http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2007/05/shift-happens/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:32:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2007/05/shift-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Phillip Kerman Mon, 21 May 2007 16:25:40 +0000 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/wordpress/?p=274#comment-248 I like this version much better than the video one I saw... it was painful to sit through the pauses. Generally, it's a good set of slides but I'd still dispute a few of the facts if not the implications. Also, there are no references that I can see. For example, saying the population is less than the number of text messages "sent and received" each day makes me wonder if that counts each message twice--isn't each message sent also one that is received? Or maybe some people send one message to several receivers. Whatever, it's still good. I just wouldn't want people to take the sound-bite-stats and believe them as is. I like this version much better than the video one I saw… it was painful to sit through the pauses. Generally, it’s a good set of slides but I’d still dispute a few of the facts if not the implications. Also, there are no references that I can see. For example, saying the population is less than the number of text messages “sent and received” each day makes me wonder if that counts each message twice–isn’t each message sent also one that is received? Or maybe some people send one message to several receivers. Whatever, it’s still good. I just wouldn’t want people to take the sound-bite-stats and believe them as is.

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