Quoted
"[The] Blog People (or their subclass who are interested in computers and the glorification of information) have a fanatical belief in the transforming power of digitization and a consequent horror of, and contempt for, heretics who do not share that belief … Given the quality of the writing in the blogs I have seen, I doubt that many of the Blog People are in the habit of sustained reading of complex texts. It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs.’"
— American Library Association president Michael Gorman’s bid to become the blogging community’s next whipping boy. Care of Good Morning Silicon Valley, Friday Feb 25, 2005.
He goes on to say… "A blog is a species of interactive electronic diary by means of which the unpublishable, untrammeled by editors or the rules of grammar, can communicate their thoughts via the web. (Though it sounds like something you would find stuck in a drain, the ugly neologism blog is a contraction of "web log.") Until recently, I had not spent much time thinking about blogs or Blog People."
As they say in NZ… "yeah, right mate…"
Street Art
Thanks to James for beaming this link over. Cool stuff…
Monarchy + Monopoly = Knighthood
OK… couldn’t resist these two from Good Morning Silicon Valley on Bill’s Honorary Knighthood:
Said open source advocate Bruce Perens: "Being a convicted monopolist apparently doesn’t keep you from getting knighted. I suppose monarchy and monopoly go together afterall"
and…
"I can picture someone standing near the queen whispering into her ear, "Do it; you’ll never get a chance like this again! For the love of god, woman, just lop his head off!" — One Slashdot poster fantasizes about Bill Gates’ knighthood ceremony taking an unexpected turn..
Interesting seeing USA Today reporting Open Source advocates…
New Zealand
I’ll be back Friday and resume posting then. I’m staying with friends and high-speed is, well, non-existant. The view, wine and everything else is fabulous…
