It was just under two months ago when I last thanked people who have contributed to this blog by leaving comments, and since then I seem to have posted 36 new entries. Two conversations may be worth revisiting because of comments added much later. 1) The controversial Sellaband discussion to which contributed Johan Vosmeijer, Managing […]
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Rarely do I get enthusiastic about a piece of software these days, and who would have thought that an anti-spam plugin of all things would be an object that triggers a long absent sense of wonder and appreciation at its elegant design, but here it is. Spam Karma 2 is the name of the beast, […]
bbPress » bbPress 0.72 is released so if you want to implement free, simple and spam resistant forums in a style which is familiar to users of WordPress blogs then this could be for you. It’s very basic though, so you will not find avatars, user posting counts and many other features which may be […]
Buy books about real cider making on a small scale and homemade apple cider press plans at the ukcider bookshop with Amazon UK A ukcider member who calls himself “Ni. (Marches Cyder Circle)” has created a great new page on the cider wiki all about his homemade scratter, dubbed the “codling grinder”. I just love […]
Back in January I asked a question at a conference about CoPs and web2.0 “How are we going to hold the more fragile communities together when some of the key contributors may be increasingly tempted to publish their ideas mainly on their own blogs to the detriment of the overall level of interaction?” Since then, […]
A discussion on an email list ( “a very democratic organ” ) about a song written at the time of author Salman Rushdie’s being forced into hiding in fear of his life after writing a book, has caused the artist to respond on his own record label’s website.I hope you will spare some time to […]
Join the RSPB I spotted a new bird species in my inner-city/suburban garden recently, one which I couldn’t identify. I had a good view of it, so I could describe it very accurately. Eager to find out what it was, I raided my dusty bookshelves and pulled out a small, cheaply produced bird book. Flicking […]
isolatr As it’s Friday afternoon, why not have a quick look at the FAQ for isolatr.com – the antidote to web2.0 ”I don’t care, rain or snow, Whatever you want, the answer’s NO” ( viral link-ad first infected from Richard Fairhurst Technorati Tags: isolatr, humour, web2.0
Five days of rapid wiki community building at the DARnet wiki have just started. So there’s lots of work to be done, people to meet and cycles of action research to be undertaken. The central channel for communication is the barn raising page on DARnet wiki, and I need to find an internet relay chat […]
Recently added to Darwiki Linda Hartley describes the difficulty of identifying clear research cycles sometimes, when conducting DAR asynchronously. “A clear sequence is hard to see, I know. I think this is partly because of the nature of the research in the aysnchronous environment. It’s hard to tease out the clear cycles. The diagram is […]
