Expect few or no updates for a month starting this weekend, as I will
be spending that time in a general state of disconnect from the net.
While I dread the withdrawal symptoms, I do believe I will return as a
stronger Seb. I've got a few ideas for constructive projects to embark
upon when I'm back, and flushing down the cognitive overload of the
last months will surely help make my internal focus sharper...
"What are the best how-to books, videos, software, websites that you've
ever seen? I don't care what the topic is, I am primarily interested in
the execution."
Building a distributed body of how-tos would be another great application of structured blogging. Paging Marc Canter: must add Open How-Tos to your list of digital lifestyle standards.
"Now imagine that
profile as a sort of e-portfolio, containing most of the stuff you
careed about, things you were thinking about, connecting you to
everyone else who wanted to learn the same things, helping you find the
information and resources that would help you learn... "
These days I keep running into mentions of how conversations in
blogspace are hard to follow. From my experience, tracking
blogversations is similar to exploring a 3D game world. Look here, go
there, find some nugget, backtrack, have a peek over there...
Presumably a game wouldn't be as fun if it were turned into a more
passive, guided walkthrough. Does this reasoning also apply to
blogversations?
(P.S. Link-free post - no running around this time! Enjoy!)
