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Technology

Defining P2P

In P2P, a peer both provides and consumes services. A group of peers can then provide and consume services to and from each other without dependence on any one server. With this understanding, there’s an assumption that this consumption and distribution occurs when the peer is connected. Within some P2P enabled applications, the communication may be […]

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Weblogging

Yes, I did

Recovered from the Wayback Machine, solely because the comments were fun. In case you’re wondering, yes I did pull a posting. In case you’re curious why, because I felt like it. Pulled posting has been re-posted

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Weblogging Writing

Essential blogging—review

The Essential Blogging book is now available for public review at O’Reilly Network. The book was edited by Nat Torkington and authored by Rael Dornfest, Cory Doctorow, J. Scott Johnson, Bejamin Trott, Mena Trott, and myself. In case you’re curious, I wrote the Blogger chapters. Essential Blogging covers basic weblogging technology and concepts, as well as specific weblogging tools: Userland’s Radio, Blogger, Movable Type, […]

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Weblogging Writing

Tapping fingers

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jonathon references an article by Judith Shulevitz about the One Book, One City program — an effort to foster interest in reading and communal togetherness by assigning a book to a community with encouragement to “…stop others on the sidewalk to chat informally about the book, and to attend one of the many […]

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Just Shelley

Free as a bird

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In addition to storing away most of my worldly goods — except my computers, clothes, cameras, telescope, home made recipe book, CDs, books, and kites — I’m also closing down The Burning Bird Corporation. I started Burning Bird under the name of YASD in 1996, primarily because companies had a […]