Yet Another Yoz Grahame Resurgence: LeaderYoz Grahame's blog, filtered for the techie bits only.Want a line Here's a line.- February 28, 2005 Apparently, some more definitiveness is required. Not only did I get another (email) response from Dave asking me to further clarify things, but several other smart people also seem to be touting the slippery slope argument as well as demanding that their content be delivered to the user's eyeballs unaltered. "We are on the first step down the road to madness!" they yell. "Where is the line to be drawn" God knows, I've been aching to draw a line under this whole thing since it started (which...http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/001930.html A response to Dave Winer about Google AutoLink- February 27, 2005 Dave: thank you for your response. And that's a genuine thank you, not a sarcastic thank you. That said, I had hoped that, despite the satirical tone, my previous post on this topic at least contained enough solid arguments to be considered slightly intelligent. But perhaps not. My tone (and use of the word "obsession", which I think is at least partially justified since you've been repeatedly focusing on this topic for over a week now) came from an exasperation at seeing you and many others...http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/001928.html At last, I understand the dangers of Google AutoLink!- February 27, 2005 Like many others, I had written off Dave Winer's recent obsession with the new Google toolbar. That was until I actually downloaded and installed the thing, and realised - oh my god! There are some really important points he's raised, and everyone needs to hear them right now! "The issue for authors and publishers is whether readers know they're reading text that's been modified." And it's so ambiguous! Admittedly, in order for the web page to be altered by the Google toolbar, an "AutoLink"...http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/001927.html This Thursday - Steve Meretzky and Michael Bywater, London- February 25, 2005 In honour of the BAFTA award nomination for the BBC's new Internet edition of the classic Infocom computer game, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, we present two titans of the text adventure: Steve Meretzky and Michael Bywater, in conversation (on interactive fiction, Douglas Adams and other lost worlds) As well as working with Douglas Adams on the Hitchhiker's game in 1985, Steve Meretzky is responsible for such other classics of the genre as Planetfall, Leather Goddesses of Phobos and...http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/001926.html Steve Meretzky event next week - venue wanted- February 23, 2005 Due to the BAFTA-nomination of the BBC's new version of the Hitchhiker's text adventure (as updated by Sean, Shim and Rod Lord), the guy who co-created the original game is coming to town next week. We think it'd be fab if we could get him in conversation publically, you know, giving a talk about the games he's worked on (such as the legendary Planetfall and Leather Goddesses of Phobos), the history of Infocom, his work at WorldWinner and all that. Except: We need to find a decent central...http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/001924.html |