Tuesday, March 04, 2003

Are you saying we are slow on the East Coast? There doesn't seem to be a lack of activity in the blogosphere in the East, or the South, where I am.  Wonder why Winer says otherwise?  Is it because more of us "Easterners" have day jobs that keep us away from the blogs? Yesterday Donna Wentworth linked to a Stanford project to help people in their community start weblogs. Right on. I say this all the time: Nothing is going to stop west coast schools from adopting weblogs. That's why I went east. If someone didn't get weblogs going there, it could turn become a west coast thing, like hot tubs, Esalen, massage, Buddhism, meditation, Jerry Brown, etc. Also note that it's important to have a Pied Piper. It's not enough to put up a server, you'll wait a long time before the weblogs start. Someone has to make it look interesting and fun and point to the cool stuff. That's what Jenny does for librarians, and Denise and Ernie for the attorneys. I always keep an eye open for a Pied Piper. I of couse am a PP myself. [Scripting News] comment [] 8:48:20 AM

New Edublog... Winer has this to say about a new blog... Lindon Parker sends a pointer to James Farmer's new education weblog, which reminds of Jenny the Librarian; and Farmer points to Anne Davis who in turn reports on what her students think of weblogs. "Every once in a while you have those teaching days when you know that this is why you teach," says Ms Davis. To which I say, this is one of those days when you know why you write software. ";->" [Scripting News] comment [] 8:46:05 AM