cyberweb

2013 was a moderate-to-good year for online reading in my life. I stumbled into and became quite fond of the semi-social-rss experience via my newsblur feed and continued deriving excellent value from shared links in my pinboard feed. Network propagation ftw ( Read more... )

I read with some interest Sue Gardner's recent post the war for the free and open internet and how we are losing it. She talks there about the notion of a commons in reference to parks, libraries, public places, like "the offline world" (mainly she describes, here, a city and its differing regulated spaces); and bemoans how few of these public ( Read more... )

The atlas of true names: http://www.kalimedia.com/Atlas_of_True_Names.html

If only it had a thousand times more labels.

Some things make my heart leap into my throat. The sharp bright outline of the moon against empty space on this perfectly clear night, seen through eyes without extra lenses, is just such a thing.

Cycling is flying.

I missed Ada Lovelace Day this year (and perhaps the past couple years?) but I meant to post an entry. A month late is better than never, right ( Read more... )

People have said salient things about the nature of the net before. While I agree that some of the internet's reflexive position in our society has become posing and answering the question "why wasn't I consulted?" (the thesis of that article), it occurs to me that that's not reaching nearly deep enough to explain it.


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"One 'steals' food in order to eat, not to reinforce the concept of private property; likewise one 'steals' words or beats in order to write or sing, not to replace another's ownership by one's own."

The geese have it figured out. Summer. Time for a walk by the water.

Moved into the old new old office. Everything old new again? I feel like time is in a bit of a loop. But it often feels that way. I think. Sometimes I mind, usually not. Presently not. Presently ok but you know, it seems to change every week. Or not. Time feels like a bit of a ( Read more... )

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