I just read Joel’s endorsement of the idea that comments on blogs are harmful to open discourse. I understand where he (and Dave Winer) are coming from, but it just isn’t true.
Here is how Joel sees comments:
When a blog allows comments right below the writer’s post, what you get is a bunch of interesting ideas, [...]
There is a great article in the current issue of Wired about using human intelligence to collect data that computers have been having a hard time collecting. This is not the same mundane crowd-sourcing shit as Mechanical Turk though. It is more like SETI@home in that it is kinda using “spare cycles” for [...]
After 3 weeks of only traveling for “pleasure”, I am getting on a flight to Dallas tomorrow morning. Last night it felt weird to be booking a hotel room and rental car.
It is odd how quickly I can lose a routine. Something that I do all of the time feel awkward and familiar but [...]
Kent Newsome has asked me to participate in his swivel feeds experiment. For those that don’t know, he is rebuilding his reading list by asking the bloggers he reads to suggest 5 new feeds for him. Currently I am subscribed to 279 feeds (I am in serious need of a major pruning). From [...]
I like to look back at how my blog has progressed over the year. I might as well share my findings with you.
How many posts were written in 2006? 783. That is about 70 less than last year.
How many comments were there in 2006? 978. That is about 310 more than last [...]
