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Giving Radio 8.0 to members of Congress

File this under one of the best ideas I’ve heard in a long time: Michael Webb suggests that Userland give copies of Radio 8.0 to all members of Congress, as a tool to communicate with their constituants daily. I’d like to add one additional idea: that the congressional members also spend one hour a day reading weblogs […]

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Applied at Google

I took Jonathon’s advice and put in an application at Google. Not sure about my chances, though. Of course, I don’t have a PhD. And I don’t have a Masters, either. Does a BA in Psychology and a BS in Computer Science count? And I write books. That has to count for something. They don’t always sell […]

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Dvorak is a walking dip stick

For years I’ve thought that Dvorak was a smug, condescending, pompous asshole with too high an opinion of his own worth. Boy, I’m sure glad all those years weren’t wasted! The man is still a walking dip stick. Mighty mouth pontificates on why we weblog. Let’s see now, I’m a professional writer, so the wanna-be-writer isn’t me. […]

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Superbowl ads

Thanks to TX Meryl for finding a page with all of the SuperBowl ads. Who cares about the game, I want to see the ads. My favorite was the Budweiser New York ad. Beautifully photographed and choreographed. Sentimental without being heavy handed. Do you think if all the webloggers in the world chipped in at least 100.00 each […]

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You blinked

I actually had my phone number embedded in the page yesterday. Anyone see it? See, I knew you were all not paying attention. You’re fired. Speaking of which, I had a GIM came through while my GIM reader wasn’t working yesterday, so I sent a few off tonight. I don’t know why but I find […]