In this article, What We're Doing When We Blog [Jun. 13, 2002], Meg Hourihan explains what characterizes a blog. It's a good introduction for those unfamiliar with blogs, and it helps those of us who are to distinguish what the essence of blogging is. I cheat a bit by quoting her closing paragraph, but I commend the entire article to you.
Today is my buddy, Phil Petty's, 72nd birthday. Congratulations!
This interview provides a thoughtful vision of the Web. I commend it to your attention, and particularly to you, Stan. You can read his blog here.
I suppose I should post a reference to this article, A Rift Among Bloggers, by David F. Gallagher in today's NY Times because I am running across references to it at a lot of the blogs I read. Among the more interesting responses I've seen is this one from Doc Searls.
Yesterday I indulged myself in the luxury of spending my off day tweaking my computer system to make it more suited to my needs. Tweaking is a 21st century indoor sport that takes both a spirit of adventure and a courageous willingness to step into the unknown, not to mention a sizable block of time to play the game. Those folks who have gotten burned when they tried this indoor sport have sworn off it for the remainder of their lives, avowing to live from that day forward by those twin maxims of the status quo, «leave well enough alone» and «if it ain't broke, don't fix it.» But those of us who have tasted some of the fruits of these efforts and become intoxicated with the heady delight of seeing even a minor change make your computing life easier or more convenient have become addicted to the pleasure and the sense of accomplishment that comes from a successful tweak.
In the last several weeks, friends (Stan and Phil to be specific) have asked with sincere interest why I blog. In each case they have different reasons for questioning the wisdom of doing so and their questions warrant a reply. It's too easy, of course, to answer their question «why blog?» flippantly by saying «because I can,» yet that is in part the answer. The technology exists. It's easy to do. And I enjoy experimenting with it. Yet there are other reasons too.
I've posted some pictures of my trip to San Diego at my PBase gallery.
Robert Vamosi, a CNET editor, offer's his critique of Senator Lieberman's plan in this article, Broadband for all? Not until it's more secure.
Dave Winer reports this potentially interesting bit of news in his Scripting News.
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