Comments on: Unknown Flowers and The Most Amazing Story of Web Serendipity

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Tagged Unknown, Caterpillar in Qatar, and Amplifying Effects » CogDogBlog — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:39:48 +0000

[...] and people I did not know would respond. I’ve relayed in presentations quite a few time the improbable but true-I-have-witnesses story of how one such flower united me with the person who had identified it… in [...]

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:32:29 +0000

Your blog is great. Thanks for sharing this story. It’s like reading a book and later meeting one of the characters!

By: samccoy

samccoy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:37:37 +0000

Enjoying all your work; I agree that the internet is enormous, and it is also very small and homey. Cool find of Kirsty S. at your presentation!

By: george

george — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:27:15 +0000

That’s a freaky and amazing coincidence!

By: elke's

elke's — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:49:08 +0000

doe ’s vertellen…

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By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:31:57 +0000

I love these connected stories …thanks for sharing

By: Jane Perzyk

Jane Perzyk — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:18:40 +0000

And I thought I was in e-overload with a simple email I received today in response to an e-vite to a tree-trimming party in Grosse Pointe, MI next week:

Greetings from Kathmandu,
I will bring some fresh fruit.
Eileen

Great story! Thanks for sharing!

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:03:58 +0000

Great story and reminds me of similar experience i’ve had posting images to flickr and having unknown users identify and comment. We take it for grant it but thinking about it makes me smile.

By: JimWenz

JimWenz — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:29:07 +0000

Great human story. Truly amazing. It’s an interesting questions that since the concept of 6 degrees of separation was first put forward social networks have grown. Perhaps we have lowered the number.

Anyways, I loved the story.

jim

By: susan morgan

susan morgan — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:21:14 +0000

It’s somewhat like me reading your blog for a number of years, watching one of your flickr presos, and seeing Gardner Campbell’s pic. You don’t know who the heck I am. Gardner? Wait, his band played at my wedding reception in June. Gardner, whose blog I know follow, and who will speak at my school soon. Hey, Alan knows Gardner. Yeah, pretty cool.