Over on her blog Several years ago someone got very angry at Jordon because he never phoned someone. Jordon’s reply was, I e-mail regularly and I don’t really call anyone anymore. The person was quite upset and ranted and raved about how stupid e-mail is. Now the situation was more complicated than that but Jordon [...]
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Blogger needs a template design competition
I have come to love Blogger’s simplicity and stability but it’s templates are looking horrible and dated. Most of it’s templates come from their relaunch with Google and since then, there has not been a single new template offered up. If Typepad can give out new templates, you would think that Google could managed to [...]
Without newspapers, who hold’s government’s responsible?
The Washington Post has a good article on the importance of reporters holding police accountable. There is a lot of talk nowadays about what will replace the dinosaur that is the daily newspaper. So-called citizen journalists and bloggers and media pundits have lined up to tell us that newspapers are dying but that the news [...]
Free Wifi Hotspots in Saskatoon
Saskatoon does a good job in providing wireless capability to it’s residents. The yellow areas show where Saskatchewan! Connected provides free wifi access to Saskatoon (and other Saskatchewan cities. There are also a bunch of other free wifi networks to tap into and I put a list of known public networks for you to tap [...]
What Makes for a Good Blog?
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders fame has a list of things he thinks makes up a good blog. I’ve come to believe that creative life in the first-world comes down to those who try just a little bit harder. Then, there’s the other 98%. They’re still eating the free continental breakfast over at FriendFeed. A [...]
Is Blogging Dead?
Jason Calacanis thinks so.> Bloggers spend more time digging, tweeting, and SEOing their posts> than they do on the posts themselves. In the early days of blogging> Peter Rojas, who was my blog professor, told me what was required to> win at blogging: “show up every day.” In 2003 and 2004 that was the> case. [...]
Looking for sponsors
The Jesus Manifesto is looking for sponsors. If you look to the right sidebar, you’ll notice sidebar images for Christarchy, Missio Dei, and Submergent. These are groups that I’ve helped get started. There’s also a link for the Breviary there. In addition, I’ve used a banner ad (which is also displayed in the rss feed [...]
The TSA Blog
The TSA has a blog. A pretty good blog written by employees who are actually engaging those other travelers. This is a great illustration on how a government department can use a blog and YouTube to communicate. You will want to check out this post on the problems some checkpoints have had with MacBook Airs [...]
jordoncooper.com vs. warrenkinsella.com
Warren Kinsella posted about the Top 25 Political Blogs yesterday and mentioned what I said here. My comment was that I think his ranking is hurt by bloggers who are still linking to www.warrenkinsella.com/musings.htm which was his old web location instead of linking to www.warrenkinsella.com which is his new one (it took me a couple [...]
