Monthly Archives: March 2006

Good wishes for Susie

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Karl

Sending thoughts Susie’s way, that her tests show she is ok, after going to the hospital for some chest pain.

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When you live by the link, you die by the link

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Karl

Two instances of links reinforcing and strengthening what shouldn’t be: Shelley Powers: Link Link Link. Doc Searls: Tale of Whoa. Related: Matt Cutts: Dropping Valleywag. Russell Beattie: Blog Sensationalism. Nick Carr: The amorality of web 2.0. Finally, from a terrific … Continue reading →

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Upcoming…

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Karl

More baptism pics, unconference notes on the format and on the day, and who knows what else Speaking of serendipity, help the community by nominating a blog to be featured at Philly Future.

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See no evil

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Karl

USAToday took a risk on a subject that no one wants to touch with a twenty foot pole. So why have so few followed up on their reporting that we’re in for voting machine trouble this year? Did you know … Continue reading →

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Yesterday was a special one

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Karl

Family and friends came by to share with us Emma’s baptism yesterday. I’ll have more to say with many more pictures later, but I can’t help but share with you my joy and how blessed I feel before running off … Continue reading →

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“The only architecture that matters”

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Karl

lesscode: The pragmatic’s guide to Web architectures : The Web thrives not because it uses a strict architectural style and a coherent technology stack. It thrives because so many sites pay little attention to REST and choose to focus on … Continue reading →

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Norgs: the unconference: “this is the day that the war ends”

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Karl

I wanted to post this quickly to point you to a few participants and their reports, the day was too big skip without getting at least this up. I will have more later, about the day, the format (hey – … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to tomorrow

Posted on March 24, 2006 by Karl

It’s always a thrill to meet folks for the first time who you’ve talked to for years online. It’s doubly a thrill to to do so for a good reason. I’m nervous as hell – I’m not one for large … Continue reading →

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He resigned

Posted on March 24, 2006 by Karl

But are any lessons learned here? Jim Brady at WashingtonPost.com: …When we hired Domenech, we were not aware of any allegations that he had plagiarized any of his past writings. In any cases where allegations such as these are made, … Continue reading →

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This isn’t about the Post, it’s about WashingtonPost.com!

Posted on March 24, 2006 by Karl

In a link driven world, where attention equals influence, *any* attention is good attention for someone who is a pundit and in the media. Hear me out now… WashingtonPost.com is aware of the growing controversy over “Red America” – the … Continue reading →

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