Japanese Blog Hacks
Looks like O'Reilly has a Japanese Blog Hacks book (blog = chisel?). I wonder if they'll publish a version in English. Looks like they have a Japanese version of Amazon Hacks too, cool!
The Robot Co-op
Erik Benson started a company with some friends called The Robot Co-op. Based on the job openings descriptions there, it sounds like they'll be doing something with weblogs.
Stop Motion Matt
Inspired by Stop Motion Studies, I put together this low-tech stop motion pic of Matt. [140 kb]
OR State Fair Pics
Some scenes from the Oregon State Fair on Saturday...
Happy Labor Day
Happy Labor Day! (tomorrow in the US) Labor Day is brought to you by The Labor Movement. (You may remember them as the folks who brought you the weekend.) Thanks!
Journalist Ethics
Did you know that Journalists have a Code of Ethics? And did you know that the first code is:
Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error...Neither did I. The list is fantastic, and reads like an indictment of current news practices. I especially like this one—
Give voice to the voiceless; official and unofficial sources of information can be equally valid.Most of these could apply to weblog authors as well.
Audioblogging Manifesto
Have you heard Maciej Ceglowski's Audioblogging Manifesto? I wish I had the skills to put together a Flash animation using this audio.
SF Pic
Matt got a great shot above San Francisco.
Friendster isn't blog-friendly
If you haven't deleted your Friendster profile yet (is anyone still using that?) here's another reason you may want to get rid of it: an employee was fired for blogging. [via matt]
Weblogs as Rhetoric
I had a great conversation with Dr. Lisa Ede from OSU yesterday. Her area of expertise is rhetoric, and she gave me a quick lesson so I could understand her terms. We spent a good amount of time talking about the ways web authors present their identities online, and (in retrospect) how they establish ethos, pathos, and logos in this new medium. Though I "study" the web and weblogs every day in a haphazard way, I left our conversation wondering what it would be like to study the web full-time in a structured academic setting.
Quick Links
I should really set up one of those link-sidebar thingies again. Until then, an unordered list it is—
- George Lakoff on framing (update!)
- Last link via the new devoter.com, PolitiFilter
- JD Lasica's review of We the Media was rejected by Amazon for being too opinionated? [via wendy seltzer]
- AWS 4.0 beta (note to self: code now!)
- The Flickr API is already giving birth to new applications. Check out the Flickr API Group. (note to self: finish code now!)
Spot the similarities
Spotting similarities—