____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 24 January 2008 17:10 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Of canaries and coal mines
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>>| At the time, Jason said, ?If I were Apple, I?d be worried about thiOf
>>| canaries and coal miness. Two lifelong Mac fans are switching away from
>>| Macs to PCs running Ubuntu Linux: first it was Mark Pilgrim and now Cory
>>| Doctorow. Nerds are a small demographic, but they can also be the canary in
>>| the coal mine with stuff like this.?
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>> http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/01/17/of-canaries-and-coal-mines
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>> He 'converted' his family too. How things change.
>>
>
> In another article, you mention "tipping point". For this one, as per
> Malcolm Gladwell's magnum opus "The Tipping Point", I would characterise
> these people as the "Early Adopters", those who will influence the
> majority of people to move to the new thing.
There are other major bloggers who have done the same thing. Editors too.
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