From the monthly archives:

August 2009

…some more tinkering

August 16, 2009

So the image came through…but not the text.  I’ve returned to working with the “postie” plugin and decided this time to try creating a special username for the mobile posting by blackberry.  Getting closer…

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Tinkering as Learning

August 16, 2009

Image by HowdeeDoodat via Flickr

I enjoy tinkering, and when I run up against problems, I tend to dig in with greater fervor and persistence. Currently, I’ve been struggling to post to my blog from the blackberry bold with an image.
Most likely, only an anchor link will result from this test. So I’ll go back [...]

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Status in the Statusphere

August 16, 2009

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When I watch folks lavish the status of celebrity within this media, or worse, when I watch some claim the baton, I remind myself that the media itself is the real celebrity that is deserving of our lavish attention.  But this creates the paradox that we witness over at friendfeed, where [...]

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…back to the garden

August 15, 2009

Image by _Robert C_ via Flickr

I live about twelve miles north of the Woodstock Music Festival site, now known as Bethel Woods in Bethel , NY.  Our county is packed with folks this weekend reconnecting to that magical mud fest that unfolded forty years ago.
Stories surrounding that gathering of some 400,000 people still shape the [...]

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Arts and Crafts II

August 14, 2009

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Richard and Judith Reeve continue their discussion on the Arts and Crafts movement and the value of making specific choices that give priority to usefulness and beauty in one’s home.   (Audio quality while driving in the car leaves less than perfect, but we are newbies to this…it will get better, promise.)
[podcast]http://ia301536.us.archive.org/3/items/TheReservoirPodcastEpisode2/Artsandcrafts2.mp3[/podcast]
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Permalinks : Permafrost

August 14, 2009

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Doc Searls summed up my experience over the last year with his Geology vs. Weather post:
On the other hand, blogging is geology. A blog’s posts may be current and timely, and constitute one person’s contribution to conversation around a subject or two, but each post is built to last. It [...]

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Search as research

August 13, 2009

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One of the fascinating aspects of all the content that is pouring into the web in the form of the statusphere is the level of personal information people share about themselves. I imagine the question that will be asked for the next decade is simply how to make use of it? [...]

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Offerings

August 13, 2009

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A bakery I visited earlier this week in Woodstock, NY had a plate of cannoli almost hidden in the corner of the lowest shelf of its display case. When they caught my eye my mind was made up instantly to purchase one for my wife who had spent an exhausting [...]

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Arts and Crafts

August 12, 2009

Having attended Podcamp Boston 4, the message that came out loud and clear is that the best way to enter podcasting is to jump in.  So here we go, jumping in with both feet.  Excuse this faulty audio that we recorded during a drive around the Pepacton Reservoir.  Future episodes have a great deal of [...]

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And now…now.

August 9, 2009

Jeff Pulver, amongst many things the mind behind the 140 Character Conference,  presented “What’s the state of Now?” at Podcamp Boston 4.
Some notes from his talk:

Real time internet and the opportunities that open up for some and challenges for others reveal the need to communicate through connectivity will only grow.
We are at the dawn [...]

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