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July 17, 2008 • 2:09 pm

Dan Roam and the 21st century feedback loop

How’s this for a piece of zeitgeist?

I posted yesterday about Dan Roam’s book The Back of the Napkin. Overnight, he picks up a Google Alert about my blog post and in turn, comments – and posts a very nice response in return.

Might need to look at updating my sketch to map the ongoing impact….

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  1. Cliff Burns says:
    July 17, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Ah, the immediacy of the internet. Instantaneous responses and feedback. Punching “Google” brings all the latest citations on a certain subject. And once your info/article is out there, it’s immediately available for everybody around the world to read. If that doesn’t give one sober second thoughts…

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