The Red and Blue Book narratives

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9/11 - transcripts and narratives from
victims and survivors

9/11 - transcripts and narratives from
victims and survivors 02/17/2004 03:43 PM
Stewardess ID'd Hijackers Early, Transcripts Show - Gail Sheehy offers a gripping read that details flight crew heroics on Flight 11, and one that points to many questions still unanswered. And in a view of the terrible events from the ground, Firehouse.com presents 22 extraordinary stories told by firefighters who were in or around the WTC. (Be forewarned that these are strong narratives.)

Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual
Organization

Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual
Organization 01/21/2003 08:55 AM

On breaks, endings, process, divisions
and great grand narratives...

On breaks, endings, process, divisions
and great grand narratives... 12/19/2004 03:17 PM

I can't be the only person who is suffering from an enormous collapse in motivation as we enter the last week before Christmas. I only wish I could say for certain that the timing was the only cause. Anyway, the consequence remains the same - I'm not feeling that an enormous amount of value is coming out of my head at the moment. And the stuff that does come out of my head isn't necessarily often being translated to the written word.

I think there's a danger that we conflate these things - that a site that you've used to express your thoughts for a very long time starts to become a burden/pressure and an impediment to thinking. So you don't write your thoughts down in the same way. Are you still thinking? And if not, are you not thinking because you're hung up on the immediate expression of those thoughts. Is the act of writing something down a process of 'capturing' your ideas, or is it just packaging and selling them off as quickly as possible. What if the social nature of your platform isn't something you have time to engage with? How long does it take for a one-sided discussion to lose all meaning?

The big push in my life over the last few weeks has been a very different one. I've been organising stuff. Mostly I've been trying to impose order on my flat - working my way through many many years of paper and bought things and odds and sods of crap that I thought I couldn't live without. I've learned two things - I can live without a hell of a lot of crap and that all imposed order is fleeting. In cleaning my flat I've recognised that writing for my site has come to have the same atmosphere to it as sorting through paper and doing the washing up. It feels like an action that is pure maintenance. Day on day, work must be done. But where's the end result? Where's the epic project with the huge pay-off or the addictive sense of satisfaction that makes everything else seem worthwhile?

I've been pushing for that feeling at work a lot too. Being at the heart of a big project that I really believed in has spoiled me for much of this other stuff. Those sensations of getting somewhere, of contributing and of helping to build something great are quite intoxicating and rewarding. But what to do when your have to move on? How do you get yourself re-engaged in a new project? When your back is to one source of heat, maybe it's harder than ever to discern other warmth around you. Unless, perhaps, the heat is moving with you?

My feeling is that the process isn't enough, the thinking isn't enough, the milking and shifting of thoughts from my head onto screens and across the world isn't enough. Organising stuff, maintaining stuff, keeping the wheels turning - not good enough. I want more. I need more. But maybe there isn't more. Because there aren't ends, there aren't conclusions. Histories are structured in the act of telling. Breaks and shifts - beginnings and endings - these appear after the fact through interpretation. Am I struggling for a narrative closure and a 'brand new chapter' that the world simply cannot afford me? Am I struggling to fit the flows of experience into the same structuring world-views and aspirations to totality that I use professionally every day?

Or maybe I need a few days off and a bit of a change of context. Maybe all I need in the run up to Christmas is a few easy drinks, some food and family in Norfolk and a complete forcible dislocation from the most challenging, frustrating, rewarding and hard-to-get-over year of my life so far. I'm hoping it's true. Is a phase shift on the horizon? I think that it might be, but it could be a mirage. Roll on 2005? Well I guess we'll see.

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Flash, Long-Form Narratives, and the
Wonderful World of DVD Video

Flash, Long-Form Narratives, and the
Wonderful World of DVD Video 03/22/2005 09:10 PM
Find out what it takes to render, compress, encode, and master your Flash stories for distribution on DVD.

Confederation Centre Launches Virtual
Exhibition - Telling Stories -Narratives
of Nationhood

Confederation Centre Launches Virtual
Exhibition - Telling Stories -Narratives
of Nationhood 05/31/2004 01:51 PM
The bilingual Telling website, located at www.nationhood.ca, consists of 4,000 digitized works of art from Canadian gallery collections and 400 complementary lesson plans. Designed for Canadian teachers, students from kindergarten to Grade 12, and the general public, the site uses symbols and icons in Canadian artworks to teach viewers about Canadian history and heritage, identity, culture, geography, and politics. Works from Robert Harris are just one of the many famous art items available for viewing. [PRWEB May 30, 2004]

AT&T Wins $3.6 Million Hosting Contract
From Blue Cross And Blue Shield

AT&T Wins $3.6 Million Hosting Contract
From Blue Cross And Blue Shield 06/03/2004 08:55 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jun 3 2004 1:11PM GMT

Big Blue, Blue Titan boost SOAs

Big Blue, Blue Titan boost SOAs 06/07/2004 07:40 AM
IBM and Blue Titan plan to bolster data management wares this week, with IBM retooling DB2 Information Integrator and Blue Titan focusing on SOAs (service-oriented architectures).

True blue Big Brother too blue for MPs
(Reuters)

True blue Big Brother too blue for MPs
(Reuters) 06/22/2005 02:18 AM
Reuters - The nude antics of reality television contestants on the Big Brother program prompted Australian government politicians Tuesday to demand a review of how much nudity can be shown on free television down under.

Blue Bands for Blue Budgets

Blue Bands for Blue Budgets 02/01/2005 10:09 PM

I had to go all the way over to LISNews< /a> to find out that a sister Library System here in Illinois has started a totally awesome project called Libraries Matter. Here at home, our kids saved up some money to buy the 10–pack of Lance Armstrong yellow wristbands because they’re all the rage at school. Can you imagine if we could start something similar with these blue ones for libraries? Brilliant job, Alliance Library System!

One thing, though – how about offering packs smaller than 50 so that ordinary folks like myself can buy some and give them out to friends, kids, etc.? Let’s get some grassroots support going, not just top down from the institutional level! Then, let’s think about how we can use these on Advocacy Day this year.

Tangent: When visiting the ALS web site tonight, I realized they’ve added blogs to the home page (kind of, sort of). Sweet! Unfortunately, no RSS feeds to be found anywhere, which means I won’t be able to add them to my aggregator, which means I’ll have to keep relying on other web sites to highlight ALS projects for me. Not sweet. C’mon, ALS, show us the RSS!

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
InternetRetailer.com Oct 31 2003 4:44PM ET

Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition

Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition 06/12/2004 12:32 PM

Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle
Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in
Brad Steel's New Book Mute

Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle
Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in
Brad Steel's New Book Mute 03/19/2005 02:43 AM
In MUTE, author Brad Steel has created a gripping and eerily believable scenario in which the leaders of Western nations band together to do the unthinkable—convinced it is necessary, however radical. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Book Publishers Selling Direct - Pissing
Off Book Retailers

Book Publishers Selling Direct - Pissing
Off Book Retailers 02/13/2004 05:52 AM
One of the struggles that companies have as distribution and sales mechanisms change is handling legacy channel conflict issues. Dell became huge by selling direct to customers, but when rival Compaq started to move in that direction, their retail partners freaked out - and Compaq had to scale back their plans. It appears that book publishers are now going through the same process. They've realized that if someone is looking for info about certain books on their site, it makes sense to also offer them a chance to buy it. However, it's pissing off retailers, who don't want to hear that their suppliers are competing with them. Retailers say a reasonable compromise would be having the publishers point to the retailers, which was my first response as well. However, then it becomes a political situation of who do you link to and why? There's also the fact that this makes for a less enjoyable consumer experience. I know that, more than once, I've been annoyed at online sites where I go for info on buying a product, but when I try to buy am given a big list of retailers instead of a way to buy right away.

Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats

Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats 12/15/2003 08:15 AM
vnunet.com Dec 15 2003 7:11AM ET

Repeat After Me: A Book is a Book

Repeat After Me: A Book is a Book 07/13/2004 03:49 PM
This NY Times piece compares Amazon.com with Napster. Huh? The odd logic is that used books sold online are cutting into sales of new books, which may or may not be true. But the Napster comparison is ludicrous for some obvious reasons, including the fact that an actual book is not a digitized song, and that if I'm holding a specific book you are not holding the same copy. The Times piece is about the "doctrine of first sale," which basically says that once a work is sold, it's gone from the creator's control. The purchaser of the item can resell it, give it away or throw it in the garbage, if that's what he wants to do. Copyright holders have never liked this very much, and I can sympathize. Visual artists who see escalating prices for works they sold at bargain when they were starting out tend to really not like this situation. But the doctrine of first sale is vastly better than the alternative. The idea that the copyright owner should get a cut every time a book changes hands is a Pandora's box. It's also just what copyright industry would like to see happen, and that's what the entertainment industry is trying to create with its various digital restrictions technologies. The industry wants a pay-per-use world of arts and letters. Resist. And let's please not equate selling a used book with copyright infringement.

Book review: The Book of SAX: The Simple
API for XML (Unix Review)

Book review: The Book of SAX: The Simple
API for XML (Unix Review) 11/18/2002 09:56 AM

Blue Sea

Blue Sea 04/15/2005 10:02 AM
Wanted

New Red vs. Blue

New Red vs. Blue 01/26/2004 11:29 AM
There's a new episode of Red vs Blue online -- RvB being the machinima-animated comedy serial made by editing together screen-movies from the game Halo and overlaying a voice-track. This is a particularily good one -- I'm still chuckling. Link (via Fark)

The PS2 in blue

The PS2 in blue 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Looks like this is only for Europe, but Sony is doing a limited edition aqua-colored version of the PlayStation 2. Read...

Neither Red Nor Blue

Neither Red Nor Blue 12/26/2004 12:55 PM
I like politics. I follow it the way some people follow sports. The Democrat Party and Republican Party are major league teams. They battle each other in national, state and local contests. They have mascots, both created by the same person. They have fanatical supporters just like any sport. Like minor league teams, there are also minor political parties to watch that sometimes play spoiler and sometimes gain enough strength to influence the major parties. Some operate only locally, some statewide, and some try to operate nationally. I also enjoy following individual personalities. People love and hate them like they love and hate sports teams and athletes. I'm sometimes startled by the degree of blind adoration or blind rage that politicians can inspire in otherwise calm, rational people. Lately, I've noticed that there's a growing tendency to divide the United States into red states and blue states. People seem to think that it's possible for an entire state to be Democrat or Republican. How can that be if it's difficult to even categorize individual Americans into definite camps? Now, although once restricted to politics, the idea is spreading to other arenas. I saw a suggestion that Hollywood start targetting states as red or blue audiences. I've seen statistics that compare red states versus blue states on categories such as religion, income, and even gifts to charity. The division of the United States into red and blue states is overly simplistic and misleading.

Red vs Blue

Red vs Blue 05/06/2004 11:23 PM
This is a neat chart that ties together average IQ of a state to their result of the 2000 election. Almost all of the blue...

Hey, Big Blue!

Hey, Big Blue! 04/15/2005 08:55 PM

Let’s close out Friday in a mood of industry bonhomie, by saying nice things about an esteemed competitor, IBM. First of all, their Jim Stallings made some eminent ly-sensible remarks on the problems with software patents. Secondly, Sam Ruby not only pointed out this, he offered a really insightful response to the challenge. I’m going to print this out and stick it up on my wall: “Operational definition of simplicity: Zero Training”

what it's got to do with the end of "red
vs. blue"

what it's got to do with the end of "red
vs. blue" 12/13/2003 03:43 AM
The story starts here and is more useful .. more sophisticated analysis .. CommonWealth .. gander

massinc.org/Commonwealth/new_map_exclusive/beyond_red_blue.ht ml
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Eva Blue 1.0

Eva Blue 1.0 08/18/2004 02:41 PM
A theme based on Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Go blue

Go blue 04/27/2004 04:33 AM
CNET Asia Apr 27 2004 8:44AM GMT

think blue

think blue 04/20/2004 01:37 AM
My Los Angeles Dodgers currently have the best record in baseball.

blue jam

blue jam 04/10/2004 12:37 PM
blue jam : all three series. ~17 hours of music mixed with disturbing comedy and downright weirdness.

A Little Golden Book - My Little Golden
Book About Zogg

A Little Golden Book - My Little Golden
Book About Zogg 02/05/2005 09:55 PM
mash-ups are the future .. The Cuddly Menace .. More

bitfurnace.com/TheCuddlyMenace
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VPN Blue Configurator

VPN Blue Configurator 09/02/2004 02:48 AM
Thanks

VW Blue Pearlcoat 1.0

VW Blue Pearlcoat 1.0 02/12/2004 05:00 PM
A VW-inspired theme.

"Blue Velvet"

"Blue Velvet" 01/04/2004 03:53 AM

"True Blue Gal"

"True Blue Gal" 06/12/2004 03:16 AM

Blue Crab 3.2

Blue Crab 3.2 05/27/2004 04:59 PM
Downloads complete websites to your computer for offline browsing and searching.

VW Blue Pearlcoat 1.1

VW Blue Pearlcoat 1.1 02/14/2004 07:55 PM
A VW-inspired theme.

From Big Blue, a How-To on SOAs

From Big Blue, a How-To on SOAs 06/28/2004 06:08 PM
JavaOne -- Service Oriented Architecture: tutorials, tools and pointers for programmers.

Red and Blue, or Red and Normal?

Red and Blue, or Red and Normal? 06/23/2004 08:43 PM
Perverse Polarity: Bipartisanship is another name for date rape? An examination of all of the talk about how polarized we are as a people, and what the facts actually are. Yet even when journalists' own evidence plainly shows that one party has become more moderate and the other more ideologically extreme, they can't bring themselves to say so.

True blue

True blue 11/04/2003 09:54 AM
Bluejacking is the new craze (according to the BBC) of sending random strangers within range unsolicited messages on their mobile phone via Bluetooth.

Blue Moon 2.9

Blue Moon 2.9 01/11/2004 04:50 PM
Blue Moon solitaire for Unix.

Red versus Blue

Red versus Blue 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
The Election Projection Website. A semi-scientific website that attempts to forecast the 2004 presidential election. Via Newmark's Door.
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