Year: 2003
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One big ad for Tacoda
I enjoy Steve Outing’s coverage of the online media space. I’ve been a reader of the online-news mailing list for ~10 years (yes, it’s been around that long). E-Media Tidbits, the group blog at Poynter.org he started, is a useful resource. All that as a preface for the fact that I found this Editor &…
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ROI of blogging
Found out today that Mark Johnson is blogging (via Vin). This post starts with Hunter S. Thompson, and moves on to the ROI of blogging. Most people seemed to agree that if you have even one reader coming to your blog then you have achieved ROI. (snip) is not new technology, and the likelihood for…
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Big Dig
Just because… http://www.bigdig.com/
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Bucket o’ links
More things I’ve found worthy of bookmarking in the hopes of reading them in the future. Attention Scope, from May 26, 2003. Microsoft research on handling notification Vin Crosbie’s weblog, where the RSS feed isn’t currently working. I’ve met Vin twice, and read lots of his posts to online-news over the years. He’s fantastic about…
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‘RSS Newsreaders are TiVo for…
Title of a Phil Wolff comment on Doc Searls’ weblog. Amen! (and, as noted earlier, I haven’t yet joined the TiVo cult)
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Tiny book. Good book.
My sister Isabel likes tiny books, but this small? In Gold Ink on a Chip, the World’s Tiniest Book is a NYTimes article about this eraser-sized version of the New Testament. They chose 24-karat gold because it not only resists oxidation but looks pretty, even under a microscope. Riigggghhhhttt.
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Matrix Reloaded – snapshot review
Just got back. Glad I saw it in the theater, but very glad I didn’t rush. Lots of action, some portentous hints, but lacked the consistency of the first one. Wonder if the November film, Matrix Revolution, will climb back to the heights of the first one.
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Swing
An old friend asked for help from several rowing friends in defining ‘swing’ for non-rowers. For rowers, swing is a sensation that occurs (rarely) when the crew feels like it’s going faster than ever, while working less. My friend wanted to explain the feeling in a speech to a bunch of engineers at Intel (team-building…
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How long can I put…
Two weeks ago, I finally bought a new digital camera, the Canon PowerShot S400 Digital Elph. More about that another time, but basically, it was more than time. I’ve been yearning to replace the larger, lower-mega-pixel, three-year-old Kodak for at least a year now. Imminent arrival of child #2 finally “justified” the purchase. But what…
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WMI
Apparently a teacher has been arrested in the UK for possession of compasses, protractors and rulers. It is claimed he is a member of the Al Gebra movement, possessing weapons of math instruction. I laughed. Someone at work sent it around.