sometimes life is like poetry, and sometimes it makes every muscle in your body ache in the biggest, badest way ...

i moved ... again ... i think this is the twentieth time that i've uprooted, shaken the soil off, and moved myself, my home, and my life ... this time i was busy moving while we at crowd fusion were launching obsessable.com, and while the u.s. economy was coming apart at the seams, and while my material life was spilling into so many different boxes, buckets and moving trucks that i'm certain some of my parts are still scattered between here and there ...

shouts out to our 'dream team' members: brian alvey, randall bennett, evan blass, veronique christensen, barb dybwad, steve friedman, c.k. sample, ryan scheuermann, russel werner, and craig wood -- along with the help of nicholas hance, and kyle sollenberger -- for shaping obsessable to be, well, obsessable.

and to our talented group of freelance authors/curators: matthew bitner, lenny brown, keoni chavez, martin conaghan, blake dudash, matthew eddy, greg elliott, jeremy goldstone, stephen schenck, james murff, and mike sciannamea, for their daily words ...

and here are some of his favorite product profiles:

• T-Mobile G1
• BlackBerry Storm 9530
• Microsoft Xbox 360
• Sony Vaio UX
• Apple MacBook Air
• Apple iPhone 3G

unlike brian, i don't have all of these devices (except brian doesn't have the unreleased Storm and the Android phone, a matter of time i say!)

a very cool thing that we are doing with obsessable is providing our first application that we've built on top of our data, the comparator:

• Big and Beautiful HDTVs
• Thin is in: Thinnest HDTVs

i've received great feedback from some of my 'ungeekier' friends, saying things like: "obsessable is very cool, judith. i have found it easy to use and very informative - even for me to understand. well done!" which reinforces for me that we are doing a good thing with obsessable in making personal tech more personal for a wider audience. sweet ... /smile

to all my friends who wonder where i've been,
it's work that's kept me from this flickr stream,
obsessing on the site you'll find herein,
so take a peek to see my latest dream ... <3<3<3
 
judith meskill
 
of course i had to write a quatrain to celebrate the 'soft launch' of our new pride and joy over at crowd fusion -- obsessable -- a site for everyone who uses personal electronics. thanks for indulging me here! xoxoxox

clay shirky twittered about wordle.com this morning and so i thought i'd give it a try.

i used: straighter edges, horizontal, 'lucida sans', and the 'heat' color palette ... i think i like it ...

i know the butterfly ...
Originally uploaded by jude

"... THE BEE is not afraid of me,
I know the butterfly;
The pretty people in the woods
Receive me cordially.

The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play.
Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?
Wherefore, O summer’s day? ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

"... Partake as doth the Bee,
Abstemiously ..."

 
Emily Dickinson

 
in memory of Louise Halper.

"... THE BUTTERFLY obtains
But little sympathy,
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology.
Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat,
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute.
Had he the homely scutcheon of modest Industry,
’T were fitter certifying for Immortality ..."
 
Emily Dickinson
 
yesterday i stepped into the garden to catch what turned out to be a nanosecond of repose for this cabbage white butterfly that was flitting about the liatris ... happy weekend, dear friends ... xo

"... Bees are Black, with Gilt Surcingles --
Buccaneers of Buzz.
Ride abroad in ostentation
And subsist on Fuzz.

Fuzz ordained -- not Fuzz contingent --
Marrows of the Hill.
Jugs -- a Universe's fracture
Could not jar or spill ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

i guess certain bloggers would be considered 'buccaneers of buzz' too, eh? /smile

"... I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --
I feel the old desire --
A Hurry with a lingering, mixed,
A Warrant to be fair --

A Competition in my sense
With something hid in Her --
And as she vanishes, Remorse
I saw no more of Her ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

tis flicker time on flickr, once again,
this fellow shared his visage, oh so fair,
he flew in for a moment, looking zen,
and posed in blue bokeh, that's oh so rare ... xo

judith meskill

this yellow headed blackbird shared a wish,
and jumped onto this branch with a fine swish,
"oh happy birthday lucy," she did sing,
"for all the happy 'bird' days that you bring" ... xo
 
judith meskill
 
please join me in wishing my sweet sister, lucy a happy birthday today! xo