THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Time

"Time Is The Coin Of Your Life,It Is The Only Coin You Have And Only You Can Determine How It Will Be Spent" - Unknown

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Google+ and Groucho Marx

When Google+ first launched, I received invitations from a couple of people, but Google wouldn't actually let me join. Yes, it was a little embarrassing. Thanks for noticing.

Did you get an early invitation that worked? Or, like me, did you have to wait? Cunning Google. They divided us into "haves" and "have nots."

The world of personal computing always has moments of exclusivity. In the early days only academics had access to email. Now everybody has it. Personal computers used to be rare. Now they're ubiquitous. Facebook was exclusive, restricted to Harvard and then the Ivy League. Now it has 500 million members. In the early days, personal computing is scarce until a jolly democratic impulse takes over (to say nothing of market forces), and everyone comes barging in.

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