one small voicestpeter's blog: The weblog of Peter Saint-Andre, patron saint of Jabber and sometime poet, philosopher, and musicianGot Libel- May 14, 2007 The benefits of non-commercial blogging... Here's another good reason to keep your blog free of advertising and tipjars: non-commercial websites may protect you from libel lawsuits. (IANAL, YMMV.)http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-13T22:09 Ineke- May 14, 2007 Perfumes in the family... My cousin Ineke has launched her own line of perfumes and it's been getting quite a bit of attention -- check it out at ineke.com.http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-13T20:07 Friendship in Atlas Shrugged- May 13, 2007 Yet another essay in circulation... The other day I received my complimentary copy of Atlas Shrugged: A Philosophical and Literary Companion from Ashgate Press, containing my essay "Friendship in Atlas Shrugged" and a large collection of papers by a wide range of scholars in philosophy, economics, politics, and literature. Order your copy today! ;-)http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-13T14:19 A Sculpture Walk- May 13, 2007 Public statues on the Upper West Side... The last time I was in New York City, I stole a few hours to walk around Morningside Heights and Riverside Park (in the pouring rain!) in search of the many fine public statues I remember from my days at Columbia University. At some point I'll write up a detailed walking tour, but before I forget here are some of the pieces I enjoyed most, in rough walking order from north to south: Carl Schurz by Karl Bitter...http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-13T14:07 American Royalty- May 13, 2007 Hypocrisy on the highways... Radley Balko does a fine job of exposing how many members of America's would-be royalty -- elected politicians -- like to lord it over us commoners on the public thoroughfares. As Bob Dole used to say in a different context: where's the outragehttp://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-13T13:51 By Any Other Name- May 10, 2007 Jabber, XMPP, Talk, oh my! We've had yet another long email discussion thread in the last few days about what we call our technology. Is it Jabber Is it XMPP Is it Talk The short version of my philosophy in the matter was best expressed by Shakespeare in Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet: What's in a name That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. The long version is here.http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-10T12:00 The Pulse- May 9, 2007 XMPP and social networking. Britt Selvitelle and I had a good chat just now about Twitter, Jabber, personal eventing, and the concept of lifestreams. Both Twitterers and Jabberites share a vision of making the Internet a more dynamic, alive, pulsating kind of place, focused less on pages and more on people and their endlessly fascinating activities. Services like Twitter and Jaiku have their finger on the pulse of what people are doing -- a kind of collective...http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-09T14:41 Open Discussion Day- May 9, 2007 Using open standards. Ploum reminds us that it's only ten days until Open Discussion Day, when those of us who care about open standards encourage those who don't to use open protocols and formats like Jabber, SIP, and Ogg Vorbis. Check out the ODD site for information about how you can help.http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-09T09:13 Upcoming Conferences- May 8, 2007 See you in Atlanta, San Diego, Chicago, Portland... BTW, here are the conferences I'll be attending in the near to medium term: Asterisk Developers Conference (May 22-25, Atlanta, GA) Joint Systems Chat Conference (June 6-7, San Diego, CA) ClueCon (June 26-28, Chicago, IL) XMPP DevCon (July 23-24, Portland, OR) OSCON 2007 (July 25-27, Portland, OR), speaking about Secure Communications With Jabber on Thursday the 26th ...http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/2007-05.html#2007-05-08T13:33 |