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Author Archives: Brian
Weblogs: Beyond the Hype
I’m writing a short introductory piece on weblogs for a general UBC audience, and as usual I find it nearly impossible to cover all the pertinent material in a short space, without descending into jargon. I also harbour the not-exactly-hidden … Continue reading
Posted in Webloggia
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The Dog is angry…
…and who am I to argue. Cogdogblog is on the warpath about… well, why don’t I just quote from the posting: Spam is a reality, some 40% of email traffic. But there is absolutely no reason for the email scanning … Continue reading
Posted in tech/tools/standards
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(Weblogs and) The Mass Amateurisation of (Nearly) Everything…
Tom Coates of Plastic Bag, with a piece that contextualizes weblogs within a broader set of developments … suggesting that the real effect is that users have a new power to create, manipulate and distribute media: Technically, weblogs are trivial … Continue reading
Posted in Webloggia
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“The commodification of human socialization…”
… is the apt phrase used by Scott to describe vaguely creepy articles like this one.
Posted in Emergence
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Gotta try this!
Creating an MT-Powered Photo Album If you have not already noticed, the Photography section at AdamPolselli.com has been completely rebuilt. So, what’s the catch? I’ve used nothing but MovableType to manage and update the entire thing. After reading “Beyond the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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New wiki location, and a cry for help…
I’ve been playing at reestablishing wikis using our spankin’ new server we bought for our instance of CAREO, and set up a new location with the beginnings of a stylesheet. Still very much a work in progress, though I’m hopeful … Continue reading
Posted in wikis
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My latest piece of the blog rock…
This must be about the tenth weblog I’ve started up. This one is intended to be something of a hub for weblog support and promotion at UBC.
All over for blogs?
It seemed to me that the number of useless postings and blog entries was starting to increase and there was less and less there that was really of interest. This could be the sign of a worrying phenomenon. Perhaps the … Continue reading
Posted in Webloggia
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Finally, someone sees the real me…
Just was alerted to this comment, from “none@sympatico.ca”. It’s worth quoting in its entirety: you suck It was quite a controversial post, so I can understand the depths of this reader’s fury. Feedback is always appreciated.
