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Writing

Writing update

I just finished the final pre-review draft of my chapters for O’Reilly’s weblogging book, Essential Blogging. Once the chapters from all the authors have been gently messaged by the wonderous editing talents of Nat Torkington (first rule of thumb — always suck up to the editors until the book is in production), the book is going […]

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Weblogging

Verbal drool

Verbal Drool. I paid this weblog a visit when it showed in my referrers list. I like the name of the weblog, and when you visit it you’ll see why I like the weblog look. (Burningbird is a sucker for cute kittens. What can I say? Whenever I see something helpless with big, trusting, hopeful […]

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People Weblogging

Connecting

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was surprised at the amount of in-person connectivity that occurs as a result of meeting people through the Internet. In comments attached to a previous posting, Community, Sharon mentions meeting her significant other online and Medley talks about meeting her husband through their mutual weblogs. Kath states: Something about meeting through the mind first rather […]

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Technology

UDDI and Discovery

Questions: How do you compare UDDI to other methods of discovering networked resources (may or may not be web services) What’s the difference a global UDDI registry and… – Google: controlled by a single organization – dmoz.org: open, and replicated by other search engines – DNS: governed by ICANN, but organizations can apply to be […]