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Top Five Tips for Webl0ggers

Top Five Tips for Webl0ggers 07/18/2004 06:56 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 18 2004 11:10PM GMT

DevDays Webl0ggers

DevDays Webl0ggers 12/05/2003 12:36 PM

Sashi Corti points to webloggers covering the European DevDays.

"I Encuesta a webl0ggers"

"I Encuesta a webl0ggers" 06/02/2004 01:07 AM

I Encuesta a webl0ggers

I Encuesta a webl0ggers 05/31/2004 06:52 PM
I Encuesta a webloggers y lectores de blogs

blogpocket.com/encuesta
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How Apple is going to screw webl0ggers!

How Apple is going to screw webl0ggers! 01/06/2005 04:47 AM

Most of you should already know that Apple is suing several sites that are devoted Mac fans. They have decided that because someone either at Apple or a contractor is spreading juicy information to these sites, that they are going to sue them into telling who is giving them the information. If Think Secret decides to fight Apple I am going give them a donation to help them with their legal cost.

Why would I do that, well how long will it be before someone passes me a juicy tip and I write about it and piss some company off. As has been mentioned around the blogsphere if this had been the New York Times or PC World they would not have touched them with a 10 foot pole.

One thing I can do immediately is this, I will no longer purchase any iTunes music or purchase any sort of Apple product as a consumer I can also make a statment with my pocket-book.

APPLE CEASE AND DESIST YOUR LAWSUITS AGAINST WEBLOGS!

On the UK Webl0ggers Christmas Party...

On the UK Webl0ggers Christmas Party... 12/02/2003 01:35 AM

I'm pretty much promoting this one to death at the moment, but just in case someone using RSS feeds to read my site has missed the enormous plug I'm giving this event on my site at the moment, there's a UK Webloggers Christmas Party to be held in London's fashionable Farringdon district this coming weekend. Details follow:
→ Venue: Downstairs at the Well
→ When: This coming Saturday 29th November from 7.00pm
→ How do you find it? There's a helpful map!
→ Organised by: That lovely chap from Funjunkie.co.uk

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On how journalists write about
webl0ggers...

On how journalists write about
webl0ggers... 06/05/2005 10:48 PM

There's an article in the Sunday Times today called Go lden rules for blogging clever which features a few choice morsels of salient quotage from some bloke not a million miles away from this weblog. For this reason alone I recommend you buy the paper in question. Possibly you should be so impressed that you should consider sending me some naked pictures of yourselves?

Moving on though - the article itself is very strange. It seems to wend its way between a number of different registers - starting off in a 'weblogs and online communities are important' area and then wanders directly into a 'who the hell do you think you are to think anyone cares what you think' kind of space. I find this very odd, given that the article is supposedly about giving people tips for writing a weblog. It's been a while since I read a cookery book, but I'm pretty sure they don't start by telling people that they're worthless and they'll never amount to anything. That kind of motivational speech seems more commonly left to parents. (Of course the article isn't actually aimed at people starting a weblog at all, but at people who want to observe it from the sidelines with a cup of tea and a raised eyebrow while slowly dying inside.)

From having apparently smacked down the reader for their nerve - their very presumption - that they might find value in self-expression, the article moves on to slightly self-satirise. Now the mockery is a bit ironic - it knows we don't really want to be boring and that we're all able to see the funny side of the whole thing. To support its case, it brings in a few of the classier webloggers (Heather Armstrong and myself) to comment. And what do we say? Well, basically we say that all this stuff about being boring is rather missing the point and it's not about getting a huge audience and that self-expression is really important and stuff and that if people derive value from their weblogs then that's good, right? Right?

Well, all I can say is that it's lucky that our brief comments don't distract from the main thrust of the article! No hippies are going to distract from the relentless pursuit of traffic, after all. So we get a humourous take on giving your weblog a sexy name, a patch on how to pander to other weblogs to get hits, a bref paragraph on Googlebombing and a few words on the apparent incestuousness of the culture. The article recommends writing about your sex life, getting fired for writing a weblog and peddling extreme opinions. All of these things will get you a book deal and only then will people want to get you naked because they've heard your name on television.

I think the reason I find this whole article so amusing is because it's the ultimate archetype of all news stories about weblogs. Its every word exposes the assumptions and prejudices of journalists and - I think more widely - the British. So you've got the censorious attitude to people expressing themselves in public (self-expression isn't really proper), then you've got the whole amateur-versus-professional argument that neurotically restates only proper journalists are worth reading. These journalists, who - we are reminded by the rest of the article - really assume that (i) the only reason to write is to get famous, (ii) there's no value in community or discussion or debate and (iii) normal people would sell their granny for dog meat to get famous. And to cap it all off, the examples that they use are all the ones that reveal the bankrupcy of the news media - that a culture of millions of webloggers can only really be understood by the tabloidish stories that make it across into the 'proper' media. The whole thing is gloriously cock-eyed.

I'm being a bit unfair, of course. It's not nearly that clear-cut, and there's some really interesting stuff here. I like that Simon Jenkins expressed an anxiety about the role of the newspaper columnist in the amateurised opinion space. I don't think he's got an enormous amount to worry about - in fact he should be delighted, he could be a giant in that space if he wanted - but that all depends on viewing changes as opportunities rather than threats. Here are a few more of my thoughts - good and bad - in the form of an unordered list:

• I love the fact that the word hippo-griff is used in this article. For that alone, I will give you one billion dollars. You heard me. One billion. Although I'm a bit surprised by the hyphen. Maybe I won't give you a billion dollars after all. Damn sub-editors.
• "The absolute golden rule of blogging - it is literally made of gold - is: Do not blog", says our journo. It's literally made of gold? What, really? Dear God, man - misuse of 'literally' in this way is pretty much the first thing that you get smacked in the mouth for at journalism school. What are you doing!? Unless of course there really is a golden rule cast in gold somewhere - on a mountain or something. In which case, I want to see it. While we're at it - who the hell made up this rule? I've never heard it before. It's not even a parody of 'Don't talk about Fight Club'. I don't get it.
• If you read the article in print, then you get confronted with an enormous picture of that bloody berk who got (as far as I can tell) fired from Waterstones for being a bit of an idiot and not reading his contract. I've never felt a lot of sympathy for him - even though the relationship between a weblogger's site and their working life is a complex one that I've been coming up against a bit recently - because he just seemed to have been such a twit about the whole thing. I'd recommend reading two things about this subject: Anil Dash's expansion on his assertion that no one gets fired for blogging and a Tech Station article called The Unbearable Rightness of Nick Denton.

Ah, that'll do. I'm bored now. Fun article! Took me ages to respond to. Probably better than I'm giving it credit for. Seeya!

A Firefox Hack for Webl0ggers

A Firefox Hack for Webl0ggers 06/27/2004 01:29 AM

All of this time at the house on my back has allowed me to do more surfing the net then what should legally be allowed. I have been digging around looking for ways to improve my productivity. With some terrific extensions available to Firefox users I am going to outline a way to save your self some time..

I user Newzcrawler when I used to use IE I would have 20 or 30 browser windows open. The desktop would come to crawls and that always aggravated me. On top of that I would have to wait for the browser to open and the click on the Newzcrawler tab to bring it back to the front.

When I started using Firefox I faced that same aggravation. The Tab browsing was great when it came to looking at referral links within the current browser window, but I wanted a way to load all of my articles in one browser using multiple tabs. I kicked myself in the ass today as I took about 15 minutes looking at some of the extensions and wanted to start beating my head against the wall for putting up with it that long.

Install the Tabbrowser Extension and then follow these Instructions< /a>. Once you have completed step 4 I want you to keep the tabbrowser extension preferences open.

Step 5. Click on Focus and then choose Links with Normal Action in top set of selections. Second click Other applications In the "Keep browser in the background when tabs opened by"

That's it, so now when you are in your reviewing headlines in your aggreator and you see a article you want to review it will load in a tab while keeping the browser in the background. So you can find the articles you want and they will all be loaded in one browser keeping the clutter down on your desktop. You may nor find this handy but I am thrilled.

I would love to hear from any of you that have developed your own time saving tricks.

I Encuesta a webl0ggers y lectores de
bl0gs

I Encuesta a webl0ggers y lectores de
bl0gs 06/01/2004 08:17 PM

Resultados de la I Encuesta de
Webl0ggers hispanos

Resultados de la I Encuesta de
Webl0ggers hispanos 07/20/2004 07:40 PM

A rollicking poke at our convention
webl0ggers

A rollicking poke at our convention
webl0ggers 07/16/2004 06:48 AM
editorial

nytimes.com/2004/07/15/opinion/15THU3.html?ex=1247630400&e n=84e4f8310e8eb60e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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Shock horror - webl0ggers taking a break

Shock horror - webl0ggers taking a break 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Hmm, despite the magic of WiFi at conferences these days, very few of the Bloggerati present at SXSW seem to...

Jorn Barger, one of the earliest
webl0ggers, is missing

Jorn Barger, one of the earliest
webl0ggers, is missing 12/03/2003 03:01 AM
Have You Heard from Jorn Barger?

ericwagoner.com/whereisjorn
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The Scobleizer: A challenge for
webl0ggers: handling organizational
difficulties

The Scobleizer: A challenge for
webl0ggers: handling organizational
difficulties 01/28/2004 05:10 AM
Scoble talks about iPods, WMA, AAC, and choice .. Scoble

radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/01/26.html#a6361
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The Consumer Electronics Show opens
Minus Webl0ggers

The Consumer Electronics Show opens
Minus Webl0ggers 01/05/2005 03:59 PM

I would have went to CES instead they have banned all webloggers, thus I am flipping them the middle finger and will be going somewhere else besides Las Vegas for vacation. See not only will CES miss me, so will Las Vegas miss my wallet and my wife at the Blackjack table. Sure I could have lied on the application but who wants to go where they are not welcome. [Yahoo]< /p>

What webl0ggers are reading this summer
(Phil Gyford: Writing)

What webl0ggers are reading this summer
(Phil Gyford: Writing) 07/10/2004 04:58 AM
Speaking of which

gyford.com/phil/writing/2004/07/09/what_webloggers_.php
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Suck it, NYC!

Suck it, NYC! 06/11/2004 07:56 AM
The latest affront in a war of good vs. evil.

Suck on this!

Suck on this! 07/12/2004 08:42 PM
Selfellatio (NSFW) [via Jane's Guide]

Suck

Suck 12/15/2002 12:23 AM
The store is really messy, so I get to work 3pm to 11pm tomorrow, Sunday. I get to work until 11pm on a Sunday. Ass.

I Suck

I Suck 11/15/2003 12:02 AM
I tried making an AppleScript for iTunes that would change the case of articles in ID3 tags, I got it to work, but it removed...

"Children as young as seven in one
British school are using webl0gs as part
of their normal routine, and are doing
better than non-webl0ggers as a result,
their teacher says."

"Children as young as seven in one
British school are using webl0gs as part
of their normal routine, and are doing
better than non-webl0ggers as a result,
their teacher says." 06/14/2004 09:52 AM

Air America Might Not Suck

Air America Might Not Suck 08/05/2004 10:54 PM
I've made fun of Air America once before for having way too many people on staff for a radio station, but things might not look...

Deadlines still suck

Deadlines still suck 03/26/2005 01:16 PM

Even when you're doing work you love. In other news: today I finally finished Chapter 14: Blog Your Build Process and Chapter 15: Blog From a Chat Room.

Why Does Windows Still Suck?

Why Does Windows Still Suck? 02/05/2005 09:08 PM

Why, oh why, does Windows suck?

Why, oh why, does Windows suck? 02/05/2005 09:35 PM
A SFGate columnist (and Mac user) has asked a hot question, but I think those looking to Microsoft to solve all their ills are missing part of the social landscape that keeps the company cozy.

“Why does Windows still suck”

“Why does Windows still suck” 02/05/2005 09:55 PM
read the whole article .. and answers it

sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/02/04/note s020405.DTL
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"Why does Windows still suck?"

"Why does Windows still suck?" 02/07/2005 02:02 AM

Sites That Suck

Sites That Suck 04/15/2005 09:55 AM

Sites That Suck: This site is worthy of a browse — it's a gallery of painfully-designed Web sites (sadly, the site itself doesn't look all that great). I like the use of vacuum cleaners instead of stars to measure how much a site "sucks," and great commentary like this:

I would assume that at some point, an actual person decided that a hit counter wasn't enough, and that it needed to be an animated hit counter that comically rolled at such a speed that it caused you to imagine traffic so intense that the poor counter couldn't keep up. Oh the hysteria!

It's in blog format, so there's an RSS feed.

Verbs Suck

Verbs Suck 03/11/2003 11:53 AM
Joe Gregorio: XForms doesn't support the DELETE verb.

I find this very amusing< /a>.

Forget SOAP. Forget ReST. Consider the following flow. I POST an email address to a URL. An SMTP message comes to that address. In the body of that message is a URL. Issue a GET on that URL. You get a cookie.

It's just data.

It is a very big world out there

but tweakers still suck

but tweakers still suck 04/11/2005 07:45 PM
I told you Ecstasy was good for you. "The study of Ecstasy for the terminally ill will involve 12 cancer patients who have less than a year to live. They'll receive varying doses during two strictly supervised therapeutic sessions. The drug, once hailed as 'penicillin for the soul,' is a chemical cousin to amphetamines that reportedly induces feelings of profound empathy. It will be combined with traditional psychotherapy, and, [Dr.] Halpern hopes, 'enable them to open up in therapy so they can talk about challenging issues and resolve their grief.'" (reg rq'd)

All KVMs suck.

All KVMs suck. 04/04/2005 11:57 PM
MacInTouch: All KVMs suck.

You Can Pay For Your Homework Online,
But Most Likely It Will Suck

You Can Pay For Your Homework Online,
But Most Likely It Will Suck 04/07/2005 02:24 AM
In the last few years, one of the biggest issues that teachers and professors have had to deal with is that many students are buying papers off the internet. There are a number of tools, like Turnitin, that try to catch students in the act, but now some are pointing out that, students who buy papers online may get "rewarded" in another way. Most of the papers are just plain bad and won't get the student a particularly good grade. Of course, this was hardly a scientific study. It was just one professor checking out a few different essays available online. However, it still makes you wonder what sort of person would buy a paper online when there's absolutely no way to judge the quality of it? Oh, right, the sort of person who buys a paper online probably is too clueless to recognize that quality might matter.

Why do Wiki RSS Feeds Suck?

Why do Wiki RSS Feeds Suck? 01/02/2005 02:06 PM
I'm a not a big fan of Wiki technology, mostly because I find the markup annoying and the random nature of Wiki changes difficult to follow. However, many Wiki software packages offer RSS feeds so that one can subscribe to a feed of changes in your favorite aggregator. But they all suck. At least all the ones I've tried do. Rather than take advantage of the fact that most people are reading RSS feeds in something capable of displaying HTML,...

charter schools suck

charter schools suck 08/18/2004 03:08 PM
AFT-funded study .. an NYT article

nytimes.com/2004/08/17/education/17charter.html
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We Suck. But Trust Us With Your Web Site
Anyway.

We Suck. But Trust Us With Your Web Site
Anyway. 03/19/2005 02:22 AM

I'm currently looking for a ColdFusion MX hosting provider (no, I haven't found another shiny object — we inherited a bunch of sites from someone else).

I thought I had found a good one that was recommended by someone I trust, but their new customer sign-up interface threw a fatal, unhandled error halfway through the process.

So I call their tech support and actually had to send them a screencap of the error screen. Their response:

1. You may be missing the CV2 number.
2. It could be that you are not using Internet Explorer. (That is the browser that would need to be used.)
3. The security settings may be set too high on your computer.

I translate this as the following:

1. We're not error checking. We prefer to just throw up when we get something we don't expect.
2. We don't support 1 out of every 10 potential customers. New business is not that important to us.
3. Our interface is so poorly designed that it needs to get unnecessarily friendly with your system. Trust us.

I'm sanctimoniously withholding my business from this company, even though they met every other criteria I had. Not supporting non-IE browsers (and not bothering to tell you this or check for it before you start the process) was enough for me to withdraw.

I don't want to get all philosophical, but this is just sloppy. If they're this bad with their sign-up system (you know, the system that puts food on the table), then how can they expect me to trust them with my Web sites?

So, this leaves me in the market for good ColdFusion MX hosting. Preferably, I'd like a virtual server on which I can host unlimited domains (not a dedicated server — I only need like four or five sites). However, I'll consider anything. And it has to be Windows (someone else wrote the sites specifically for Windows, we just have to put them somewhere).

Any recommendations?

IE Tabs Suck Memory Too

IE Tabs Suck Memory Too 06/17/2005 04:33 PM
Adam Stiles notes that Microsoft's IE Tabs Suck Memory like there's no tomorrow: I never considered the possibility that each IE7 tab would have its own copy of 3rd party toolbars. But that's the direction Microsoft has taken. What's the problem with that approach? Every time you open a new browser tab (which tabbed browser users do much more frequently than single-window browser users), you have to create new instances of any 3rd-party bars. Ouch. Opening a folder of 25...

Why registration-sites suck

Why registration-sites suck 07/20/2004 06:15 AM
Wired News has a good piece on the backlash against the growing trend of news-sites requiring logins to read their articles, covering automated tools like the Mozilla bugmenot plugin that automatically spoofs your logins to 14,000+ sites.

The point that everyone seems to miss is that no one can possibly keep track of a thousand passwords for a thousand websites, which means that these sites undoubtably contain recycled passwords (admonishments from security experts to never recycle a password are the infosec equivalent of telling people to "eat less and exercise more" -- simplistic doctrine that is vanishingly unlikely to be adhered to in the field).

The more you recycle a password, the higher the likelihood that you will use it in a sensitive context -- a bank site, a message board, an IM client, an auction site -- where someone might impersonate you or even commit identity theft crimes against you.

What's even worse is that while these news-sites are willing to spend the computational cycles necessary to receive your password, none that I've seen use SSL for their login, which means that the NYT and others demand that you send your password in the clear when you sit down at a WiFi cafe and want to read the password. This is a potential disaster if that NYT password is also a sensitive one somewhere else: it's a case of really callous disregard for user privacy and security. Link

Data centres suck it up

Data centres suck it up 07/10/2004 01:16 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 10 2004 5:21AM GMT

who says mini-jacks suck?

who says mini-jacks suck? 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
How to convert LPs to CDs. Many audiophiles will mock the software they suggest using as well as the hardware pictured, but this is aimed for the everyday people that don't have a laser turntable or ProTools . All in all, a decent introductory guide.
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