IgniteAmherst 2013 #04 A Birdie Told Me by Anita Licis-Ribak

A BIRDIE TOLD ME A SECRET!

Anita Licis-RibakCo-Founder, FromABirdie.com

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A dear friend was diagnosed with cancer and your site gave all of us a personal opportunity to show our love.

… your website gave a lot of people who couldn’t travel a chance to “be there” for my parents’ 50th anniversary.

This is such a great way to honor our CEO in his

retirement!

My husband just came back from the war –he was

moved to tears more than once by the letters.

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… a wonderful website. I bet you make a lot of people happy.

… the best thing I’ve seen in ages!

… this site has made us all look like really thoughtful people.

… it brings a much needed old-world feel to relationships.

The album of letter is very, very touching

… some of the letters moved me to tears.

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All media and all technologies have biases - a tendency to promote one set of behaviors over another.

Douglas Rushkoff, Program or Be Programmed

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Instead of epistles sent to one specific person at one specific address, correspondence has warped into casual exchange, often sent to several people at a time.

Christian McEwenWorld Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down

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Most of my letters were written by hand, that is to say, in comfortable alignment with the speed of thought.

Christian McEwenWorld Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down

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Email is distinguished by little more than its fragmentation and its misspellings, its utter transience. […] There are no pages now to muse and ponder over.

Christian McEwenWorld Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down

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… instead of optimizing our machines for humanity […] we are optimizing humans for machinery.

Douglas Rushkoff, Program or Be Programmed

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Timely not real-time. Rhythm not random. Moderation not excess. Knowledge not information.

These are a few of the many characteristics of the Slow Web.

Jack ChengThe Slow Web

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http://FromABirdie.com

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A BIRDIE TOLD ME A SECRET!

Anita Licis-RibakCo-Founder, FromABirdie.com

Wednesday, March 6, 13