Perhaps there is nothing like a volcanic eruption, except maybe a thunderstorm/tornado/hurricane, to remind people that the word "cloud" has another meaning, one not related at all to computers and the internet. Jeff Jarvis has some
interesting reflections on his narrow escape from Europe ahead of the famous cloud, with thoughts on how the media (and governments, too) are failing to really address the event in real time.
My favorite quote.
What’s failing us, all in all, is our power structures, which aren’t built to think big and fast at the same time. ... They are treating this is a short-term, one-time event. It may well not be.
Update:
Here, by way of
Matt Yglesias, is an
interesting description of just why this cloud of ash causes all this trouble.
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