Showing posts with label don't believe the hype. Show all posts
Showing posts with label don't believe the hype. Show all posts

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...