Over the weekend, the New York Times published a piece by technology editor Damon Darlin under the headline, “Serendipity, Lost in the Digital Deluge.”
As the headline suggests, Darlin laments that the digital age is robbing us of those wonderful moments of serendipity. I couldn’t disagree more strongly. In fact, I’ve found myself discovering more through serendipity than ever, in large part thanks to the rise of social media.
Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina was the subject of a New York Times profile last week focused on her role in John McCain’s campaign for president. She is officially chairwoman of the Republican National Committee’s “”Victory ‘08” committee
dedicated to McCain’s election.
“Three years ago, Carleton S. Fiorina was the celebrity C.E.O. who was spectacularly fired by the Hewlett-Packard board,” began the piece, by Elisabeth Bumiller. “She produced a best-selling memoir, ‘Tough Choices,’ but for the most part spent the years after her ouster in relative self-imposed exile from public life.” Read the rest of this entry »
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