A Disquisition Show

Summary: As we transition from Social Blend and Disquisition into our new BlendoveR podcast, I decided to post a couple episodes here for new visitors to see where we came from... This episode of Disquisition was our most listened-to show. It featured guest Andy Sorcini aka Mr Baby Man, as we dissected the death of old Digg, and the birth of new Digg... Topics Discussed: Contemporary Digg - The Preview Rethink Digg or Rethunk Dugg? The Decline and Fall of Ancient Digg Migratory Patterns of Internet Users Facebook Suburbanization What we're reading Recommended Reading: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire by Demandt Second Variety by Philip K. Dick The Black Death and the Transformation of the West by David Herlihy The Manara Library Volume 1 by Milo Manara Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade Recommended Viewing: The Guild created by Felicia Day Mad Max directed by George Miller Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior directed by George Miller Recommended Podcasts: The Drill Down 241: Covering a Tragedy The Drill Down 240: Digg's Downfall, Yahoo's Hope Recommended Links: 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire Daily Dot: Reddit bans "The Atlantic" and "Businessweek" in major anti-spam move Reddit: IAmA Ex-Digg Employee. AMA. Rethink Digg Rethink Digg: v1 Preview Venture Beat: Digg relaunch preview Venture Beat: Digg sells to Betaworks for the fire sale price of… $500K (analysis) Wikipedia: Knights Tempar - Arrests, charges, and dissolution Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations. Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099 Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment