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Stream of Consciousness

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Today the humidity was high but the weather was cool, creating that clammy effect you normally associate with damp basements or old moss. The type of weather where people say, “You could cut the air with a knife, it’s so thick”. Not surprising for a land that isn’t much more […]

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Technology Weblogging

Returning to Business

Recovered 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 […]

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Weblogging

Threads II

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 […]

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Just Shelley

Memory Games

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 […]

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Social Media

Social software: Mr. Rogers’ Evil Twin

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 […]