BurningbirdRule number one if you’re taking a break from your weblog: turn off email notification for your comments. I kept responding to the comments rather than working. Speaking of working, the main reason I was taking the break was to finish my writing on two books for O’Reilly: the Essential Weblogging book and UNIX Power […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m burnt to a crisp and have little to offer. No new whimsey such as the Tim Tam Scandal. No metablogging about journalism. And especially, no fighting the good fight. (Not to mention that I’m faced with two immediate book deadlines.) So, Forgive me, but I’m taking a short break. In the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Several bloggers have gotten together to express their opinions of the SFSU pro-Palestinian/pro-Israel clash. You can view a summary of this event at Winds of Change. Of particular interest to me was Facts of Israel claims of bias at the San Francisco Chronicle. The reason for my interest is the Jewish Bulletin pointed out […]
I’m not sure if webloggers buy into the whole “weblogging as a new and better form of Journalism” because they truly see themselves in this light, or because they seek some form of justification for all the time they spend weblogging. People can call themselves whatever they want in their weblogs; their space, their place. […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. So, the news of dirty deeds and bought links continues to unfold. In the comments at Jonathon’s accusatory post I found the following from Jeneane: J. – I tried to bribe you with cashew brittle from the Bird, but no response. As a tenured U Blog faculty member, I am upset by this […]