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Just blog it.

By alex | Published: 6/14/2003
Jeneane Sessum has this to say in response to the Jupiter business blogging conference: No. Seriously. It’s like this. What the best teachers of writing tell you–and I did have some of the best under Leslie Fiedler at UB–is this simple secret: Don’t take writing or English classes to learn how to write. Take philosophy, […]
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Blogging instead

By alex | Published: 5/23/2003
So, I should be downstairs at the reception “mingling.” I used to think that I just didn’t like not knowing anyone, a fairly natural reason not to want to be at a social gathering, but now I know a fair number of people in this room, and still I hate being there. It’s a bit […]
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Buffalo News mention

By alex | Published: 5/19/2003
One of the students in the summer class pointed out that I had been cited in an article in the local paper this Sunday (Buffalo News – ‘Blogs’ offer personal accounts of life with SARS): As for the growing popularity of the sites, the reasons vary. “The Web allows anyone to be a publisher,” said […]
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Blogshare Potlatch

By alex | Published: 5/17/2003
So, having played with Blogshares a bit, and having amassed a tiny fortune (nearly $100K in funny money–too bad Citibank refuses to countenance my imaginary wealth), I got a little creeped out about it. If the web is a gift economy, then a potlatch seemed in order. Unfortunately, this has proven harder than I thought […]
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