Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Trust no one

Ah, April Fool's Day.

In a regular year, I try to keep my head down and just get through the day. I am the most gullible person on the planet; no matter how many years pass, it still never occurs to me that while a friend is chatting away, their real purpose may be to dupe me into believing a lie.

This year may be worse than usual - pranks here seem to be well-developed & fiendishly devious. Sigh.

But here's a charming one from Fora.tv: Fwitter - "now you have time to get smart". And it's closer to the truth than you'd think; there's already one site offering wisdom in 90 second doses. But not Fora - they make us raise our game, schedule time to listen, to learn. At least, every other day in the year, they do...

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