Apr 11, 2007
I’m starting to get frustrated with certain aspects of the blogging world. So here are five things that really bug me:There are too many middle aged guys (and I do mean guys) trying to be cool kids. Sure be open, that’s a wonderful attribute. But for goodness sake, be...
Apr 6, 2007
It appears that Kathy Sierra’s cyber-bullying story has had a positive resolution.Check out Giovanni Rodriguez, who highlights a blogger code of ethics, written by Tim O’Reilly.Then have a look at Shel Israel’s links to the open letters Kathy Sierra and Chris Locke,...
Apr 1, 2007
This past week, the blogosphere was abuzz with something disturbing. Death threats, sexual harassment and cyber-bullying of the lowest kind.Visit blogger Kathy Sierra’s site and you can read about some of the things she’s been through. It’s not funny, not a dark sick...
Mar 21, 2007
Back from vacation. Still cold (with snow) in Toronto even though tomorrow is technically spring.I’ve been writing this blog since January and I wanna tell ya (as a Catskill’s comic might segue), there’s gonna be a few changes ‘round here.First off, you’ll notice a...
Jan 29, 2007
In Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons (1974), the always playful, original and somewhat cranky, Kurt Vonnegut, says of the ‘writing trades’: ‘They allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into...
