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July 27, 2007
It's Doc Searls' 60th birthday in a few days. Sixty is old. But it wouldn't be fitting to call Doc an old man. He's not. Durn, he's spry for his age! No, Doc isn't an old man, but he is about to become an elder. He didn't get there just by watching the years go by. He got there by working tirelessly for the public good of the Web. Doc thus will be entitled to the perqs given to elders:
Happy birthday in a few days, and much love now, Doc! [Tags: doc_searls village elders ] Posted
by D. Weinberger at July 27, 2007 12:38 PM
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When he talks, you look up from your damn laptop.
Comments
Amen, happy birthday Doc! I'm proud to say I knew him when...
Posted by: Ruby Sinreich | July 28, 2007 06:50 PM
I'm enjoying being 60 even more now after reading your post. Hey, Doc, welcome to the club, young fella.
But did you guys see Ronni Bennett's post about the "fun" elder-hating groups in Facebook? http://www.timegoesby.net/2007/07/facebook-elde-1.html. Groups with names like "Kill the elderly", "F*CK Old PEOPLE", "I hate old people," "OLD PEOPLE SHOULD JUST DIE", and (my favorite) "If this group reaches 2000 people, i will push a old lady down the stiars" (sic). Fortunately, that last group has only 164 people in it so far.
Posted by: Betsy Devine | July 28, 2007 09:33 PM
Thanks, David! Also Ruby and Betsy.
So far so good. I don't feel a day older. (But there are still a few hours left.)
As for the Facebook thing, I did see Ronni's write-up, but haven't had time to look into it. I'm curious to see how the Facebook people handle the matter. One wonders how they'd react if the grouped hate were directed at ethnic groups rather than a demographic category.
FWIW, I'll bet it's mostly the immature reaction of a few young people to the mature decision by Facebook's leaders to make the service serve more than young people alone.
Posted by: Doc Searls | July 30, 2007 05:38 AM
kudos for the elder doc searls from brazil.
we hear you.
Posted by: jose murilo junior | August 1, 2007 03:14 PM