Someone asked me the other day if I still think the Web has not been hyped enough. Damn straight. This thing is bigger than all of us put together. We’ve only just begun to figure out how to take advantage of our new connectedness of ideas and people. It’s worth a little celebrating, don’t you think?
That’s what One Web Day is about. And it’s coming up on September 22, which means it’s time to start organizing something in your community.
As with Earth Day, it’s up to each community — real-world or online — to decide how to celebrate OWD, but you’re encouraged to do something that will add value to the Web. Bring the Net to some people who don’t yet have it. Post works that tell local stories or that encourage others to be creative. Support politically what you consider to be the core values of the Web. (OWD is non-partisan.)
Woohoo! The Web! Woohoo! One Web Day!
";}s:7:"summary";s:266:"Someone asked me the other day if I still think the Web has not been hyped enough. Damn straight. This thing is bigger than all of us put together. We've only just begun to figure out how to take advantage of our new connectedness of ideas and people. It's worth ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1495:"
Someone asked me the other day if I still think the Web has not been hyped enough. Damn straight. This thing is bigger than all of us put together. We’ve only just begun to figure out how to take advantage of our new connectedness of ideas and people. It’s worth a little celebrating, don’t you think?
That’s what One Web Day is about. And it’s coming up on September 22, which means it’s time to start organizing something in your community.
As with Earth Day, it’s up to each community — real-world or online — to decide how to celebrate OWD, but you’re encouraged to do something that will add value to the Web. Bring the Net to some people who don’t yet have it. Post works that tell local stories or that encourage others to be creative. Support politically what you consider to be the core values of the Web. (OWD is non-partisan.)
Woohoo! The Web! Woohoo! One Web Day!
";}i:1;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:66:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/21/bronze-age-orientation/";s:5:"title";s:22:"Bronze Age orientation";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/21/bronze-age-orientation/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-21T15:38:26Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:5:"humor";}s:11:"description";s:93:" I liked this video from That Mitchell and Webb Look: [Tags: mitchell_and_webb humor ] ";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:603:"
I liked this video from That Mitchell and Webb Look:
I liked this video from That Mitchell and Webb Look:
“At a Red Hat retrospective panel on the ODF vs. OOXML struggle panel, a Microsoft representative, Stuart McKee, admitted that ODF had ‘clearly won.’ The Redmond company is going to add native support of ODF 1.1 with its Office 2007 service pack 2. Its yet unpublished format ISO OOXML will not be supported before the release of the next Office generation. Whether or not OOXML ever gets published is an open question after four national bodies appealed the ISO decision.”
Of course, Open Document Format winning isn’t exactly the same as OOXML — the 6,000 page standard Microsoft pushed through ISO — losing. Slashdot commentators are right to be plenty skeptical. Still, this is a good thing since it opens a practical path to document interoperability in a public, open format.
";}s:7:"summary";s:305:"From Slashdot: "At a Red Hat retrospective panel on the ODF vs. OOXML struggle panel, a Microsoft representative, Stuart McKee, admitted that ODF had 'clearly won.' The Redmond company is going to add native support of ODF 1.1 with its Office 2007 service pack 2. Its yet unpublished format ISO OOXML ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1471:"“At a Red Hat retrospective panel on the ODF vs. OOXML struggle panel, a Microsoft representative, Stuart McKee, admitted that ODF had ‘clearly won.’ The Redmond company is going to add native support of ODF 1.1 with its Office 2007 service pack 2. Its yet unpublished format ISO OOXML will not be supported before the release of the next Office generation. Whether or not OOXML ever gets published is an open question after four national bodies appealed the ISO decision.”
Of course, Open Document Format winning isn’t exactly the same as OOXML — the 6,000 page standard Microsoft pushed through ISO — losing. Slashdot commentators are right to be plenty skeptical. Still, this is a good thing since it opens a practical path to document interoperability in a public, open format.
";}i:3;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:73:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/20/hl-the-argument-against-print/";s:5:"title";s:31:"HL: The argument against print";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/20/hl-the-argument-against-print/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-20T12:28:08Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:34:"cultureentertainmentmarketingmedia";}s:11:"description";s:286:" Way back when, the magazine Movieline was one of my many guilty pleasures. (Aren't we supposed to feel guilty about all pleasures? Oy.) It was an irreverent mag for people who felt a little bad about liking pop movies. Apparently there weren't enough of us, or we were the wrong ...";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:4437:"Way back when, the magazine Movieline was one of my many guilty pleasures. (Aren’t we supposed to feel guilty about all pleasures? Oy.) It was an irreverent mag for people who felt a little bad about liking pop movies.
Apparently there weren’t enough of us, or we were the wrong demo for the advertisers, because Movieline became Hollywood Life, which was more interested in the lifestyles of the rich and boring than in teasing the people we had secret crushes on. Then Hollywood Life stopped publishing, and, frankly, I didn’t care.
Now it’s back and in my mailbox as HL, an ultra-glossy, high glamor, near-card-stock magazine that epitomizes just about everything I don’t want to see in a magazine or, frankly, on paper:
The topics are out of date. The first three one-page profiles are of the big name stars of Indiana Jones, Savage Grace, and Leatherheads, three movies that came out weeks ago, and one of which failed miserably months ago. Jeez!
It fetishizes the sorts of objects no one actually buys and few of us care about: Diamonds, obscenely expensive perfume, furniture too ugly to sit in, clothing only Jessica Alba’s prepubescent sister could fit in.
The font is tiny, and although it has serifs, it is far from angelic. The stems are so fine that it is almost illegible when it’s printed white against a dark background, which it frequently is. It’s even worse when it’s black against a blue and black background photo of a shag carpet, as it is on a two-page spread. Print is not intended to be op art.
The photography is dark ‘n’ trite, because you know that’s how us jet-setting couch potatoes like it. And when they run a full page photo of Malcolm McDowell printed on blue paper, not only is his dark jacket nothing but a black lump, they tell us who provided it for the shot. John Varvatos, call your agent. Or your lawyer.
The writing is awful. Here is the opening line of the piece on Harrison Ford: “Harrison is like … a fine wine.” And that’s proudly in all caps as the lead-in. (The ellipsis is in the original.) The big article on Cannes takes three long paragraphs of value-free blather (”sleepy fishing village,” “charmed circle,” “could hardly have imagined,” “celebrity hot spots,” “breathtaking vista,” “windswept pines”) before telling us what it’s about: Some glamorous Cannes spots you might to visit. Even then, it lacks the sort of information that might be useful to a traveler.
As you’ve guessed, HL doesn’t give a flying celluloid crap about anyone new and actually interesting. For example, a two-page spread tells us that the Halcyon Company — “one of Hollywood’s most cutting-edge and innovative entertainment groups” because, well, it hasn’t actually produced anything … be sure to tip your PR agent, boys — plans on “reinventing” sci-fi by picking up the Terminator franchise. Yes, there’s nothing more cutting-edge and innovative than picking up a franchise.
Oh, they have a “portfolio” of young Hollywood actors…whom they portray as 1940’s noir-ish stars (oddly claiming the photography is an homage to the Silent Era). In fact, overall the photos are retro as if a magazine proudly proclaiming that print isn’t dead can only prove it by looking like something you might have found in your upscale dentist’s office forty years ago.
Do you think when I mulch it, the varnish on the pages will cause my geraniums to wilt?
";}s:7:"summary";s:286:" Way back when, the magazine Movieline was one of my many guilty pleasures. (Aren't we supposed to feel guilty about all pleasures? Oy.) It was an irreverent mag for people who felt a little bad about liking pop movies. Apparently there weren't enough of us, or we were the wrong ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:4437:"Way back when, the magazine Movieline was one of my many guilty pleasures. (Aren’t we supposed to feel guilty about all pleasures? Oy.) It was an irreverent mag for people who felt a little bad about liking pop movies.
Apparently there weren’t enough of us, or we were the wrong demo for the advertisers, because Movieline became Hollywood Life, which was more interested in the lifestyles of the rich and boring than in teasing the people we had secret crushes on. Then Hollywood Life stopped publishing, and, frankly, I didn’t care.
Now it’s back and in my mailbox as HL, an ultra-glossy, high glamor, near-card-stock magazine that epitomizes just about everything I don’t want to see in a magazine or, frankly, on paper:
The topics are out of date. The first three one-page profiles are of the big name stars of Indiana Jones, Savage Grace, and Leatherheads, three movies that came out weeks ago, and one of which failed miserably months ago. Jeez!
It fetishizes the sorts of objects no one actually buys and few of us care about: Diamonds, obscenely expensive perfume, furniture too ugly to sit in, clothing only Jessica Alba’s prepubescent sister could fit in.
The font is tiny, and although it has serifs, it is far from angelic. The stems are so fine that it is almost illegible when it’s printed white against a dark background, which it frequently is. It’s even worse when it’s black against a blue and black background photo of a shag carpet, as it is on a two-page spread. Print is not intended to be op art.
The photography is dark ‘n’ trite, because you know that’s how us jet-setting couch potatoes like it. And when they run a full page photo of Malcolm McDowell printed on blue paper, not only is his dark jacket nothing but a black lump, they tell us who provided it for the shot. John Varvatos, call your agent. Or your lawyer.
The writing is awful. Here is the opening line of the piece on Harrison Ford: “Harrison is like … a fine wine.” And that’s proudly in all caps as the lead-in. (The ellipsis is in the original.) The big article on Cannes takes three long paragraphs of value-free blather (”sleepy fishing village,” “charmed circle,” “could hardly have imagined,” “celebrity hot spots,” “breathtaking vista,” “windswept pines”) before telling us what it’s about: Some glamorous Cannes spots you might to visit. Even then, it lacks the sort of information that might be useful to a traveler.
As you’ve guessed, HL doesn’t give a flying celluloid crap about anyone new and actually interesting. For example, a two-page spread tells us that the Halcyon Company — “one of Hollywood’s most cutting-edge and innovative entertainment groups” because, well, it hasn’t actually produced anything … be sure to tip your PR agent, boys — plans on “reinventing” sci-fi by picking up the Terminator franchise. Yes, there’s nothing more cutting-edge and innovative than picking up a franchise.
Oh, they have a “portfolio” of young Hollywood actors…whom they portray as 1940’s noir-ish stars (oddly claiming the photography is an homage to the Silent Era). In fact, overall the photos are retro as if a magazine proudly proclaiming that print isn’t dead can only prove it by looking like something you might have found in your upscale dentist’s office forty years ago.
Do you think when I mulch it, the varnish on the pages will cause my geraniums to wilt?
";}i:4;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:68:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/19/microsoft-the-good-sport/";s:5:"title";s:24:"Microsoft the good sport";s:4:"link";s:68:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/19/microsoft-the-good-sport/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-19T06:49:28Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:23:"businessdigital culture";}s:11:"description";s:318:"The Microsoft Internet Explorer team sent a nice cake yesterday to the Mozilla Firefox team, congratulating them on the shipping of version 3.0, as they did when Firefox 2.0 shipped. Nice. Seriously.Here's an idea from one of the comments that's funny but would be unnecessarily not-nice to actually do:I reiterate ...";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1217:"The Microsoft Internet Explorer team sent a nice cake yesterday to the Mozilla Firefox team, congratulating them on the shipping of version 3.0, as they did when Firefox 2.0 shipped. Nice. Seriously.
Here’s an idea from one of the comments that’s funny but would be unnecessarily not-nice to actually do:
I reiterate what someone said when the last cake appeared - Mozilla should send a cake back, include the recipe, and ask for advice on how to improve it. ;)
: )
";}s:7:"summary";s:318:"The Microsoft Internet Explorer team sent a nice cake yesterday to the Mozilla Firefox team, congratulating them on the shipping of version 3.0, as they did when Firefox 2.0 shipped. Nice. Seriously.Here's an idea from one of the comments that's funny but would be unnecessarily not-nice to actually do:I reiterate ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1217:"
The Microsoft Internet Explorer team sent a nice cake yesterday to the Mozilla Firefox team, congratulating them on the shipping of version 3.0, as they did when Firefox 2.0 shipped. Nice. Seriously.
Here’s an idea from one of the comments that’s funny but would be unnecessarily not-nice to actually do:
I reiterate what someone said when the last cake appeared - Mozilla should send a cake back, include the recipe, and ask for advice on how to improve it. ;)
: )
";}i:5;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:78:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/19/governance-discussion-at-supernova/";s:5:"title";s:34:"Governance discussion at Supernova";s:4:"link";s:78:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/19/governance-discussion-at-supernova/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-19T05:47:18Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:34:"conference coveragedigital culture";}s:11:"description";s:277:" Berkman sponsored a discussion at Supernova on governance, the topic of the Publius project. Here are Ross Mayfield's notes. Sounds like it was a terrific session, with great people on the panel and joining in from the audience. [Tags: berkman publius governance supernova ] ";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:684:"
Berkman sponsored a discussion at Supernova on governance, the topic of the Publius project. Here are Ross Mayfield’s notes. Sounds like it was a terrific session, with great people on the panel and joining in from the audience.
";}s:7:"summary";s:277:" Berkman sponsored a discussion at Supernova on governance, the topic of the Publius project. Here are Ross Mayfield's notes. Sounds like it was a terrific session, with great people on the panel and joining in from the audience. [Tags: berkman publius governance supernova ] ";s:12:"atom_content";s:684:"Berkman sponsored a discussion at Supernova on governance, the topic of the Publius project. Here are Ross Mayfield’s notes. Sounds like it was a terrific session, with great people on the panel and joining in from the audience.
";}i:6;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:58:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/19/youtube-satire/";s:5:"title";s:14:"YouTube satire";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/19/youtube-satire/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-19T05:15:27Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:13:"humorpolitics";}s:11:"description";s:293:"I've been enjoying the Public Service Administration's Election 08 satires. The Message To Ralph and Bass Motives are very funny, as well as the better known parody of the Yes We Can video. Warning: Totally Obama slanted. In fact, I think their anti-Hillary stuff is the weakest of the lot ...";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1035:"I’ve been enjoying the Public Service Administration’s Election 08 satires. The Message To Ralph and Bass Motives are very funny, as well as the better known parody of the Yes We Can video. Warning: Totally Obama slanted. In fact, I think their anti-Hillary stuff is the weakest of the lot (well, the Monty Python mashup is funny).
";}s:7:"summary";s:293:"I've been enjoying the Public Service Administration's Election 08 satires. The Message To Ralph and Bass Motives are very funny, as well as the better known parody of the Yes We Can video. Warning: Totally Obama slanted. In fact, I think their anti-Hillary stuff is the weakest of the lot ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1035:"
I’ve been enjoying the Public Service Administration’s Election 08 satires. The Message To Ralph and Bass Motives are very funny, as well as the better known parody of the Yes We Can video. Warning: Totally Obama slanted. In fact, I think their anti-Hillary stuff is the weakest of the lot (well, the Monty Python mashup is funny).
";}i:7;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:71:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/18/taking-congress-at-its-word/";s:5:"title";s:27:"Taking Congress at its word";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/18/taking-congress-at-its-word/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-18T17:16:06Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:33:"everythingIsMiscellaneouspolitics";}s:11:"description";s:329:"The Sunlight Foundation has released its latest tool in the struggle for governmental transparency: CapitolWords.org. It scrapes the records and highlights the word used most often that day. For example, "tax" was used 23 times today. Of course, a calendar view is also available,[Tags: government everything_is_miscellaneous ] ";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:760:"
The Sunlight Foundation has released its latest tool in the struggle for governmental transparency: CapitolWords.org. It scrapes the records and highlights the word used most often that day. For example, “tax” was used 23 times today. Of course, a calendar view is also available,
";}s:7:"summary";s:329:"The Sunlight Foundation has released its latest tool in the struggle for governmental transparency: CapitolWords.org. It scrapes the records and highlights the word used most often that day. For example, "tax" was used 23 times today. Of course, a calendar view is also available,[Tags: government everything_is_miscellaneous ] ";s:12:"atom_content";s:760:"
The Sunlight Foundation has released its latest tool in the struggle for governmental transparency: CapitolWords.org. It scrapes the records and highlights the word used most often that day. For example, “tax” was used 23 times today. Of course, a calendar view is also available,
";}i:8;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:72:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/18/jonathan-zittrain-on-colbert/";s:5:"title";s:28:"Jonathan Zittrain on Colbert";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/18/jonathan-zittrain-on-colbert/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-18T13:53:12Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:42:"digital culturedigital rightsentertainment";}s:11:"description";s:311:" I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but I'm hearing only good things ? no surprise there ? about Jonathan Zittrain's appearance on The Colbert Report. (Out of respect for Mr. Colbert, during the show the second 't' in Jonathan's last name went silent.) [Tags: berkman jonathan_zittrain colbert_report ...";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:897:"
I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet, but I’m hearing only good things — no surprise there — about Jonathan Zittrain’s appearance on The Colbert Report. (Out of respect for Mr. Colbert, during the show the second ‘t’ in Jonathan’s last name went silent.)
I’ve seen it now. It’s one of Colbert’s best interviews, because he asks the right questions and because JZ is so sharp, eloquent, and charming.
";}s:7:"summary";s:311:" I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but I'm hearing only good things ? no surprise there ? about Jonathan Zittrain's appearance on The Colbert Report. (Out of respect for Mr. Colbert, during the show the second 't' in Jonathan's last name went silent.) [Tags: berkman jonathan_zittrain colbert_report ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:897:"I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet, but I’m hearing only good things — no surprise there — about Jonathan Zittrain’s appearance on The Colbert Report. (Out of respect for Mr. Colbert, during the show the second ‘t’ in Jonathan’s last name went silent.)
I’ve seen it now. It’s one of Colbert’s best interviews, because he asks the right questions and because JZ is so sharp, eloquent, and charming.
";}i:9;a:8:{s:5:"about";s:80:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/18/history-of-index-cards-part-whatever/";s:5:"title";s:37:"History of index cards, part whatever";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/06/18/history-of-index-cards-part-whatever/";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-18T13:48:02Z";s:7:"creator";s:6:"davidw";s:7:"subject";s:51:"everythingIsMiscellaneousinfohistorytaggingtaxonomy";}s:11:"description";s:268:"Kevin Kelly has a terrific piece about edge-notched cards. They're interesting to me because I've been working on a piece that's part of a piece, that may be part of some other piece that uses the history of the punch card as a way to trace the emergence of modern ...";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1179:"Kevin Kelly has a terrific piece about edge-notched cards. They’re interesting to me because I’ve been working on a piece that’s part of a piece, that may be part of some other piece that uses the history of the punch card as a way to trace the emergence of modern information. Edge-notched cards have an interesting place because the notches both indicate data and are used as a physical mechanism for sorting.
Kevin’s post was prompted by Alex Wright’s terrific article recalling Paul Otlet as a network pioneer.
";}s:7:"summary";s:268:"Kevin Kelly has a terrific piece about edge-notched cards. They're interesting to me because I've been working on a piece that's part of a piece, that may be part of some other piece that uses the history of the punch card as a way to trace the emergence of modern ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1179:"
Kevin Kelly has a terrific piece about edge-notched cards. They’re interesting to me because I’ve been working on a piece that’s part of a piece, that may be part of some other piece that uses the history of the punch card as a way to trace the emergence of modern information. Edge-notched cards have an interesting place because the notches both indicate data and are used as a physical mechanism for sorting.
Kevin’s post was prompted by Alex Wright’s terrific article recalling Paul Otlet as a network pioneer.
";}}s:7:"channel";a:8:{s:5:"title";s:13:"Joho the Blog";s:4:"link";s:31:"http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger";s:11:"description";s:27:"Let's just see what happens";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:4:"date";s:20:"2008-06-21T15:51:46Z";}s:2:"sy";a:3:{s:12:"updateperiod";s:6:"hourly";s:15:"updatefrequency";s:1:"1";s:10:"updatebase";s:22:"2000-01-01T12:00+00:00";}s:5:"items";s:5:" ";s:9:"items_seq";s:65:" ";s:7:"tagline";s:27:"Let's just see what happens";}s:9:"textinput";a:0:{}s:5:"image";a:0:{}s:9:"feed_type";s:3:"RSS";s:12:"feed_version";s:3:"1.0";s:5:"stack";a:0:{}s:9:"inchannel";b:0;s:6:"initem";b:0;s:9:"incontent";b:0;s:11:"intextinput";b:0;s:7:"inimage";b:0;s:13:"current_field";s:0:"";s:17:"current_namespace";b:0;s:5:"ERROR";s:0:"";s:19:"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS";a:6:{i:0;s:7:"content";i:1;s:7:"summary";i:2;s:4:"info";i:3;s:5:"title";i:4;s:7:"tagline";i:5;s:9:"copyright";}s:13:"last_modified";s:31:"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:51:46 GMT ";s:4:"etag";s:36:""7c83c00af96f99d7ff72ee26275f441a" ";}