A ONCE-A-WEEK (or so) LIST OF WHAT I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT. WITH 10 = MOST IMPORTANT; AND 1 = NOT SO MUCH
QQ = 10 : USPS
Why do I care about the United States Postal Service?
The Bankruptcy of the USPS, follows closely on the heels of the
decimation of:
the recorded music business
the printed book
newspapers
network television and television news
personal customer service
retail showrooms
a diminution of human vocal communication with the ascendance of QERTY
and much more
Technology is neutral, or is it?
QQ = 9 : QUALITY
I'm thinking of starting a second blog on the subject of Quality.
Qapek's Quality Quotient or QQQ.
I am troubled by the relationship of Technology to Quality.
As a result of technological 'advances' we are witness to the destruction of:
the recorded music business
the printed book
newspapers
network television and television news.
personal customer service
retail showrooms
a diminution of human vocal communication with the ascendance of QERTY
and much more
Does the replacement have a quality equivalent?
Is UPS a better quality service than USPS?
Does Charlie Parker with strings, recorded in 1949
have a 2011 quality equivalent?
Does the physical interface of printed bound paper with hand and
eye have a quality dimension that transcends that of an ipad?
Did NBC's Kraft Television Theater, or the original Twilight Zone
Series have a dimension of quality that has never been reproduced?
Is QWERTY the ultimate form of communication?
Was Orson Wells an aberration?
QQ = 8 : TECHNOLOGY
What would Mozart do with ProTools? Would he tweet?
What would Ansel Adams do with photoshop? Would he IM?
What would Homer do with Micrsoft Word? Would he “poke” me
What would Leonardo Davinci do with CAD? Would he access the
cloud?
QQ = 7 : TWITTER RIOTS, TWITTER SPRING,
The London riots were reported to have been be coordinated
via social media.
The Egyptian spring was reported to have been coordinated via
social media.
Justin Bieber is said to have given birth to a career via a viral
response on social media.
So there we have it.
The quality of twitter and facebook has given us:
Anarchy in London
Anarchy and continuing chaos in Egypt
and of course, Justin Bieber.
Technology is neutral, or is it?
Face-twit-me and I'll qwerty back at yah
QQ = 6 : COPYRIGHT
A Thesaurus for a new age:
Aggregate, Share, Link, Rip
Synonyms for Steal, Rob, Plagiarize, Thieve
Huffington, Drudge, Fox and Google, wherfore art though News?
QQ = 5 : FAIR AND BALANCED
When pondering the concept of quality, it occurs to me that the culture that emanates from the fair and balanced network is one that demands it's pound of flesh in a destructive ever dogmatic anti science, anti intellectual agenda. It is interesting to ponder the meaning of the word “culture” in its relationship to the concept of “growth”. That is in contrast to the word “conservative” with its implication of keeping the status quo and the resulting lack of growth.
Innovation is imperative. Without innovation, we invite the dark age.
Innovation requires education, freedom of speech, freedom of expression
freedom of the press, and economic support.
QQ = 4 : INNOVATION
The definition of the word innovation is associated with the concept of positive change. What an epiphanic concept! Change that moves us forward.
The very word implies quality. Change is change. It requires no quality. However “innovation” requires a positive forward movement.
This is a profound concept that is far removed from current culture.
We suffer greatly from our lack of comprehension of this concept.
Resistance to true innovation is a conservative stance. A historical irony is the position of the Roman inquisition regarding Galileo's postulating Heliocentrism.
They would only support it as a possibility.
Sounds eerily like Rick Perry. “Evolution, a theory that's out there”. 1615 meets 2011.
QQ = 3 : CULTURE
Is culture the exclusive domain of the economically privileged?
Can the poor innovate, paint, write and compose music?
Of course they can and they do..
QQ = 2 : PHILANTHROPY
In my next life I will be a philanthropist. However I will not
focus on cures, shelter and nutrition. Others will.
Rather I will supply the needy with paint, canvas
audio and video media tools and all means of artistic
expression
QQ = 1 : THERE WAS A TIME
Artie Shaw....a consummate man's man, musician's musician,
curmudgeon's curmudgeon, and artists artist.
Listen to "Begin the Beguine," and weep.
He was not a nice man.
Neither was Beethoven.
Neither were Picasso, Hemmingway or Frank Lloyd Wright
Do we require our cultural icons to be “nice”?
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