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Apr 25, 2000

Taste memory

I woke up this morning with the taste of Inca Kola in my mouth.

This alarmed me, because I remember the drink as being a frightening concoction. Glowing bright yellowy-green in the thin Andean sunlight, it contained more caffiene than a mouthful of dehydrated Maxwell House, more sugar than a spoonful of Tate & Lyle (only worse on your teeth) and a taste vaguely like bubble gum – a bit like Irn Bru (Scotland’s other national drink), only more wanton.

This morning’s experience offers conclusive proof that Mountain Dew has an exotic cousin, at least the morning after the night before…

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This is a personal site, created and curated continuously since early 2000 by Meg Pickard, a creative geek, passionate photographer, anthropologist and web experience /community /social media specialist, who works for The Guardian & lives in London, UK.
 
The site includes a blog - a personal and evolving collection of links, opinions, thoughts, ideas, anecdotes and musings - as well as a variety of other projects. It is also a place to aggregate some of the author's distributed web activity, like photos, links and music.
 
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Important note #1

This is a personal site. The contents and opinions contained within don't necessarily reflect those of my employer, family, or cat. They think for themselves (though mostly about tuna, in at least one case), and so do I.

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Since the overwhelming majority of content on this site is historical, it should be regarded in light of the context in which it was originally published, and not as indicative or revealing of current perspectives, preferences or experience.

Important note #3

While I work and spend a lot of time thinking and talking about social media, participatory technologies and community development strategies, the vast majority of content on this site is not about that.

This personal site isn't about anything, except the perpetual unfolding of one person's experience, and the perspectives, observations and opinions that involves and inspires.

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