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Continuing the discussion on blogging tools interop, a commonly supported export format is an important first step, but it is not enough. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Betsy Devine: "Isn't it real news that Bush's top guy in New England was guilty of two felonies arising from an innovative technological effort to cheat NH voters out of an honest election?" Permanent link to this item in the archive.

This is an important New Orleans picture, although it hardly looks so. The levees still leak, after Katrina. I'm pretty sure they didn't leak before. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

A picture named ipod video.jpgVerdict on the video iPod -- hmmm -- not so much fun as I thought. Watching movies on such a small screen is hard on the eyes. And it's not easy to hold it steady on an airplane, where a laptop can be placed on the tray, you have to hold the iPod in the air for long periods, which is uncomfortable. And, where you thought it would shine, battery life, it's really no better than a laptop. Video is video, and just because the screen is small, well, so is the battery. Net-net, iPods are nice for audio, unproven for video. I still love Rocketboom though.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Michael Parekh: "This was like having a fire and losing stuff in your home or office, and realizing you didn't make copies of important stuff." Permanent link to this item in the archive.

FEMA Help Desk: "The answer is no!" Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Rex Hammock is learning from Mark Cuban. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

The Wikipedia article about unconference gives me credit for coining the the term, but if they read my piece about it, which they link to, they'd see that I credit Lenn Pryor with coining the term. This is just plain sloppy, if you were grading an undergraduate's report and he or she made this mistake, what grade would you give? Permanent link to this item in the archive.

They also list Foo Camp as an unconference. I don't think so. One of the hallmarks of unconferences is that they are unrestrictive. It's so totally opposite to the spirit of unconferences to make one invite-only. Where did they get the idea that Foo Camp is an unconference? What's their source on that? Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Net-net: Camps are not unconferences.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

     

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