Comments on: Serendipity and a farmer’s daughter…

By: Twitter, cursebird and the Anthropologist | Learning with the Fang

Twitter, cursebird and the Anthropologist | Learning with the Fang — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:53:32 +0000

[...] *serendipity [...]

By: Soccer with Stephen’s CONTENT Cat | Learning with the Fang

Soccer with Stephen’s CONTENT Cat | Learning with the Fang — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:20 +0000

[...] But as for me: I am a citizen of the long tail and proud of it. Like most open source projects and most blogs the most frequent response to my work is none. From time to time I will write a post that attracts a comment or two, and I have plenty of time to respond to each and every one. This is not a problem - it is something I enjoy because I can have real conversations with like minded people. This is the power (or jewel) of the long tail - I am frequently amazed by the rich and surprising connections that develop when I put my stuff ‘out there’ (serendipity). [...]

By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:06:26 +0000

Ben: good one!

By: Ben Gras

Ben Gras — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:49:38 +0000

It sounds better in Dutch.. “Serendipiteit is zoeken naar en speld in een hooiberg, en er uit rollen met een boerenmeid.”

By: Rutger

Rutger — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:13:15 +0000

Arnold Palmer (one of the best US golfers) once said after hitting a hole-in-one and spectators ‘accused’ him of being lucky: “It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get”