Archive for June, 2003
Monday, June 30th, 2003
The Patriot Act Has An Enemy
Dennis J. Kucinich: There is nothing patriotic about the loss of our civil liberties. [John Burkhardt]
I don’t know much about this candidate yet, so I’m not endorsing him. But I do like two things about him:
1.) He has a weblog. Now that’s savvy, even though it really wasn’t his idea.2.) He opposes intrusion on personal [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Brave New World by jmiller
Monday, June 30th, 2003
Creativity, the Wiki, and RSS’s Rival Descendants
Stamp Out Creativity Now. I am worried that the next-gen syndication process rooted in Sam’s Wiki is in danger of going seriously off the rails, because some of the participants have got the idea that it’s about trying to invent new technology or improve RSS…. [ongoing]
Tim Bray puts in his two cents or two bits [...]
No Comments » - Posted in E-Publishing Explosion by jmiller
Monday, June 30th, 2003
Register online for DCMI 2003 and pre-conference workshops. “Supporting Communities of Discourse and Practice-Metadata Research & Applications” in Seattle, Washington (USA) 28 September-2 October 2003 will consist of conference, workshop, and tutorial tracks. The number of available participants in the Metadata Search and Metadata Primer pre-conference workshops is limited so register early! [OCLC Research]
No Comments » - Posted in E-Publishing Explosion, Knowledge Management by jmiller
Monday, June 30th, 2003
The Register: Open Source Prepares to Kiss EU Patent Ass Goodbye [Linux Today]
No Comments » - Posted in Brave New World, Craft, Open Source by jmiller
Monday, June 30th, 2003
CNET News: Group Claims Linux Advance on Xbox [Linux Today]
No Comments » - Posted in Open Source, Personal Software Integration by jmiller
Monday, June 30th, 2003
TechWeb: Will Linux Revive Novell? [Linux Today]
No Comments » - Posted in Open Source by jmiller
Wednesday, June 25th, 2003
Why I’m No Dave Winer, Just a Big Whiner
I just emailed Jeff Young of OCLC with a list of questions related to OCLC’s research work in standards, metadata, and other topics. He was very helpful in his responses. I won’t quote him here (I didn’t ask him if could), but here are coulple of links to their research projects. By the way, if you’re [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Knowledge Management, Rants and Criticisms by jmiller
Monday, June 23rd, 2003
Blogging Can Be The Pits
When nobody’s reading and nobody’s linking, blogging can really seem pointless.
… Now, according to the egalitarian mythos of the Web, anyone can publish. You skip the step of requiring an editor and publisher, but no one is willing to skip the step of requiring an audience.
I do get traffic. But when the only traffic you [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by jmiller
Monday, June 23rd, 2003
Hummers and Armored Cars
I realized today what some of the appeal of the new H2 Hummers might be. I momentarily mistook an armored car behind me for a Hummer today. After realizing the true nature of the vehicle, I surmised that there might be something subconsciously comforting to today’s SUV driver. Power, stability, security. And you don’t have [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Outpost516 Journal by jmiller
Friday, June 20th, 2003
Google Counts Jump But Nobody Cares
I regularly search Google for my unique handle on the web to see who’s caring/linking these days. Also at Technorati. I primarily search for the word “xagronaut” because there is no other word on the Internet that can be mistaken for my handle. No overlap of meaning or acronym or first and last name. Nope. [...]
