Get RealStowe Boyd's SoapboxKen Yarmosh on Blogging Burnout- January 9, 2006 Ken makes some good points in this post about avoiding blog burnout: from TECHNOSIGHT 7 Ways to Avoid Blogging Burnout 6. Schedule some time off Yes, there is a real world outside of the blogosphere! Go enjoy nature, check out a movie, visit a museum, be inspired by some architecture, or take in a play, concert, or sporting event. Get involved in your community or spend some much needed time with family and friends. I think I'll go take a walk... But Ken's post misses a couple of things I.http://getreal.corante.com/archives/2006/01/09/ken_yarmosh_on_blogging_burnout.php Student Life On The Facebook- January 9, 2006 Fred Stutzman, a PhD candidate at UNC, wrote an interesting analysis of adoption of Facebook by freshmen at that school. Amazingly quick adoption, and potentially sheds some insight into what goes on in the freshman year: people gain a lot of friends. from Student Life on the Facebook - chimprawk.blogspot.com While the actual number of nodes (the freshmen) in the network did not grow substantially over the course of the semester, the number of edges (friendship connections) in the network..http://getreal.corante.com/archives/2006/01/09/student_life_on_the_facebook.php Peter Saint-Andre Agrees: Boycott Microsoft- January 8, 2006 Peter Saint-Andre joins my call: from one small voice Boycott Microsoft! The rebrobates sic -- reprobates of Redmond and the butchers of Beijing. The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft has, at the behest of the Chinese Communist regime, removed the weblog of Zhao Jing (who blogged under the pen name "An Ti") from its MSN Spaces service, without even providing him with the deleted files. A while back Microsoft was keen on calling Linux and other open-source software a form of...http://getreal.corante.com/archives/2006/01/08/peter_saintandre_agrees_boycott_microsoft.p... Jeneane Sessum Making A Move- January 8, 2006 Considering the changes I have been going through lately, I am very sensitive to nuance. But You do not have to be Zato Ichi or the Daredevil to read someting into Jeneane Sessum's declaration of independence: from ALLIED by Jeneane Sessum: I'm Not at The Content Factor Although my name and bio currently appear on the site, I am no longer associated with The Content Factor. As I've indicated previously, information relative to my business can be found on my current sites: www.jsessum.com and..http://getreal.corante.com/archives/2006/01/07/jeneane_sessum_making_a_move.php Lotus Notes Sucks- January 7, 2006 I noticed the "Lotus Notes Sucks" meme has resurfaced and is actively being pushed under by various Notes stalwarts (see here and here), principally because of the Lotus Notes Sucks website: from Lotus Notes Sucks Why does Lotus Notes suck Except for security, the reasons include: The user interface is by far the worst there is for professionally written software. This doesn't mean every other email application is good, just that Lotus Notes is terrible. Having used about a dozen email...http://getreal.corante.com/archives/2006/01/07/lotus_notes_sucks.php |