Me and some co-workers had the pleasure of attending No Fluff, Just Stuff’s Atlantic Northeast Software Symposium. If you get the chance to attend one of their events, I highly recommend it.
A little more personal
Since I’m posting more on blogging and politics at Philly Future, I’m probably going to re-orient my homepage back to personal matters. That means technology, music, movies, and anything else that gets me jumping. I know I said I’d do this before, but the last few days I just couldn’t keep pace at both sites. Too much going on and you got to keep priorities straight.
The weblog nation
Jesse James Garrett used to maintain a list of bloggers he read, and it was nice seeing myself there. Early homesteaders we were.
The first monthly Philadelphia Weblogger meetup is next week
Guilty
Jason Sweeney’s killers have finally been convicted. And I have something to say for those arguing for the death penalty.
Sponsorship and Client Lists
Shelley Powers says that “good things don’t come to you: you have to go find them, make them, or grab them when they hurry past”. Damn straight.
She’s joining Kottke and others who are exploring ways to make a living from their blogs. The great thing is just how in the open she is doing this. Hopefully we can learn by her experience and what she shares.
New Dr. Who Episode Leaked
More at Slashdot.
Oh, and I got it, I’ve seen it, and it really is Dr. Who! At least as great as Peter Davidson. At least. He’s my second favorite by the way. Tied with Pertwee.
“Risk privatization” on the march
More at Philly Future.
Internet Passes Radio for Political News -Survey
Recent Survey: 64 percent believe that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda: the number has actually gone up!
CSMonitor: Tom Regan: My American Experience Archive March, 2005. People in the media, and especially the pundit bloggers out there, should read this.
There is a common misperception that this Metafilter thread kinda exposes: That blogs lean liberal. It’s just not true. By my estimation (not scientific in the least), there appears to be a near 50/50 split among partisan political blogs.
Related: Clay Shirky: The FCC. Weblogs, and Inequality: “Diverse. Free. Equal. Pick two.”
Tom Regan decries the lack of objectivity in the media these days. I don’t. That’s the wrong thing to mourn for.
If you want to worry about something it’s that the line between opinion and fact has not only become blurry – it has been obliterated.