Saturday, 03/29/03

It dawned on me a minute ago that Clay Shirky's writing style is appealing in large part because it reminds me so intensely of Malcolm Gladwell: clear voice, curveball hyper-apt analogies, big points. Check out their latest efforts and see what I mean: Shirky's Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data, marshalling precedent to suggest 3G cell service is doomed, and Gladwell's Connecting the Dots: the Paradoxes of Intelligence Reform, about the predictable consequences of inevitable intelligence failures. Except for Shirky's focus on software, telecom, and other "new economy" subject matter, I think I'd have a hard time telling them apart. 10:01AM «

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