BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. I missed all sorts of fun being on the road. For instance, there’s this Winer number thing that Mark Pilgrim came up with. According to Mark: Here’s how you can determine your Winer Number: Dave Winer has Winer Number 0. If you have been personally abused by Dave Winer, your Winer […]
Little Eva died today. For those not into old 1960’s rock n’ roll, Little Eva was a Motown singer who did a great, great song called Loco-Motion. I haven’t heard this song for years, but just the title brings back the tune. And the words: Move around the floor in a Loco-motion. (Come on baby, do the […]
On the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and the National Civil Rights Museum: Visitors pass through displays depicting African-American life in the Jim Crow South, honoring early civil rights pioneers like Ida B. Wells and describing seminal events like the 1955-56 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Finally they come to the […]
Steve Himmer responded to criticism about peace marches, in particular the individual actions of self-expression: The individual voice in an election doesn’t individually matter. Done. In a march or a rally, on the other hand, that voice can matter–and it can matter without having either the individual voice or the collective subsumed. As 10,000 people march in […]
Clay Shirky has updated his article to incorporate new data. He pointed to a new list over at Technorati created in response to his article: Top 100 Interesting New Comers I’m on the list. But then, I’m also on Technorati’s Top 100 as well as Technorati’s 100 Interesting Recent blogs. What can I say, I’m a Technorati Blog Magnet. Clay […]