Comments on: “Prediction is very difficult…” http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/ The most wonderful search engines you've never seen! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:25:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Lorisa http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-11534 Lorisa Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:06:42 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/#comment-11534 Just saw this, and boy, am I flattered to be quoted by you! I've been perusing your blog, and it's fascinating. It's good to know that lots of people are hard at work building a better mousetrap, er, search engine. Can't wait to see what the future brings - whatever that might be! Just saw this, and boy, am I flattered to be quoted by you! I’ve been perusing your blog, and it’s fascinating. It’s good to know that lots of people are hard at work building a better mousetrap, er, search engine. Can’t wait to see what the future brings - whatever that might be!

]]> By: Charles Knight http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-7939 Charles Knight Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:06:31 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/#comment-7939 I appeal to my Higher Power! The Good Book says in James 2:20, "But are you willing to recognize,...that faith without works is useless?" I was only intending to shine the spotlight on any blogger who publishes his or her vision, tries to get it on digg, and then moves on to post about something else. At AltSearchEngines we don't just moan about the plight of the alts, or dream wonderful dreams. Behind the scenes we are contacting vendors, soliciting demos, planning conferences, organizing competitions, and working to "make it so." Any blogger who is actively striving to make their vision *a reality* is A-OK in my book! I appeal to my Higher Power! The Good Book says in James 2:20, “But are you willing to recognize,…that faith without works is useless?”

I was only intending to shine the spotlight on any blogger who publishes his or her vision, tries to get it on digg, and then moves on to post about something else.

At AltSearchEngines we don’t just moan about the plight of the alts, or dream wonderful dreams. Behind the scenes we are contacting vendors, soliciting demos, planning conferences, organizing competitions, and working to “make it so.”

Any blogger who is actively striving to make their vision *a reality* is A-OK in my book!

]]> By: Kaila Colbin http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-7935 Kaila Colbin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:36:28 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2007/09/09/prediction-is-very-difficult/#comment-7935 Wow! Tough words, Mr K. Valuable words, but tough... I may have to respectfully disagree with you on some points, though! ;-) Here's where I'm right on board with you (and your new friend Lorisa): just because you make a prediction doesn't mean you get to kick back and do nothing between now and 2010, or 2020, or whenever your prediction was for! What I would say, though, is that the very act of attempting to predict the future has value -- predictions about Atlantic City notwithstanding. Why do I say this? Because nothing happens without a vision. The vision may be misguided; it may never come true; it may manifest in a way that is patently and profoundly different from how it was originally conceived. But the reason you are passionate right now about getting the alts to collaborate is that you have a vision for what they're capable of. If you want to realize that vision, you have to start now -- you know that, I know that, and Lorisa knows that. But the catalyst for starting now is the potential you see in the future. What say you, my friend? Wow! Tough words, Mr K. Valuable words, but tough… I may have to respectfully disagree with you on some points, though! ;-)

Here’s where I’m right on board with you (and your new friend Lorisa): just because you make a prediction doesn’t mean you get to kick back and do nothing between now and 2010, or 2020, or whenever your prediction was for!

What I would say, though, is that the very act of attempting to predict the future has value — predictions about Atlantic City notwithstanding. Why do I say this? Because nothing happens without a vision.

The vision may be misguided; it may never come true; it may manifest in a way that is patently and profoundly different from how it was originally conceived. But the reason you are passionate right now about getting the alts to collaborate is that you have a vision for what they’re capable of. If you want to realize that vision, you have to start now — you know that, I know that, and Lorisa knows that. But the catalyst for starting now is the potential you see in the future.

What say you, my friend?

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