NotesI'm Sage Fennel (they/them), aka "wavebeem".
I love video games, web development, makeup, pixel art, progressive metal, cats, and the color green.
I live in Portland, where I enjoy gray skies, green leaves, and gentle rain. FeedUnfurl
NotesWhat we need is a digital-media version of organic food or a local farmersā market: ethically sourced, sustainably funded, and integrity-certified, all the way from CMS up. Unfurl
NotesI'll start with my disclaimer up front: These are my opinions you're about to read, not necessarily those of ReadWriteWeb. Now, maybe you've noticed this yourself already, but I actually don't read much "tech news" on the Web on a regular basis, besides what we publish here and what some friend...Unfurl
Notes"@David, it's real. We've determined by looking at our traffic stats that people are doing Google searches for "facebook login" and coming upon RWW. They see the FB Connect button and assume that RWW is the "new Facebook."
Sigh.
The Internet Is Hard."Unfurl
Notes"This collection of library and information technology blogs have changed that, and now youāll be able to learn about all of the trends, developments, tools and resources available to librarians in every niche."Unfurl
Notes"BackType is a conversational search engine. We index and connect millions of conversations from blogs, social networks and other social media so people can find, follow and share comments. BackType was founded in June, 2008 by Christopher Golda and Michael Montano."Unfurl
Notes"At Berkman we're studying weblogs, how they're used, and what they are. Rather than saying "I know it when I see it" I wanted to list all the known features of weblog software, but more important, get to the heart of what a weblog is, and how a weblog is different from a Wiki, or a news site managed with software like Vignette or Interwoven. I draw from my experience developing and using weblog software (Manila, Radio UserLand) and using competitive products such as Blogger and Movable Type."Unfurl
Notes"Random House would have to pay the author a royalty rate of 63% (against net) in order for the author to earn out that $300K advance after selling 75K copies."Unfurl
Notes"Thoughts and discussion on the pencil industry, forest management, California Cedar Products Company and the artistic and written creativity enabled by the wood-cased pencil."FeedUnfurl
Notes"Crowds work when you have a tightly knit group of people with similar interests, but when you have a loosely knit community you get "Man Gets Hit in Crotch With Football" and Everybody Loves Raymond, where it's just good enough to not suck."Unfurl
Notes"Enter Perl Buzz, a new blog set up by Andy Lester and myself. I think of Perl Buzz as āthe shiny, happy Perl blogā, and Iām not ashamed to pimp it out with every web 2.0 gimcrack and widget we can find."Unfurl
Notes"Designed from the ground-up to be fully buzzword compliant (AJAX, RSS, Web 2.0 - it's all there), logahead lets you effortlessly do what blogs were invented for"Unfurl
Notes"So here I am sitting in my office, watching with great interest while docs slice and dice someone's face so that they can wire together the broken bones underneath, and what gets me cringing and howling is the guy in the plaid suit with the four inch widUnfurl