ekco

“Whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see. Que Sera, Sera”—theme from The Man who Knew Too Much

In the true spirit of this, I need to give credit to Dave Winer, Alfred Hitchcock, Fatima Abdullah and Steve Sheeren.

Dave Winer wrote this in 1996 on his site DaveNet: “Here’s an invitation to truly embrace the creativity of others. Instead of beating your breast about how great you are, try saying how great someone else is. Look for win-wins, make that your new religion. Establish a policy that nothing will be announced unless it can be shown that someone else will win because of what you’re doing. How much happier we would be if instead of crippling each other with fear, we competed to empower each others’ creativity.”

You can read it in context here: http://davenet.scripting.com/1996/10/24/QueSeraSera

Dave’s site (There was no such thing as a blog at that time) was one of the sites that led me down the path to getting my MFADT at Parsons School of Design. I’ve continued to read his posts, sites and his current blog and think he deserves huge kudos.

Many moons later, I find myself revisiting this message. It’s still relevent. Heck, it’s why I called myself “ekco” in the first place.

This maketh no sense to me. The main feature of the Coolpix is its WiFi connection, yet you need to use the USB cable to set it up first.

well, let’s hear it for Black Friday at Office Depot. I picked up a Nikon Coolpix P2, a 1GB SD card, and an Epson Photomate printer for $450. I swore I’d never go the proprietary battery route again, but couldn’t pass up an opportunity to see how nicely the integrated wifi plays with my other stuff.