a blog about information
Looks like a few people like NewtailBlog; as Dave points out, people have tried it before, with varying levels of success. Not everyone likes it, or maybe Sid was making some other point. That’s a prerogative that every one of us must have. Stephen’s comment, following up on Sid’s, mentions the “rehearsal” attraction of blogging. … Continue reading “Updates on NewTailBlog”
I’ve just come back from an intriguing experiment, having watched an unfinished version of David Mackenzie’s Hallam Foe, in the company of a small and relatively random bunch of bloggers. Everybody knew someone else there, and we all knew Hugh, who, in all probability, pretty much constructed the experiment and convinced David to do it. … Continue reading “Hallam Foe”
A few days ago I wrote a post about how I found Gyorgy Faludy‘s Learn By Heart This Poem Of Mine. I’d been looking for the poem for a very long time, without knowing author, title or first line. Yet it happened. Because of the blogosphere. Now I want to be able to do something … Continue reading “Things I’d like to be able to do because of my blog”
Here’s a story by Mark Frauenfelder showing how he found a set of books he was looking for via his blog. Once again it is a case of the conversational richness that a blog community represents, how natural-language amorphous requests and queries resolve themselves beautifully “given enough eyeballs”. Of course I appreciate the skill, talent … Continue reading “Things others have been able to do because of their blog”
I feel at ease. For once I am not confused. At least I am less confused than I was earlier. You remember the sequence of posts I wrote about opensource and gatekeepers? [Those new to the conversation can find them here, here, here, here and here, in chronological order. Alternatively you can enter “gatekeeper” into … Continue reading “Counting what counts: Musing about Wikipedia and Drosophila”