One of the projects nipping away at my time right now is background work for the Berkman Center’s deployment of the multi-user version of WordPress, another blog platform, in a few weeks. Although Berkman will continue to provide support for blogs using Manila for a while, they are encouraging Manila bloggers to switch to WordPress [...]
I heard from several readers who use Bloglines that the feed for j’s scratchpad is appearing there again. It wasn’t working for about two months. I have no idea why it stopped working or why it works now. Apparently, I’m not the only blogger on this server whose feed disappeared, so it might have been [...]
I experienced an “Oh, shoot! That’s this weekend, too!” moment this morning when I realized I procrastinated posting news about extended deadlines for Wikimania’s Call for Participation far too long.
* The proposal deadline for workshops and tutorials is Saturday, 15 April 2006: Notification of acceptance: by April 30
* Abstracts are due for panels, papers, posters [...]
The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, supposedly the first museum dedicated to the First Amendment and freedom, opens this week in Chicago. The McCormick Tribune Foundation, which was established when Chicago Tribune editor and publisher Col. Robert McCormick died, supports the museum.
Two Chicago Public Radio shows give us a, uh, listen to the museum:
The Sunday arts [...]
Stephen Abram’s column in the March 2006 Information Outlook, the Special Libraries Association’s magazine, is all about podcasting, including a long list of useful links.
Darlene Fichter has an article about using XML feeds on Web sites in April’s issue.
Not only are these two articles restricted to association members, but they require viewers to run ebrary [...]
Journalists often rely on various calendars for inspiration for stories and to get an idea about what’s going on.
AScribe has a calendar with recent events, anniversaries, and other mentionables.
Stay Free Magazine has a list of commercial holidays throughout the year.
Wikipedia also has some cool timeline/calendar stuff.
The Boston Globe is doing something about pop-up ads on their Web site to keep them from appearing in inappropriate places, like on obituaries and news stories about tragedies.
The PC Spy uses an authentication program to weed out bots requiring users to select three kitten pictures before commenting. Oli mentions something about running it on WordPress, too. Hhhmmm … He writes more. The test is at the bottom of that page and on its own page.
(By the way–the page is deceptively long because [...]
OK, so you readers who have been around for a while know I know the Redhead and probably don’t find it terribly surprising that she’s featuring my blog on her top ten list at Top10 Sources. I, however, am totally flattered that out of all the blogs she reads (she reads at least 11), she’s [...]
Steven and Ken are writing a bit about how aggregating content changes serendipity.
One of my grad school professors taught us quite a bit about the importance of serendipity. I appreciate serendipity in real life. Many of my blog posts come from getting stuck in the pluff mud–what my friend Bob and I call following a [...]