Author Archives: Thomas Purves

Have feeds made the social web too meta?

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Meta-social aggregators like friendfeed and facebook are turning the web into a mobius strip with a snake in it that’s eating it’s tail. Wondering what would happen if I fed my twitter to my, friendfeed, to my facebook status and … Continue reading →

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Toronto DemoCamp keeps on ticking: number 18

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Toronto’s venerable Democamp event kept on ticking last night at the “supermarket” in Toronto (after too long a break since February). Wonderful crowd out last night. But with the long hiatus the it seems the demand for camps is exceeding … Continue reading →

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This is an electric fish

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Electric fish is pretty awesome. This is an electric fish I met yesterday at the zoo. But I don’t know his name. Electric fish “see” by pulsing an electric current through the water and then somehow watching and parsing the … Continue reading →

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