Archives for September, 2005
User Agent Spam?
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
Okay, this is kind of weird. Electronic me just mailed me some stats on blog visitors, and electronic me had barfed while parsing user agent strings from my access logs. Now maybe it’s common and I just don’t spend enough time perusing access logs these days, but I have never before seen user agent spam: [...]
A True Geek Definition of Web 2.0?
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
There’s a post entitled Web 2.0 Elevator Pitch over on Read/Write Web, which collects a variety of different people’s working definitions for “Web 2.0″. (In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last few days, the topic has heated up again following Tim O’Reilly’s recent posting of a Web 2.0 meme map. And [...]
Searchfox Beta Report: Day 1.5
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
It’s a bit of an overstatement to say that I’ve had an actual half day to play with Searchfox since the last update, but there is one item that I wanted to get down here. Dave Winer’s River of News approach appeals to me, even though it’s not the way that I currently consume. Searchfox [...]
Searchfox Beta Report: Day 1
Monday, September 19th, 2005
So the first big change for day one’s report is that I’m giving up on the whole scoring thing. You see, the whole login failure issue discussed in day zero came down to my not realizing that the Searchfox RSS reader login page is at http://rss.searchfox.com, and it’s the Searchfox favorites login page is at [...]
Gedankenexperiment #37: Bad Judgment Theater
Friday, September 16th, 2005
Okay, let’s say that you were a “technology marketing and product launch specialist experienced in the management of integrated marketing programs ranging from brand identity development, product management, customer acquisition campaigns and Web application development,” and you lived in California. Do you think that it would be a good idea to submit your resume and [...]
Searchfox Beta Report: Day 0.5
Thursday, September 15th, 2005
I knew that I liked FeedDemon, the best RSS reader in existence, but I didn’t fully realize how much it would throw me to try to use another reader as my primary. So far I’ve found a number of things that I like about Searchfox, but I still keep wanting it to be FeedDemon…just because. [...]
Searchfox Beta Report: Day 0
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
After reading a fair amount about the new Searchfox Web-based RSS reader, I submitted a request to participate in the beta. Shortly after submitting my request I received a login and password; I poked around for a few minutes, found it intriguing, and decided to put together a few posts on the process of getting [...]
Roberts Confirmation Hearings
Monday, September 12th, 2005
Just a little reminder: the first Supreme Court appointment in 11 years is imminent. Roberts’ confirmation hearings will be broadcast live on WNYC (radio or online), and I’m sure a variety of other outlets. These are lifetime appointments, kids, might be worth a listen…
