I consider Apache to be an excellent example of what the computer industry can accomplish when it pulls together to create a truly open product. When I heard that Sam Ruby was just elected to the Apache Board of Directors, I had to post a note about the event. Congratulations, Sam! The Board will be richer for […]
Author: Shelley Powers
Welcome to the new baby blogger
In all the fuss about realtime blogging yesterday, I missed a realtime event: Bill Simoni and his wife had a baby boy – Christopher Michael Simoni! Big baby, too — 8 pounds. Take a moment to go over to Bill’s weblog – Binary by Accident – to drop a note of congratulations!
Dave Winer’s ‘help’ with book
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Wow. Generosity itself. Dave wants to try and “salvage” O’Reilly’s weblogging book, by putting together his own mailing list rather than let O’Reilly go through the usual editing process. According to the intro page at the list, Dave writes: I was hoping this book would start like the WebMonkey survey of blogging software and […]
Yes, I said I was taking a few days off from the weblog, and I am. However, I have these words banging at the top of mouth screaming “Let me out! Let me out!”, pulling at my tongue, digging into the roots of my teeth. I know I will get no peace until I let […]
Essential blogging
BTW, since Dave Winer only pointed to the Radio chapters (?) when he mentioned the Essential Blogging book from O’Reilly, note that the book covers Movable Type, Blogger, and Blosxon weblogging tools, as well as other material. If you’re a Blogger user, I wouldn’t mind your input into my chapters — what should I cover in more detail? What […]
