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Just for anyone who is not aware - the title is an allusion to Ginsberg's Howl, though he used the word "best". Another tech related article that Howl allusion
by rjbwork 11y ago
Just for anyone who is not aware - the title is an allusion to Ginsberg's Howl, though he used the word "best".
Another tech related article that Howl allusion that always sticks in my mind is http://www.fastcompany.com/3008436/takeaway/why-data-god-jeffrey-hammerbacher-left-facebook-found-cloudera http://www.fastcompany.com/3008436/takeaway/why-data-god-jef...
If you've not read or heard it, I highly recommend giving a narration by Ginsberg a listen.
- Alex3917 11y agoSee also Howl 2.0: http://www.howl2.com/ http://www.howl2.com/
- mgr86 11y agoI always wanted to see "I am a victim of the Telephone" updated.
- cbd1984 11y ago> If you've not read or heard it, I highly recommend giving a narration by Ginsberg a listen. The narration I have is surprisingly sedate given the text of the poem. Not a criticism, really, just something which struck me as odd.
- mtgx 11y agoI assume he also didn't mention the word "Twitter".
- Joeboy 11y agoAn article I liked a lot that refers to Howl: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/