Another well-written and insightful post from James Bennett on the ridiculous conflict that seems to spring up between designers and developers. Honestly, Bennett’s writing is so good, you should really just subscribe to him, NOW.
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Designers and developers: FIGHT! by James Bennett
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Friday, June 27, 2008 @ 10:59 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
House approves anti-genetic discrimination bill
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 13:46 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
I’m sure at some point as genetic testing becomes more common the insurance companies will find a way around the protections provided by this bill, however this is still great news today.
Oddly enough, Ron Paul was the only member of Congress to vote against it. I’m curious what his reasoning is, even if it ends up being crazy talk, as I see nothing but good in this bill.
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Sunday, April 27, 2008 @ 12:17 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
This is a really interesting piece looking at Social Media and comparing it to the industrial revolution. The point being that during the industrial revolution, one of the most important things was gin, because before people started organizing public works they just got drunk as a way of coping with the sudden changes. The author then observes that in the 20th century we also had a similar coping mechanism to cultural change: the sitcom.
He then observes that similar to how people eventually organized and became involved in the new cultures of the industrial revolution, forming institutions like libraries and museums, and how social media is a beginning of that as culture begins to move from passive consumption to active participation.
I’m still collecting my thoughts on this, as there is certainly a bit of social media kool-aid in there, but the central notion is a fascinating observation.
David Byrne: Culture Club
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 @ 17:38 CST by Daniel Andrlik
David Byrne (if you don’t know who he is you have lived a sheltered and sad life) maintains an awesome blog. He doesn’t post often, but every post is well-composed and thoughtful. I’m never sure what I’ll find there as his interests are (as you would expect) eclectic.
This is a really interesting post of his regarding how we define “culture,” using recent research into dolphin behavior as an example. Good stuff.
A List Apart: Reviving Anorexic Web Writing
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 @ 11:26 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
This is a fantastic article, that along with its companion piece, it covers how the influence of business on the web has been reduced from writing to “zombified copywriting.” The author indicates that this is because so many people writing for the web are not writers, but rather engineers, secretaries and designers. I’d argue that this has as much or more to do with the influence of business on the web. The so-called “rules” for writing on the web resemble the soul-crushing tactics traditionally associated with business writing and marketing copy. Obviously, this style of writing has its place, but I agree wholeheartedly with the author that writers and artists have a responsibility to construct the art of this new digital medium “with the same care, deliberateness, and gusto as our traditional media.”
Definately worth a look.
CrunchNotes » My Thoughts On O’Reilly’s Code of Conduct
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 17:11 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
Arrington has it right.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Weblogs ‘need content warnings’
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 16:39 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
There is no way I’ll ever participate in something like this. I run my site, I don’t need a “Code of Conduct” to run things how I want. My site has my own rules. I don’t need some reactionary code of conduct based off of some backwoods notion that bloggers are part of a single community.
Warren Ellis on Blogger Code of Conduct: Oh, Fuck Off
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 16:36 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
The code of conduct idea is ham-handed and reactionary at best. Warren puts it nicely in perspective.
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Friday, March 2, 2007 @ 07:50 CST by Daniel Andrlik
This is just an awesome video on how the web is changing our world. Nothing new in here, but just an awesome presentation.
Boing Boing: Boston LED terror scare: a message to the media
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Thursday, February 1, 2007 @ 21:21 CST by Daniel Andrlik
This sums it up nicely.
