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Tags in MT admin interface

It took a few hours but I've gone and done it. I hacked out the "suggested tags" UI goodies from del.icio.us and grafted it into the Movable Type admin's "Edit Entry" template. Now for my purposes, the "suggested tags"...


Graphical Command Line, precursory

I've been composing a post about "Graphical Command Line" interfaces, which what alot of "AJAX" enabled features on websites are, and what Quicksilver, a Mac application, is... but it's getting so long and involved and I just don't have the...


Input output, part 1

I've been thinking a lot lately about this thing we call the personal weblog, especially the evolution I see, working exclusively on other people's, in how they are used and how their owners want to use them. It comes down...


Devices of Design

I attended the "Devices of Design" symposium, hosted by the CCA (Canadian Center for Architecture) and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology (Daniel Langlois was the founder of Softimage). Devices of Design, a collaboration between the Canadian...


Open Source Religion

"Release early, release often." (disclaimer: many of the facts - names of cultures, places, people and dates - are not terribly known to me. I am not a scholar, I'm a hobbyist.) There exists a fantastic Open Source project...


Process through adaption

Continuing on my current theme of "data management", let me share with you an example from my own experience. I mentioned a few weeks back how overwhelmed I was by the size of my MP3 collection. McLuhanists, and others surely,...


email UI

email has been much on my mind again lately. The fact that no email reader (client, MUA, etc) does things the way I'd like is frustrating, and many powerusers I have spoken to agree... This evening I hooked up with...


When thoughts collide

I received today my copy of Christopher Alexander's "The Timeless Way of Building" and floated down through the two first chapters as though carried by a gently nimble stream of clear water. More peaceful pondering on that later. I ordered...


Michael Moore publishes letters from U.S. soldiers in Iraq

I just received an e-mail from good friend and former employer, Warren Wilansky. Warren and the gang at Plank Design do all of Michael Moore's websites. He sent me the text of the latest Mike's Message. A small excerpt: What...


Stick this in your Google and smoke it

In a comment on Joi's site, Stewart Butterfield remarked: I have no idea how to settle an argument about this, but I contend that, for the overwhelming majority of blog readers and writers, blogs have almost nothing to do with...


Talking to myself

Continuing on the cyborg theme, I thought to myself: I've been here on the sofa all afternoon, fumbling with my awkward iBook, and yet it is here, with this sub-par setup, that my thoughts flow most freely into the computer,...


The Library of Am'zon

I was going to write something about this new Amazon feature which searches the contents of books now and not just ttitles, authors, etc... But Wired beat me to it. In fact, apparently they beat themselves to it, which is...


The business of riding a board down a slope

In Lao Tsu Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", he speaks of force, momentum, inertia and control. While the book's context is warfare, it can, and has been read and applied to many different things, including business strategy. (Thinking about...


A quick comment for Warren

Wilansky 2003: The Imperial Presidency Ouch. First of all, speaking for myself, I ain't no "commie". ;) That said, I am reading a very interesting book by one Sir Herbert Read, titled "To Hell with Culture". Amongst other things, he...


Welcome to 1996, scientific publishing industry!

Good friend Anders points out this Guardian Online article, "Publish and be praised". "Good morning houseplants. Yeees, it's time to get up now." No joke, the article reads like it's 6 years old. This technological revolution, perhaps as significant as...


Joy

- "Dhammapadda - The Sayings of the Buddha" Live in joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Live in joy, Without...


"To hell with culture"

To Hell with CultureSir Herbert Read (1893-1968).Leading poet, publisher, educational theorist and social reformer, who was one of the most influential art critics of the twentieth century. Having only read the introduction thus far, I wish to share with you...


Turn your tongue one hundred times before speaking.

Smart Mobs - Cell Phone Recording May Breach Privacy Folks are going ape about cellphones with call-recording features. Privacy this and privacy that. On the above linked entry I commented: Very simple: never say anything that you will regret. What's...


Call for tenders...

As this Japan trip rapidly approaches, my anxiety level increases somewhat. I've posted to Joi's "Going to Japan" WikiPage some info about my trip and what kind of help/info I'm looking for. Anything and everything is welcome! :)...


Teenaged cyborgs, moblogging and Emergence.

Link found on Smart Mobs, and quotes below lifted from the Miami Herald article it linked to. ''[Cellphones] extend the spatial and temporal boundaries of a physical encounter,'' she said, explaining that cellphones are providing a way for young people...


While we're on the topic... (RSS)

Joi Ito has gone and done it. He bought and read Ben Hammersley's new O'Reilly book "Content Syndication with RSS", Of course this means I have to run out and get it too (shame on me for not having it...