September 2008
comments (finally) added to the Metablog
I’ve always operated under the idea that because the metablog is really a collection of pieces that exist elsewhere, that it didn’t need comments—you could go to the originiating site and take place in the discussion there. But it’s pretty clear that many of you come here and stay here and want to take part in a discussion with me and with yourselves here. So now you can....
Walking the line. →
Outbound 9-23-08
Posted by email from scenes from a commute (posterous)
Two days, 24,077 words 56 pages. My hands feel like they’re going to hall off.
Inbound 9-23-08
Posted by email from scenes from a commute (posterous)
Secret: every time I tie a tie, I have to look up how on the Internet.
new site joining the metablog
I’ve launched a new blog, this one dedicated to my daily commute. Having worked for myself for 13 years, I’m finding actually being a train-riding commuter to be an interesting experience. To document it, I’ve launched Scenes from a Commute, a photo blog. Each day I go downtown, I’ll post one photo from the inbound commute and one from the outbound. They should start...
link: Why Isn’t Facebook Making More Money? (Hint:... →
link: State of the Blogosphere 2008: Technorati... →
It’s all too telling that the announcement of a reimagined Chicago Tribune won’t load up up my phone.
link: The National Enquirer is the media... →
Heading to the MacArthur Foundation today, though, sadly, not to accept a genius grant.
link: How Newspapers Abdicated the Front Page’s... →
link: Django cheat sheet (Mercurytide) →
link: The democratization of data →
I will so gladly accept “compressed disks in the back” over “brain tumor” any day of the week. Dog’s going to be kinda-sorta OK.
I completely fail to understand how my dog has gone from awesome to terrible in four short days. It’s like the worst switch ever was flipped
link: The future of mobile →
link: King Kong & Future News Gathering -... →
link: Learning from Wired’s inside look at the... →
