BurningbirdI wonder what ever happened to debate? Or disagreement? Or even getting pissed at another person and coming out swinging — in writing that is. Weblogging is a natural forum for debate: Person A says something that person B doesn’t like, Person B responds, Person A counter-responds, and the weblog readers add comments or sit […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Another blogger bites the dust — Time for your Meds left weblogging abruptly, posting a note today that she won’t be writing to the weblog…or writing at all. A loss to the weblogging community because Tracy’s writing was always fresh, insightful, and interesting. I think that weblogging can become such an intensely […]
The O’Reilly Book Cover Designer is really making the rounds, lately. Well, I had to try it. My results are: Wait a sec? This isn’t from the generator. This is…this is… this is from my book, Developing ASP Components! The Designer is fun…but does it have to have an option showing an eagle kicking my asp? Waeguk is […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Sharon, an artist, single mom, and baker of biscotti as well as the author of Absolute (a terrific weblog BTW, go read it) has been having a tough time this month. I had repeated a short essay I wrote earlier in the year, to cheer Sharon up. However, later in the day, after reviewing […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Last night, Dave Winer had a chance to try out the Segway, the new personal transport device that’s causing all sorts of excitement. In his writeup, he said the following: “The one negative of the evening was Kamen’s hubris, which he can be forgiven for. I’d like him to be serious, […]