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Monthly Archives: December 2008
…3… 2… 1 Times Square
The first time our kid heard us talking about the Condé Nast Building — 4 Times Square — he thought we were talking about the “Candy Ass Building”. So that’s what we’ve been calling it, ever since. Anyway, NowPublic has … Continue reading
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Nova or lens flare?
I’ve been shooting stars and planets the last few nights (see here and here), as the Moon passes by Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. It’s the kind of thing obsessives do, when they combine devotions to astronomy and photography. Anyway, I … Continue reading
Outlining in MediaWiki
Earlier this month I blogged about something I’d like called a “Micki”: a wiki that works like an outliner. Now, thanks to mind-opening help from Dave, I’m looking to edit existing wikis with an outliner. That’s a great place to … Continue reading
Posted in Berkman, Blogging, Ideas
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The future that won’t be distributed
Mike Arrington says Bloggers Lose the Plot Over Twitter Search: Wow. Loic Le Meur asks for a simple feature on Twitter search – the ability to filter results by the number of followers that a user has to make … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Ideas, Past
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Beyond mediation
We are all media now, right? That’s what we, the mediating, tell ourselves. (Or some of us, anyway.) But what if that’s not how we feel about it? What if the roles we play are not to pass along substances … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Ideas, Journalism, News
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Tweet for peace
Sez here Israeli Consulate to host Twitter Press Conference on Gaza. I learned that from Gilad Lotan‘s helpful compilation of perspectives at Global Voices on Israel’s Gaza Operation.
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Being where
JD Lasica at Social Media has put up a list of front-line 2009 conferences. For what it’s worth, I’ll be attending fewer of those kinds of conferences this next year, while I get more heads-down with VRM and Linux Journal … Continue reading
Does fine wine have traffic?
Dave naming Jay Rosen Blogger of the Year made me think of wine. As I said in a comment to Dave’s post, Jay is a sommelier of fine links. Especially in his tweets. They are always interesting, always helpful at … Continue reading
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But is it food?
That was what my wife asked about a nice gift that was also comprised of an unfamiliar substance in a circular tin container that had arrived at the house recently. Our kid still described the contents’ appearance as “Silly Putty … Continue reading
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