BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. It was interesting to read Evan William’s carefully written essay about weblogging APIs this morning, and watch his writing as it slowly revolves around to the need for standards, particularly in the chaotic and competitive world of weblogging technology. As he, and others, are discovering, they have to be prepared to take […]
Neighborhood items. Steve is back from his travels abroad. Frank Paynter has interviewed Ryan Irelan, including a very nice photo of Ryan and his wife. Jeff Ward started a category for Margaret Bourke-White photos. I am a fan of her work, and if you ask me why I would answer because of her unique perspective, which sounds lame. Since I have […]
While applying for a job, I was asked for a list of references and for the life of me, I couldn’t remember the first name of the manager of one of my contracts. Lee? Les? Lenny? Lou? I knew it started with an ‘L’, and was a common name, but that’s it. I drew a […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. We’ve had problems this week trying to manage Renaissance Web discussions at Yahoo Groups. It would sometimes take hours for a reply to post, which tends to short circuit a lively discussion. Roger Benningfield set up a JournURL Renaissance Web community and I’ve been playing around with it this morning. One very impressive community […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve had the blue funks all week, not that any of you could tell with my usual light and even-handed writing and sunny, calm temperament. This in spite of some good news about one of my domains that I’m just waiting final action on before *spilling the beans. Having the […]