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Unhappy with social network real name policies? Do it yourself

August 22, 2011

Hugh MacLeod: And as I’ve said many times over the years, Web 2.0 IS ALL ABOUT personal sovereignty. About using media to do something meaningful, WITHOUT someone else giving you permission first, without having to rely on anyone else’s resources, authority and money. Self-sufficiency. Exactly.i.e. not waiting for the green light. In the blogosphere, the [...]

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Goodbye, JKOnTheRun

April 15, 2011

Warner Crocker on the demise of JKOnTheRun: jkOnTheRun was one of the first mobile tech blogs I followed and JK was one of the guys who I always turned to hear or read his opinion. I still do. Whether it was reading posts on the blog or listening to the podcasts with James and the [...]

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The wit and wisdom of Internet commenters

June 23, 2010

The first comment on Ed Sutherland’s report on Android spyware: Anonymous commenter? Check. Strident swearing? Check. Pointless statement that adds nothing to the debate? Check Information-free? Check This guy has it all.

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Another advantage to writing posts, rather than commenting

June 18, 2010

def dayCoder(self):: Blog Comments: “The first post on this blog linking to an external source linked to Daring Fireball. That’s no coincidence. Had there been comments, I’d have left one alongside dozens of others that would be ignored and forgotten. So thanks, John and Ian for indirectly and directly getting me to post stuff here [...]

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Dave Winer’s sub-text

June 14, 2010

Dave Winer’s been experimenting with a feature he calls “Sub-text”, which lets you get more depth from a story while still being able to skim-read it. The idea is simple: You can embed a piece of sub-text underneath a paragraph, which you can expand or contract at will. The basic idea is that you should [...]

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Moved from Typepad to WordPress

February 13, 2009

You’ve probably noticed already, but I’ve moved from Typepad to a self-install of WordPress. Expect things to go up and down over the next few days, as I get used to it!

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TypePad’s new editor: a big improvement

October 18, 2008

TypePad has gained a new editor, and it's a massive improvement over the old one. Gone are the old separate fields for extended entries, in favour of a LiveJournal-style "cut" icon which splits your post at any point you desire. It's much more simple, and much more word processor-style. I like it. 

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Joanne McNeil on Boing Boing’s “erasure” of Violet Blue

July 1, 2008

Link: Tomorrow Museum » Archive » William Gibson Completely Deleted from BoingBoing Archives. "This is sexism. It’s also bad journalism. And it goes against the free interactive spirit of blogging" As far as I can see, Joanne made absolutely no attempt to contact anyone at Boing Boing to find why Violet has been deleted from [...]

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