tags: blogosphere

2007

April

2007 Apr 5
blogging code of conduct

In the wake of the debacle amongst the “A” listers in which a prominent female blogger is threatened with sexual abuse and death, I find that even the MSM (that’s mainstream media, not men having sex with men) ended up writing about it, specifically wondering whether or not we need a blogging code of conduct. Darleene muses about who would even enforce such a thing, but interestingly, we already have a code of conduct.

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2007 Apr 7
empires don’t crumble, they just fade away

The big internet meme today seems to be that Microsoft is dead, and to claim that a multibillion dollar company that is still making enormous profits is dead is no mean feat.

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2007 Apr 9
blogger’s code of conduct

Tim O’Reilly’s post about a blogger’s code of conduct has generated much discussion across the blogosphere and has actually been picked up by the MSM outlets such as the BBC and the New York Times.

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2007 Apr 11
blogger's code of conduct continued

Tim O’Reilly replies to his critics regarding his proposed blogger’s code of conduct.

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May

2007 May 15
there is clearly something wrong with me

Man, that was an incredible waste. Three hours down the drain just to get a stupid RSS widget to work in MySpace. I wish that Myspace would just let me crosspost to their blog engine, but noooo.

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June

2007 Jun 25
addicted

Quizzes. Not from J™. Unfortunately I don’t remember the source.

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July

2007 Jul 1
rss promiscuity and why nofollow is cool

I find myself commenting a lot on how stupid Digg is. Not the concept itself, which is basically Slashdot evolved and on steroids. The problem is that the average posters are morons.

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November

2007 Nov 6
seven years of wandering the desert

Of note, yesterday marks the 7th anniversary of my blogging endeavors. Why is it that I always watch druggie movies in November?

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