I fall into the category of people who are impressed by price tags. That is to say; if something seems to cost too little, its perceived value will inevitably plummet. So when I first started to research blogging and CMS platforms I was originally attracted to Movable Type and, later, to Expression Engine. It was suggested that I explore some of the open source software such as Drupal, WordPress, and b2evolution but I dismissed them because they were “free”. After all, you get what you pay for. (more…)
Archive for October, 2006
Are You an Early Adopter ?
24
Oct
When you come across a product or technology that you might be interested in do you ask yourself;
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Have enough people tested this product so that I can feel confident that it will work?
Or do you ask;
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Have I missed the boat on this product?
If you’re worried you might be “too early” you’re, more than likely, not an early adopter. If you worry about being “too late” you probably have early adopter tendencies.
Changes to the Working Bibliography
19
Oct
The Working Bibliography was becoming very long and unwieldy so I have begun to divide the citations into smaller, and hopefully easier to navigate, subcategories. Each new group of citations will be listed, by subject, under the Working Bibliography Header in the sidebar.
The first two bibliographies created are:
Net Neutrality: Don’t Worry Your Pretty Little Head About It
18
Oct
It’s election season, the time of year when we are bombarded by commercials featuring obnoxious, supercillious, and condescending announcers telling us what we think and why their opponents are enemies of the people. It grates at my sensibilities to be told that I shouldn’t vote for so and so because they don’t share my values. It angers me to see our multi-colored world reduced to a black and white caricature.
So it was against this backdrop of political vitriole that the senatorial, guberatorial, and congressional rhetoric was interrupted by a cable company spot on Net Neutrality. The upshot of the commercial was all we needed to know about net neutrality was that it would cost us money. Don’t worry about the confusing details, the condescending announcer reassured, the cable companies have your best interests at heart.
Insulting? Yes. Surprising? Unfortunately, no.
While I haven’t paid close attention to the issue, the people I consider to be opinion leaders in the blogosphere come down on the side of net neutrality. None of them, to my recollection, have suggested that they were hoping it would be a costly alternative. So, in the interest of those of us who like to make up our own minds about what is important and what we think, consider the following links to Rocketboom , the Daily Show, and Save the Internet.
While these links aren’t presenting unbiased information, they are providing information and not insulting my intelligence by telling me that the issue is too complex for me to worry my pretty little head about it.
So You Want To Be An Internet Opinion Leader ?
18
Oct