The path dependence of life leads to some pretty suboptimal outcomes sometimes. I used to have a practice of writing every day. It was rewarding! I met some cool people and learned a few things along the way. Then along came social media. What a great idea! All of my friends were in one place,Continue reading “Is this thing on?”
Category Archives: Blogging
Macworld != World
This is the dumbest, most myopic blog title I have seen in a long while: “Apple Stock Tanks During Stevenote.” I don’t mean to be snarky, but is it possible that someone could be so enthralled with the cult of Mac to completely miss the fact that Citigroup posted a $10B loss today? Of courseContinue reading “Macworld != World”
Flea Market Montgomery: a treatise on the comedic disposition of bloggers
A few weeks back, someone sent me a link to the Mini Mall Rap. I sat on it for a few days, and after I realized I couldn’t get it out of my head, and it was permeating even the most intimate moments of my life, I posted it to this here blog. Living rooms.Continue reading “Flea Market Montgomery: a treatise on the comedic disposition of bloggers”
Zen and the diffusion of links
Yesterday I had a moment I can only classify as Zen. Amidst the flurry of hundreds of RSS chunks, emails and IMs spreading between thousands of people, some signal seemed to appear out of the noise. Unfortunately, I am not omnicient, and cannot put the puzzle together completely. Perhaps someone can enlighten me. 1. SometimeContinue reading “Zen and the diffusion of links”
Yahoo! Blogs/News mashup
The first few weeks I have spent at Yahoo! have been extremely exciting. In the course of a week Yahoo! has announced the Berkeley Research Lab (where I work), a new podcasting service, the acquisition of Upcoming and tonight Yahoo! Blog Search the integration of weblogs into Yahoo! News Search results. I am extremely happyContinue reading “Yahoo! Blogs/News mashup”
comScore weblog report
I am obviously always on the lookout for weblog statistics, as it has become a core part of my thesis. Today a marketing company by the name of comScore has released a report detailing a number of different statements about the weblog community. I’d like to take a moment to remind people that this isContinue reading “comScore weblog report”
Thesis: defended
For those wondering whether or not I’ve died in my apartment in a vat of sweet-smelling liquid that masked the smell of my rotting body, the answer is NO! I’m alive and well, just in the wake of one of the more excruciatingly painful periods of work-induced anti-social behavior. And as a consolation, I neverContinue reading “Thesis: defended”
Help me graduate
As many of you know, I’m in the process of finishing my Ph.D. which happens to be about (you guessed it), weblogs. A large part of the analysis is dependent on gathering information about how people use their weblogs and their general communication behavior. For the next two weeks I’ll be gathering this data inContinue reading “Help me graduate”
Weblog ping services
Given the sheer number of weblogs that exist, and more importantly the number of those that could be dead, knowing which weblogs have been updated and when is a critical piece of information. The solution to this problem is a notification service, whereby weblogs alert a system when they’ve been changed. Pioneered by weblogs.com, pingContinue reading “Weblog ping services”
Hiatus
Once again overstated has lain dormant while I sought answers to some of life’s most pondered questions: will I ever graduate? If I do, what the hell comes next? How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? Which shaker does the salt go in? Are spheresContinue reading “Hiatus”
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