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Confusing the mode with the use

by Bill on November 23, 2009

I came across two links that I thought were worth sharing. The first is a blog post by Dave Winer and it’s called How Hollywood portrays bloggers. In it he says, “A blogger isn’t just someone who uses blogging software, at least not to me.” I agree and this is one of the misperceptions about [...]

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Journalism again – how to see it

by Bill on May 21, 2009

Through a tweet (@davewiner) I came across a column on the Christian Science Monitor. It was by Robert G. Picard and was titled Why journalists deserve low pay. I think it says in a much better way (as in clearer) what I’ve been getting at in a few of my posts. His headline, of course, [...]

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Why do Internet companies manage communication so badly?

by Bill on May 13, 2009

It seems ironic but the very companies that provide methods of communication on the Internet manage communication terribly. We see it time and again. The latest is Twitter and changes they made in how Reply works. For a good summary of it, see Dave Winer’s Lessons from the changes in Twitter. Whether the changes were [...]

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Random burbles on a Saturday morning

by Bill on May 2, 2009

My post yesterday, The class system alive and well and now online, was tweeted by Dave Winer (@davewiner) and he has oodles of followers so my site, at least that post, had a major spike in traffic. By major spike I mean in the context of the modest traffic I usually get. I was glad [...]

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The class system alive and well and now online

by Bill on May 1, 2009

I think Leonard Cohen got to the heart of the class system best in his song “Democracy” where he sings about, “… the homicidal bitchin’ that goes down in every kitchen to determine who will serve and who will eat.” That pretty much explains the why and what of it. The phrase may be a [...]

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