BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. I read Nick Carr’s Rough Type on a more or less regular basis. I don’t always agree with him, but I like the fact that he takes the time to write longer, more in-depth postings. He’s also one of the few, it seems, who can be critical of Web 2.0 stuff, but […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I had to read Jay Rosen’s idea over a couple of times to try to understand what it is he’s proposing for New Assignment. If I read him correctly, what he’s proposing is that someone suggests a story, others in the ’smart mob’ then dig up additional information (”How”, we have […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. item Blogspot, Typepad, and other hosted weblogs began to be blocked by various ISPs in India, all based on a directive from the Indian government. Luckily, it would seem that the wholesale blocking was a mistake, but until it was sorted out, Amit Agarwal provided a how-to-bypass the censors weblog post, with plenty of […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. According to data Randy Charles Morin collected from Dave Winer’s OPML, Dave has linked to my old Burningbird weblog only once less than he’s linked to Robert Scoble’s WordPress weblog. Wow. I feel like I should do something…I don’t know…maybe lay a lily or a small stuffed animal at the base of […]
The heat advisory has been extended to the weekend. By the middle of the week, the real temperature is supposed to approach 100 degrees. This, combined with the humidity, will probably result in heat indexes of 110. You go outside only if you have to. Early morning, late at night, doesn’t matter. When the sun […]