I’m fascinated by the conversation that’s developing around the recent availability of mp3 files of the public radio show “This American Life.” TAL, which doesn’t offer a podcast feed of its show (listeners can purchase episodes from audible.com), recently switched from streaming audio on its site to mp3 files. By doing this the show inadvertantly […]
Archive for June, 2006
So, many, many months ago I read this article in the NYT about Second Life and the possibilities of using this virtual world for educational purposes. I was intrigued.
Last spring, I finally signed up for a membership on SL, but was distracted by Real Life (read: maternity leave) and never really got back into it.
Then, […]
A piece in Wired pointed me to this amazing comic (created by three IP lawyers at the Center for the Study of the Public Domain) about copyright, fair use, and the public domain. The comic book tells the fictional story of Akiko, a documentary filmmaker struggling to understand the legal minefield of intellectual property.
I strongly […]
Getting past the blog-block, part two: in which I grapple with my own writing neuroses
Published June 15th, 2006 0 CommentsLast week I mused about how the hatchet job I did on my Bloglines account in late winter had stifled my blogging. Today, I’m focussing on a more personal reason why I sometimes struggle with blogging.
First, I should mention that I always feel like I’d like more time to write. Writing is something that […]
Getting past the blog-block, part one: in which I explain how by silencing the blog voices in my browser I silenced myself
Published June 8th, 2006 7 CommentsBlogging about blogging always seems like some kind of strange navel-gazing to me, so I’m hesitant to take a minute to talk about why I haven’t been blogging of late. But, during a conversation with Gardner yeterday, I realized that perhaps writing about my blog-block would help me to move past it.
I was […]
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