I think we're about half way through this arc on The Conversations with the Past. This arc is based on a nine year old article by Chris Locke, Faster Horses! sent to me by Jim Sterne. This arc are an experiment in trans-temporal communication; a kind of "Can we learn from the past?" thing and some of the interactions are a little strained. I will be offering a "lessons learned" post at the end of this arc. Already I've acquired so much regarding what has and hasn't changed in nine years.
Part 1 had Mr. Locke waking up in the middle of the night and asking me some questions. Part 2 went into why we dream what we dream and what would have to happen for someone to dream about ecommerce. Part 3 ended with Mr. Locke going to a prospect meeting and in Conversations with the Past, Part 4 Mr. Locke was engaging with the prospect. Part 5 found Mr. Locke going into metaphor and being distracted. To make things a little easier to read, Mr. Locke's article will be in standard text, my responses in italics.
"Mediaspace is that concatenation of Weltanschauung, Zeitgeist and communication bandwidth that provides new opportunities for wealth creation at any given historical juncture," I orate. "It is the constellation of unbridled desire conjunct with the potential for ultimate fulfillment."
This sounds like a Dilbert cartoon KBar sent me once. I even used part of the cartoon in my quotes list. "Incentivize the resources to grow your bandwidth to your end-state vision." and "Don't open the kimono until you ping the change agent for a brain dump and drill down to your core competencies." - Dogbert, while committing consult and blabbery.
Heads nod knowingly around the table. Finally I am in my element: total bullsh?t.
At Dogbert or at your bullsh?t?.
"But what does this have to do with horses?" some ?sshole demands. There's one in every meeting. But I'm ready for him this time.
A horse or an a-hole?
"Note that I said 'unbridled desire' -- do you know anything about horses?" I ask, snottily.
My wife's a gifted equestrian. I use horse metaphors quite a bit myself. Does that count?
(more to follow...)
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Links for this post:
- Chris Locke's Faster Horses!
- The Conversations with the Past blog arc
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