Comments on: How To Keep Mesofacts From Screwing Up Your Next Vacation

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:32:32 +0000

In reply to Emily @ Maiden Voyage. The best thing about blogs is the comments where you can add opinions to the original content. Hard to search though, nothing stays the same, even for a moment!

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:30:43 +0000

In reply to Daniel.

Samuel Arbesman’s blog is a pretty fun read, I was introduced to the term there. I think you’d like it, sorta pop-math:

http://arbesman.net/index.html

By: Emily @ Maiden Voyage

Emily @ Maiden Voyage — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:31:48 +0000

Such a good point. I was going to Istanbul recently and I hadn’t heard any news about it recently, so I thought everything was all good and safe. I wasn’t paying attention to fresh news, so I didn’t realize until just days before I went (when my dad called to tell me) that there was a political/military conflict happening. Nothing too major, but definitely something to be concerned about. Travel guidebooks become outdated as soon as they are printed, and blog posts age, too. You’re right — Google news is a great source. Next time I plan to visit a new city, I might set up a Google news alert for their name.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:51:21 +0000

Awesome — thanks for introducing me to some new vocabulary — “mesofacts”. Ironically, creating a blog and publishing posts was one way we thought we could combat the decay of info over time. However, as soon as anything’s published, it’s prone to decay over time!

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:02:38 +0000

In reply to Byteful Traveller. We're all a bit like the frog is boiling water :)