BurningbirdThe recent discussions about backchannels reminds me of the discussions about comment registration and editing, which, in turn, reminds me of the old discussions we had about Creative Commons. What do all these seemingly disparate items have in common? With each, there is a tradeoff between personal freedom and accountability. I wrote about Creative Commons […]
I have two more anniversary retrospective pieces to write, but the going is slow because so many of the old links are broken. In some cases the weblogs, and the webloggers are gone–and when I did stop thinking about them? Mostly though, we changed weblogging tools, or there was a time when all of us […]
Today was a beautiful day, warm and sunny, and I headed to Area 44 to see if the dogwood were in bloom yet. Found plenty of blooms, but no dogwood. I won’t go to Area 44 in the summer because the ticks are so thick there, but I wanted to catch the dogwoods this year. […]
I am not a Walker Evans expert, but from my recent readings about him, I sensed there were three significant events in his life that shaped the man, and subsequently, the photographs we’ve come to cherish. One of the events I briefly mentioned in the last Walker Evans writing, and that was his search for […]
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