-all-i
-did.html
Cheers,
Matthew da Silva BA (Hons) MMediaPrac Syd
m 0434 536 772 | e journo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | w matthewdasilva.com
<http://www.matthewdasilva.com/> | t twitter.com/matt_dasilva
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