a blog about information
There’s been a lot of coverage on “monetising” blogs of late, partly catalysed by a Business 2.0 article titled Blogging for Dollars. So I thought I’d write about something else, something far removed from “monetising”. Things I have been able to do Because Of my blog, rather than With my blog. These are (in no … Continue reading “Things I have been able to do Because Of my blog”
Recent posts and comments by David Churbuck and Johnnie Moore formed the kernels for this post. Thanks, guys. I quote from David’s post on Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead: The Dead were the first band to encourage their fans to record shows and share them. As Garcia said, when the band was done with … Continue reading “On going “ping” rather than “ka-ching””
There’s been a sequence of fascinating comments to my post on Empowering Communities, with Clarence Fisher, Dominic Sayers and Nollind Whachell all chiming in, along with forays into Tribes Learning Communities and Kathy Sierra’s Cognitive Seduction post, coming to a temporary halt at Eve-Online. A ravelling snowball that I’ve been following with interest, maybe even glee. But. I think … Continue reading “Be careful what you pretend to be, because you are what you pretend to be”
Warning: This is a long and rambling post. Somewhere, sometime, some beast birthed from AI will try and summarise it. I wish it well; but I can’t help giggling at the thought of it trying and failing. Only recently, I came across the term ai;dr; it made me smile; I smiled further when I watched … Continue reading “a preponderance of pap”
A detour My use of “filters and brakes” was not meant to be clickbait to entice you here on false premises. This isn’t a post about cars, or anything to do with cars. This is the wrong place to come to if you want to read about cars. I’ve never owned a car. I’ve never … Continue reading “Musing about filters and brakes: A long post”