Comments for Chris Baskind dot Com http://chrisbaskind.com Web Workers of the World, Unite! Thu, 22 May 2008 19:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Catch Me on NPR’s Morning Edition Monday by Ben Tremblay http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/12/10/catch-me-on-nprs-morning-edition-monday/#comment-31 Ben Tremblay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:43:11 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/12/10/catch-me-on-nprs-morning-edition-monday/#comment-31 I'll easily admit to a deep-seated bias in favor of public radio, but even that has been blasted by the realpolitik of the 70s: while happily ensconced as a broadcast tech with CBC Radio I came to see that the material I was perpetuating during the day was in some specifics rudely different than the stories I was helping develope in workshops and writing groups in my free time ... East Timor comes to mind. So, though I'm no pipe-carrying zealot I shudder deeply when I consider the mechanims of "broad-casting" that isn't user-generated. In any case, what consummes my time is that notion carried further: that folk can easily have their good energy dissipated through online activity that really achieves no substantial effect. (I keep wanting to work "phatic" into a sentence but the term remains way way too homely!) What I've been plugging at for years is a framework / architecture that ties online documents together using discussion. Or, flipped on its head, improves discussions' signal-to-noise ratio by connecting it to existing documents. Unfortunately, appearances to the contrary, it's almost impossible for an individual to gain entry. ("Buzz" ... page views ... the stuff of marketing; there's a set of paradoxes here that should enthrall a whole team of anthropologists, ethnologists, and social-psychologists!) nice to tweet you --bentrem I’ll easily admit to a deep-seated bias in favor of public radio, but even that has been blasted by the realpolitik of the 70s: while happily ensconced as a broadcast tech with CBC Radio I came to see that the material I was perpetuating during the day was in some specifics rudely different than the stories I was helping develope in workshops and writing groups in my free time … East Timor comes to mind. So, though I’m no pipe-carrying zealot I shudder deeply when I consider the mechanims of “broad-casting” that isn’t user-generated.

In any case, what consummes my time is that notion carried further: that folk can easily have their good energy dissipated through online activity that really achieves no substantial effect. (I keep wanting to work “phatic” into a sentence but the term remains way way too homely!)

What I’ve been plugging at for years is a framework / architecture that ties online documents together using discussion. Or, flipped on its head, improves discussions’ signal-to-noise ratio by connecting it to existing documents. Unfortunately, appearances to the contrary, it’s almost impossible for an individual to gain entry. (”Buzz” … page views … the stuff of marketing; there’s a set of paradoxes here that should enthrall a whole team of anthropologists, ethnologists, and social-psychologists!)

nice to tweet you
–bentrem

]]> Comment on Catch Me on NPR’s Morning Edition Monday by Lighter Footstep on NPR’s Morning Edition | Taz Talks http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/12/10/catch-me-on-nprs-morning-edition-monday/#comment-30 Lighter Footstep on NPR’s Morning Edition | Taz Talks Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:07:45 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/12/10/catch-me-on-nprs-morning-edition-monday/#comment-30 [...] A couple weeks back, I was interviewed by NPRÂ’s Neda Ullaby for an upcoming environmental piece on Morning Edition. [...] [...] A couple weeks back, I was interviewed by NPRÂ’s Neda Ullaby for an upcoming environmental piece on Morning Edition. [...]

]]> Comment on From Deep in the Bunker by Chris Baskind http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-27 Chris Baskind Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:13:35 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-27 You don't miss much, Dave. Yes, I'm moving to Moo Point. It's not tuned-up yet, and I need to re-organize the sidebar. But it's very nice. Clean is good. :-) You don’t miss much, Dave. Yes, I’m moving to Moo Point. It’s not tuned-up yet, and I need to re-organize the sidebar. But it’s very nice. Clean is good. :-)

]]> Comment on From Deep in the Bunker by Dave http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-26 Dave Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:08:27 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-26 This is the first I've seen Moo-Point in use. I like it! It would get dull without photos, though. This is the first I’ve seen Moo-Point in use. I like it! It would get dull without photos, though.

]]> Comment on From Deep in the Bunker by Chris Baskind http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-16 Chris Baskind Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:41:38 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-16 It's particularly cool, in view of my crap typing. ;-) It’s particularly cool, in view of my crap typing. ;-)

]]> Comment on From Deep in the Bunker by Dave http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-15 Dave Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:35:40 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/11/from-deep-in-the-bunker/#comment-15 You mistyped the URL for EcoTumble. Sounds like some pretty exciting stuff! It's cool that you can make a living doing this. You mistyped the URL for EcoTumble.

Sounds like some pretty exciting stuff! It’s cool that you can make a living doing this.

]]> Comment on WordPress 2.3.1 Available by Chris Baskind http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/10/27/wordpress-231-available/#comment-14 Chris Baskind Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:15:52 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/10/27/wordpress-231-available/#comment-14 To me, the big sell isn't tags -- it's the improved URL handling and overall fit and finish. I like widgets, though not for the junky stuff many folks cram into the sidebar. It's an easy way of managing a page, lending WP something of the power you'd expect from a traditional content management system. Another compelling reason to upgrade is security fixes. But 2.3x may break your template, so test it first if you opt to take the plunge. (Dave has one of my all-time favorite sites, Via Negativa.) To me, the big sell isn’t tags — it’s the improved URL handling and overall fit and finish. I like widgets, though not for the junky stuff many folks cram into the sidebar. It’s an easy way of managing a page, lending WP something of the power you’d expect from a traditional content management system.

Another compelling reason to upgrade is security fixes. But 2.3x may break your template, so test it first if you opt to take the plunge.

(Dave has one of my all-time favorite sites, Via Negativa.)

]]> Comment on WordPress 2.3.1 Available by Dave http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/10/27/wordpress-231-available/#comment-13 Dave Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:06:27 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/10/27/wordpress-231-available/#comment-13 I'm probably missing something, but I've yet to see a really compelling reason to upgrade from 2.1. Widgets leave me cold, and tags would only bring me more pointless search engine traffic. I’m probably missing something, but I’ve yet to see a really compelling reason to upgrade from 2.1. Widgets leave me cold, and tags would only bring me more pointless search engine traffic.

]]> Comment on Crappy Web Design by Jo http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/04/crappy-web-design/#comment-11 Jo Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:30:44 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/11/04/crappy-web-design/#comment-11 and I bet someone got paid a lot of money to put this site up...... and I bet someone got paid a lot of money to put this site up……

]]> Comment on And Away We Go by Lorna Li http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/10/22/and-away-we-go/#comment-9 Lorna Li Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:13:59 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/2007/10/22/and-away-we-go/#comment-9 Yo Chris, I dig your sites! Being a website owner is A LOT of work. I have 2 websites where I am the webmistress, editor, writer, and marketer. It's hard to be a one woman band..When to toot the horn? When to beat the drum? It's turned me into the mistress of midnight blogging. Now I get why you're always online! Keep up the great work! Lorna <a href="http://lornali.com" rel="nofollow">Green 2.0</a> <a href="http://mariri.net" rel="nofollow">Mariri Magazine - A Journal About the Rainforest</a> Yo Chris,

I dig your sites! Being a website owner is A LOT of work. I have 2 websites where I am the webmistress, editor, writer, and marketer. It’s hard to be a one woman band..When to toot the horn? When to beat the drum? It’s turned me into the mistress of midnight blogging.

Now I get why you’re always online! Keep up the great work!

Lorna

Green 2.0

Mariri Magazine - A Journal About the Rainforest

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