Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Set priorities to get out of the rat race At more clients than I can count, employees discuss the endless changes to the priorities or the absence of priorities at all. Janice Fraser takes a look at the phenomenon in the field of web design. The tools and methods she recommends work in every area of a company. This is good stuff! Janice Fraser: "Nearly every company I've worked with since becoming a web professional six years ago has lacked an efficient way to decide which things to do first." [EVHEAD] 5:25:51 PM     Comments[]

Dane always points to things others don't seem to find! What Blogging Archetype Are You Most Like? "Every blogger is different. From personal diaries to funny links to incisive political commentary and everything in between, bloggers are an amazing bunch. Yet, as in any community, some have emerged as leaders - trusted authorities whose voice (and reciprocal links) demand respect..." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 4:55:50 PM     Comments[]

Well said Meanwhile, let me declare my own goals here.   First, I want to see the Web finish turning into the writing environment of first resort. Back in the mid-80s there was a book called The Mac is Not a Typewriter. I don't remember what the point was, but I do know that I want to see the Web turn into the next typewriter: a writing and publishing system for everybody — the final fulfillment of the press freedom sanctioned by the First Amendment. To me that's what weblogs do, big time.   Second, I want to see the Web restored to its original design as a symetrical system. I'd like speeds both up and down to be equal. I'd like Port 80 to go unblocked. Cable and ADSL (which constitutes most DSL) systems are set up today with the expectation that most people would rather consume than produce. In fact they actively discourage production. Yet most of us would probably rather put our photo albums and home movies on our own home servers instead of some BigCo or ISP server, if the choice was available. Decentralized weblogs, by appealing to relatively resourceful and motivated early adopters, will do more to drive a symetrcial web than anything else on the horizon right now.   It seems to me that Userland is pushing toward both those goals with Radio, and has been for a long time. In fact, as I understand it, Radio was designed originally as a completely decentralized system. But because very few potential customers were running on their own IP addresses out of their own homes and offices, the market was too small. So they desinged it to allow upstreaming for HTTP service out of an ISP — a solution that's as decentralized as it practically can be. Again, I don't know enough about the others to say how decentralized they are. [Doc Searls Weblog] 4:11:48 PM     Comments[]

Amazing coincidence! I've just experienced the same thing as Jason. In my particular case, it's slightly different. My weblog which is unread by the masses remained unread whether I was posting or not! Note to self (so that I'll remember this feeling when it's gone): I'm finding it harder and harder to get back into the Web when I'm away from it for long periods of time. It's not that I was on vacation, stomping about in the beautiful Alaskan wilderness. I thought it was that at first, but it's not. It's something else, but I don't know what exactly. I'm sure I'll forget all about it in a few hours when the digital crack starts taking hold. [Kottke.org] 3:47:33 PM     Comments[]

Anonymous. "Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side." [Quotes of the Day] 9:59:41 AM     Comments[]

I'm back... with a different attitude and set of objectives for learning and using a weblog and the software application behind it. More on this in the next couple of weeks. 9:40:29 AM     Comments[]

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