Posts tagged “web culture”
I'm a huge Twitter fan, and watching it go mainstream means watching people completely misunderstand it. It's not replacing email, Google, Facebook, or blogs. It's not a competition or a celebrity toy. It's not even about what you're doing. Twitter captures what people are *thinking*, and that's genuinely new.
Working at Yahoo! and hearing Microsoft wants to buy us feels like waking up to an invasion. Microsoft may be capable, but their DNA is fundamentally at odds with the open, interconnected web culture Yahoo! embodies. I hope this deal falls apart, but I fear it won't.
My blogger code: B9 d+ t++ k- s u f- i-- o x+ e+ l- c--
Welcoming a new Warwick blogger and dumping a pile of links I've been hoarding: blog catfights, Bush's tasteless 9/11 ads, The Economist endorsing gay marriage, loaded survey questions, Al Sharpton's greatest hits, and DeviantART being gorgeous. The usual chaos.
Bloggers are like DJs, sampling and remixing the best of the web. Gibson thinks blogging is like boiling a kettle with the lid off, wasting creative steam. Both metaphors probably apply to me. Google suggests there's no shortage of ways to describe what we do here.
Blogstakes offers crappy prizes, but more fun is the Devil's Dictionary's sardonic tech definitions, like blog: "To noisily and simultaneously void one's spleen, stomach, bladder and bowels."
Stop sending me the Baghdad Bob link! Fine, here it is. Also: a Honda ad that took 606 takes, a chimp using a vending machine, Syria apparently being next on Dubya's list, and assorted other internet flotsam I've been collecting.
Moz plugged Gay Geeks, so I'm returning the favor by pointing to his new site, Meaningless Artichoke. Also: Congress renamed french fries "freedom fries," which is either hilarious or terrifying. At least we haven't declared actual war on France. Yet.
Slashdot launched a subscription service, sparking controversy. But the real gem is this anonymous rant against advertising in the comments thread. Fantastic writing, and honestly, I agree with a lot of it.
A real Magic 8-Ball in a Lego Mindstorms shaking cradle with a webcam is filling the etch-a-sketch void nicely. Also, spooning is way less interesting than Sex and the City made it sound.
Pig Brother is Big Brother but with actual pigs in a luxury sty, streaming 24/7. I'm voting for Widdecombe. Also, a strange German person linked to me, so here's my reciprocal link. Long live internet back-patting.
